Winfried Debertin

Winfried Debertin
Born	(1953-01-24) January 24, 1953 Osnabrück, West Germany
Occupation	Writer, producer

Winfried Debertin (born 24 January 1953 in Glandorf in Osnabrück West Germany) studied in Münster communication and social sciences, as well as political science and in 1977 editor at the Norddeutscher Rundfunk. Since 1988 he is self-employed as a producer and director with his production company Penta TV and was awarded the 2006 ECHO Klassik Award in the category " Classical Music for Children " .

Biography

After studying Debertin initially managed the project study group preschool television with the focus on " Sesame Street ". Since 1977 he has also been active in the NDR editorial ; the Working Group Sesame Street remained his first major project . Since 1988 Debertin works as a freelance producer, writer and Regissseur . He developed for the NDR series, film concepts and movie characters ( u . A. For " Hallo Spencer " " Spencer Holiday Tips " or " Rollercoaster " ) . He's songwriter totaling approximately 600 titles and more than 20 years managing director of Penta TV GmbH and Penta Merchandising (formerly " B.G.M.M. " ) .

Background to the invention of " Hallo Spencer

Debertin invented in the late 1970s, the TV series "Hallo Spencer". He was then just sick in bed when he heard that a "replacement series" for the American children's series Sesame Street was necessary. The American influence mission would be too high, the broadcasters felt in 1977: A German new puppet series for the German children's television should be designed from the NDR. As early as 1978 began filming the German Sesame Street in Studio Hamburg. Known dolls such as Tiffy or Samson were built for this purpose under American supervision. A year later invented Debertin "Hallo Spencer", this program should run parallel to Sesame Street, which Spencer then still survived.

Until the late 1980s, he headed along with his then partner, Angelika Paetow editors of broadcast and wrote almost all lyrics. He became managing director of film and television company PentaTV with which he many more productions initiated (e.g. "Leonie Lionheart", "Tricky Toons", "The Adventures of Max and Molly", "The supercool Südpoolgang" and most recently " Little Amadeus "). Debertins works were often seen on television; Hallo Spencer applies, also due to the long production history as its most successful series. Many of the Penta series were produced on behalf of NDR,SWR, HR, ARD / Ki.Ka and ORF.

Success and reception

The highlight of the success of his television series "Hallo Spencer" experienced Debertin in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In this period, most merchandise were produced and the consignment was first marketed internationally, besides, Debertin became independent and founded his own production company, with which it began production in 1992 in parallel with a second puppet series; "Leonie Lionheart". In the late 1990s, the success took unfortunately from: 1999 lost "Hallo Spencer" its traditional NDR broadcast date (Friday, 18.00) and was taken off the KiKA program.

His last major success was able to celebrate 2006 Debertin when after many years of production, the animated series "Little Amadeus" was published in KiKA and reached remarkably high ratings. Very quickly, the episodes were broadcast in more than ten other countries; The second season was released of 2007. Debertins work was received with appreciation by the critics and was given the rating "highly" ) and awarded an ECHO Award.

Controversy

Debertin earned for the invention of the series and the characters still much recognition in the Spencer-fans: His motivation Serie revive to lassen2), is one of the reasons for its popularity among Fans.) Especially the last 38 episodes, which were produced in the years 1995-2001 of PentaTV include (in addition to the episodes from the first years and all city episodes) to the productions to which he remarkably had much impact. In these three seasons occurs only a very limited number of characters and also the actions to be validated by Einspieler films to frame actions. For these reasons, they are among the least popular episodes of the fan base and yet they were all in 2007 and readily bonus material on DVD veröffentlicht.)

(Lexiklopedia.de October 2012)

In April 2011, NDR-workers reported that Debertin have under the consequences 238-275 material that was already paid mixed, to the cost of production (PentaTV currently produced alone.) Low to halten.) This material is cut-outs from old Hallo Spencer-sequences in which the rights of the NDR are. The rights to several episodes that sold Debertin at EM.TV, - thus confirming the NDR - are also neither with him nor with his company. Consequently, it was tested over several months, to what extent PentaTV habe.6 violated by selling it to a third party of the right)

The thing was flying in the course of a check by the NDR revision that had led to the fall of 2009 the transmitter. Until then, the waste material in the "Hallo Spencer" episodes had noticed anyone - including any employee of Ki.Ka, who also showed. The editorial director (fiction and program acquisition) of the children's channel is the way Debertins brother Sebastian.)

(Abendblatt.de)

Whether filled by Angelika Paetow in 2010 "at his own request" toward displacement related to the television film department of NDR with the problems Debertins is unklar.) reported the Hamburger Abendblatt, with its displacement would any "semblance of a mixture of want to "avoid personal and professional interests.

In May 2011 Debertin wrote a reply to an article about him; It was a month later in the Hamburger Abendblatt abgedruckt):

In Hamburger Abendblatt [...] it is [...] in an article under the heading Medienmacher about me: "In the last delivery, it came in 2001 apparently to irregularities: NDR-workers reported that Debertin mixed old, already paid material under the new episodes have. He also had to sell Hello Spencer' sequences at EM.TV, although the rights subject to them at NDR "To this end, I note: It came in the last delivery of produced by my company Penta TV". Hallo Spencer "episodes 2001 not irregularities. The use of old material in the production of new episodes took place in express agreement with the competent NDR employees. I have not sold any, "Hallo Spencer" episodes at EM.TV, where the rights lie at NDR.

(Winfried Debertin, 11.05.2011)

In editorial tail was pointed out that the Abendblatt maintained its representation. Obviously the editors doubted statements about the credibility Debertins.

The various ideas for new Hallo Spencer projects that presented the Debertin Spencer fans in recent years, have unfortunately still not umgesetzt.) Only 72 more episodes were released after the first DVD appearance on DVD. 2010 was first suspected in Spencer forum that PentaTV was insolvent. In fact, in 2009, was the first insolvency proceedings over its branch companies (for example Penta Creative Concept GmbH), then Debertins core company eröffnet.) Debertin is at unternehmensregister.de indicated as the sole debtor and representatives of all the companies concerned; a source of information is also insolvenz-bekanntmachungen.de called. In December 2015 Debertin announced in a public letter that he was "become insolvent third-party manipulation" by and regret, habe.1 that nothing has changed "despite phoning German courts" to the state.