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Thomas Grimm(I)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Producer
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Thomas Grimm was born on 14 September 1942 in Berlin, Germany. He is a director and assistant director, known for Great Performances: Dance in America (1976), Dance Theatre of Harlem: Fall River Legend (1989) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II (2001). He has been married to Mette Hønningen since 4 May 1966. They have one child.
BornSeptember 14, 1942
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    • Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys
      • 2 wins & 5 nominations total

    Known for

    Two by Dove (1995)
    Great Performances: Dance in America
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Dance Theatre of Harlem: Fall River Legend
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1989
    Bruno Ganz in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II (2001)
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2001
    La Dame aux Camélias (2008)
    La Dame aux Camélias
    7.6
    • Director
    • 2008

    Credits

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    Director

    • Ein Tag in der DDR (2023)
      Ein Tag in der DDR
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Les Boréades - Rameau - 'Borée en fureur' Acte III (extrait)
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Les Indes galantes - Rameau - Les Sauvages
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Death in Venice (2016)
      Death in Venice
      Video
      • video
      • 2016
    • Verdi: La Forza Del Destino (2016)
      Verdi: La Forza Del Destino
      Video
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance (2015)
      Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen (2012)
      Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
      Video
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Yuan Yuan Tan and Davit Karapetyan in The little Mermaid (2011)
      The little Mermaid
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Dvorák: Rusalka (2011)
      Dvorák: Rusalka
      Video
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Elektra (2010)
      Elektra
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Medea in Corinto (2010)
      Medea in Corinto
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Pinocchio (2009)
      Pinocchio
      Video
      • directed for the screen by
      • 2009
    • La Dame aux Camélias (2008)
      La Dame aux Camélias
      7.6
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Tristan und Isolde (2007)
      Tristan und Isolde
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Fierrabras (2007)
      Fierrabras
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2007

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Paule Pauländer (1976)
      Paule Pauländer
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • assistant director
      • 1976
    • Zündschnüre (1974)
      Zündschnüre
      8.5
      TV Movie
      • assistant director
      • 1974
    • Motiv Liebe (1972)
      Motiv Liebe
      4.2
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1974
    • Jürgen Prochnow in The Brutalization of Franz Blum (1974)
      The Brutalization of Franz Blum
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • assistant director
      • 1974
    • Hamburg Transit (1970)
      Hamburg Transit
      7.9
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1973–1974
    • Die Melchiors (1972)
      Die Melchiors
      7.0
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1972–1973
    • Das falsche Gewicht (1971)
      Das falsche Gewicht
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • assistant director
      • 1971
    • Montgomery Clift, Christine Delaroche, Hardy Krüger, Karl Lieffen, Hannes Messemer, Macha Méril, and David Opatoshu in The Defector (1966)
      The Defector
      5.7
      • assistant director (uncredited)
      • 1966
    • Kingdom of the Silver Lion (1965)
      Kingdom of the Silver Lion
      5.4
      • assistant director
      • 1965
    • Lex Barker, Dieter Borsche, Artur Brauner, Franz Josef Gottlieb, Chris Howland, Karl May, Marie Versini, Ralf Wolter, and Lutz Peltzer in Wild Kurdistan (1965)
      Wild Kurdistan
      5.6
      • assistant director
      • 1965
    • The Racetrack Murders (1964)
      The Racetrack Murders
      6.0
      • assistant director
      • 1964
    • The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)
      The Curse of the Hidden Vault
      5.5
      • assistant director
      • 1964
    • The Black Abbot (1963)
      The Black Abbot
      5.8
      • assistant director
      • 1963
    • Liebe will gelernt sein (1963)
      Liebe will gelernt sein
      7.1
      • assistant director
      • 1963

    Producer

    • Ghita Nørby and Jørgen Reenberg in Vores sensommer (2006)
      Vores sensommer
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2006
    • Jesper Langberg in Parasitterne (2004)
      Parasitterne
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2004
    • Tryllefløjten
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2003
    • Som man behager
      8.5
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2003
    • Ghita Nørby and Malene Schwartz in Arsenik og gamle kniplinger (2002)
      Arsenik og gamle kniplinger
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • executive producer: DR
      • 2002
    • Gengangere (2000)
      Gengangere
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2000
    • Mette Agnete Horn and Bodil Jørgensen in Den vægelsindede (2000)
      Den vægelsindede
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2000
    • Rotlichtgürtel (1997)
      Rotlichtgürtel
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 1997
    • Noel Field - Der erfundene Spion (1996)
      Noel Field - Der erfundene Spion
      7.7
      • co-producer
      • 1996
    • Bordellbesitzer über ihr Geschäft (1995)
      Bordellbesitzer über ihr Geschäft
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 1995
    • An Evening with the Rambert Dance Company: Three Modern Pieces Danced by
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 1994
    • Komitee für Gerechtigkeit
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 1992
    • Hubert Urban in Anima oder Die Seele im Menschen (1991)
      Anima oder Die Seele im Menschen
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 1991
    • Hubert Urban (1991)
      Hubert Urban
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1991
    • Into the Woods (1991)
      Into the Woods
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • technical producer
      • 1991

    Personal details

    • Born
      • September 14, 1942
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Spouse
      • Mette HønningenMay 4, 1966 - present (1 child)
    • Parents
      • Arthur Grimm

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      Son of actress Helga Kalkum.

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