Jochen Hick
Jochen Hick (born April 2, 1960) is a German film director and producer of mainly independent feature and documentary films, also specialising in LGBT subjects. In 1994 he founded the film and TV production company GALERIA ALASKA PRODUCTIONS,[1] based in Hamburg and Berlin. He worked and produced for several production companies and TV channels and contributed to TV documentary programs such as ARD-Exclusiv or SPIEGEL TV Reportage. 2007-2010 he is as well editor-in-chief, head of program acquisitions and co-programming director of TIMM,[2] the first TV channel for gay male audiences in German speaking countries, which has been on the air since November 1, 2008.[3]
His most recent film is the 2008 documentary East/West - Sex & Politics, about Nikolai Alekseev's attempts to organise the 2007 Moscow Pride event.[4]
Filmography
- The GDR Complex (2016)
- Out in East Berlin - Lesbians & Gays in the GDR (2013)
- DDR unterm Regenbogen (2011) (TV)
- The Good American (2009)
- East/West - Sex & Politics (2008)
- Deutschland - Ein Herbstmärchen (2007)
- Hallelujah! (2006)
- Rainbow's End (2006)
- Am Ende des Regenbogens (2005) (TV)
- Cycles of Porn: Sex/Life in L.A., Part 2 (2005)
- Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers (2003)
- No One Sleeps (2000)
- Sex/Life in L.A. (1998)
- Menmaniacs - The Legacy of Leather (1995)
- Welcome to the Dome (1992)
- Via Appia (1990)
- Gerd Hansen, 55 (1987)
- Moon Over Pittsburgh (1985)
- Die Gedaechtnisluecke (1982)
Awards
- The Teddy Award for Best Documentary at the Berlin International Film Festival for TALK STRAIGHT - The World Of Rural Queers"[5]