Dietmar Köppel
- Actor
Dietmar Köppel studied Germansitik, pedagogy, music, drama and singing
in Frankfurt/Main. TV debut as an actor in 1977 on ZDF film "The
Weilburger cadet murder" as Corporal Lemper under the direction of
Eberhard Itzenplitz. 1981 he played in the first "Fall für Zwei" on the
side of Claus Theo Gärtner and Levin Schücking in the BR-film
adaptation of "Die Judenbuche" by Anette Droste Hüllshoff. Theater
debut at the Schauspiel Frankfurt with Peter Palitzsch and directing
debut at Heilbronner Theater. In 1985 he founded a company for PR and
media concepts with Carl Maria Oeffinger and worked for companies such
as British Airways, Japan Airlines, Hilton Hotels, Lancome, Orlane
Cosmetics, La Biosthethique etc. From 1992 he was also producer for
current cultural and medical TV formates a.o. for ARD, ZDF and SAT 1,
RTL. 1994 founded an own movie, theater and event production company.
1995 producer and director of the award-winning documentary film "80
years of Arena di Verona" with Placido Domingo. Since 1997, founder and
artistic director of the Munich Musical Theater. From 2000 he produces
also documentaries such as one on Lamas in Tibet and the winner of
Mahathma Gandhi / Martin Luther King Awards Mata Amritanandamayi.
