Manfred
Hulverscheidt,
born 1951 in Aachen, lives in Berlin for over 20 years
as freelance author, photographer und filmmaker. From his 1983-88
study at the German Film- und Television Academy Berlin onwards
he developed, realized and in most cases also produced many documentary
films. They are about begging men, true europeans (1989, 1990),
about gravitation and movement (Leichterdings, Vehicles), about
the changes of warfare and battlefields (Battlefields, Marching
Men), about masks and maskerade, but they also deal with cities
and megacities (Cockaigne, Viva Megalopolis). Hulverscheidt in
each case tries to find his typical poetic access to rather objective
complexes. He holds lectures, photographs and tries to develop
new themes for films by study, meeting and research. His films
have been shown on 3SAT, arte, ZDF and countless festivals, his
photographs published by Stadtbauwelt, Tumult, Kunstforum, Zitty,
Tip and others. They have been exhibited in Vaals (NL), Paris
and Vienna. During the exhibition "The future of Metropolis"
(Berlin 1985) he was responsible for the film section. He acutally
is finishing his new film "Electroman" which has been
shown in spring 2002 on arte-channel.