Peter Adam
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Peter Adam is a British
filmmaker and author
. Born in Germany
, his work includes Art of the Third Reich (ISBN 0-8109-1912-5).
He was born in Germany in 1929 to a middle-class family. His father was Jewish and his mother Protestant. In 1944 he moved to Austria. he became a British
citizen in 1965 before taking up a career in broadcasting.
Peter Adam has been an Executive Producer with the BBC for 22 years. He has been the Editor of the Arts magazines Review and Arena Theatre. He has been made an Officer des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government. An autobiography, "Mémoires à contre-vent", was published in French by Edition La Différence in April 2010.
United Kingdom
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filmmaker and author
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. Born in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, his work includes Art of the Third Reich (ISBN 0-8109-1912-5).
He was born in Germany in 1929 to a middle-class family. His father was Jewish and his mother Protestant. In 1944 he moved to Austria. he became a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
citizen in 1965 before taking up a career in broadcasting.
Peter Adam has been an Executive Producer with the BBC for 22 years. He has been the Editor of the Arts magazines Review and Arena Theatre. He has been made an Officer des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government. An autobiography, "Mémoires à contre-vent", was published in French by Edition La Différence in April 2010.
Film works
He has made over 100 documentaries for the Current Affairs and for the Music and Arts Department, among them many prize-winning films:- Lawrence Durrel's Spirit of Place:nominated for a British Academy Award for Best Factual Programme of 1976
- Richard Strauss Remembered:Golden Award Houston Film Festival for Best Full Length Documentary of 1985
- Lotte Lenya and Kurt Weill :Prix Italia selection
- George Gershwin Remembered:British Academy Nomination for Best Arts Program 1987 Prime Time Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Special 1988
- Art of the Third Reich :Winner of the 1989 British Academy Award in 1989 for Best Arts Documentary of the Year
- Nominated for the British Film Institute Award
- Nominated for an Ace Award in Los Angeles