Dr. Peter Zimmermann

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Film scholar, author and lecturer at the University of Wuppertal (FB A) in Germany (www.uni-wuppertal.de )
Seminars on film studies and international film workshops at Goethe-Instituts in Wellington, Colombo, Manila, Bangalore, Oslo, Accra, Rio de Janeiro et al.

1992 - 2006 Academic Director of the Documentary Film Center (Haus des Dokumentarfilms / www.hdf.de) in Stuttgart.

Organisation of conferences and workshops for film, television and new media.
Chair of the research project "History of the Documentary Film in Germany".

Co-Editor of the Book Series "Close Up" focusing on the history of international documentary film edited by University Press Konstanz (UVK).

1973 - 1991 Lecturer and professor for literature and media studies at the universities in Wuppertal, Cairo and Marburg.

Author of several books and essays on the history of film and television. Recent Publications:

- Dokumentarfilm im Umbruch (New Tendencies of the Documentary Film). Konstanz 2006

- Geschichte des dokumentarischen Films in Deutschland (History of the Documentary Film in Germany)
Stuttgart 2005

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