| first name: | Rainer |
| name: | Gehrisch |
| date of birth: | June 18, 1954 |
| nationality: | german |
| marital status: | married, 2 children |
| positions | |
| 1980 – 1990 | freelance dop and director of corporate films, music videos, documentaries |
| 1990 – present | director and executive producer |
| 1990 - 1995 | shareholder at Cineteam Filmproduktions GmbH |
| 1995 - 1999 | founder, shareholder, CEO Gehrisch Filmproduktions GmbH |
| 1999 - present | founder, shareholder, CEO Gehrisch+Krack Filmproduktions AG shareholder and CEO ECG Medienagentur |
| movies, special projects | |
| 1980 - present | director, dop, producer or executive producer of about 600 commercial and non-commercial film projects. Selection of clients: AT&T, BASF, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, Chrysler international, Daimler Benz, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutz AG, KPMG, MAN AG, Mitsubishi, Siemens AG, Bank Vontobel, Wincor Nixdorf AG, Bank Sal. Oppenheim |
| 1981 - 1984 | coproducer of ‚Infermental’ the first international video art magazine |
| 1982 - 1985 | executive producer and cowriter of 'Schön ist die Welt', TV talkshow and magazine broadcasted at the 1rst private cable TV project in Germany in teamwork with Rotraut Pape, Oliver Hischbiegel, Klaus Maeck and among other artists, authors and journalists. |
| 1984 - 1986 | coproducer of the musicvideo magazine 'Für eine Handvoll DM' directed by Tim Renner, supported by Hamburger Filmförderung |
| 1985 -2000 | directing and producing documentaries about numerous international Greenpeace campaigns |
| 1988 - 1989 | executive producer of the total of 25 audiovisual projects in the permanent exhibition of the Deutsche Postmuseum |
| 1991 | director of the Daimler Benz corporate movie 'Bewegung und Kommunikation', the movie won about 12 national and international awards |
| 1996 - 2000 | producer of about 200 testimonials for the Shoah Visual History Foundation |
| 1996 -2006 | producer and coproducer of shortfilms. Selection: ‚5 Rules of human behaviour', Director Julian Barnes ‚Straßensperre', Director Carsten Fiebeler ‚14/1 endlos’, Director Carsten Fiebeler ‚Titanen des Erdreichs’, Director Oliver Seiter ‚Airness’, Director Dani Kula |
| 2003 - 2006 | coproducer and dop of a film series created by the mallorquin artist Amador (exhibited at the Joan Miro Foundation, Palma de Mallorca 2005) |
| 2010 - 2011 | directing 25 inventor portraits for the European Patent Office (EPO) shown at the anual European Inventor Award ceremonies and on www.epo.org |
| memberships | |
| 1995 - 2008 | VDW Deutscher Werbefilmproduzentenverband (German association of Commercial Producers) |
| 1998 - present | supporting member of Filmacademy Ludwigsburg |
| 2000 - present | supporting member of Art Academy Städelschule Frankfurt |
| 2005 - present | DDC German Designer Club |
| guest professorships, lectures | |
| 2001 - present | lecturer at IMK Wiesbaden ‚Privates Institut für Marketing und Kommunikation’ - Producing Commercials |
| 2002 | lecture at ‚Stadtmuseum Münster’ - The History of Corporate Films |
| 2004 / 2006 / 2008 | lectures at EDIT Filmmaker’s Festival |
| 2006 | lecture at Fachhochschule Frankfurt - film and architecture |
| 2006 - present | guest lecturer: Filmakademie Ludwigsburg - Producing Commercials |
| 2008 | lecture at Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach - Producing Commercials |
Rainer Gehrisch
Director
Executive Producer