Biography

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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Marieke Oeffinger