Roland May

Roland May was born in Hamburg in 1960. He studied journalism, drama and cinematography as well as Latin American studies in Berlin. Since 1987 he has written and directed numerous documentaries for WDR, MDR, RIAS-TV, RTL, SAT.1, ZDF, ARTE, SWR. 1992/93 editor with n-tv. 1993/94 editor with RTL. Since 1995 freelance author, director and producer. In December 2001 he founded the production company LAVAFILM in Berlin.

Documentaries (author/director)
Detroit - between Utopia and Perdition	arte•75 min.
1000 Small Revolutions	arte•60 min.
Könige vom Erdgeschoss	ZDF•30 min.
37° Leben auf Pump	ZDF•30 min
Wahlverwandtschaften	ZDF•30 min.
Hot Love - Cold War	ARD/arte•45/55 min.
Dagobert - Der Kaufhauserpresser	ARD•45 min.
The Baghdad Railway Part 1 + 2	ARD/arte/History Channel Italy•2x52 min.
Bernhard Kimmel - Der Al Capone von der Pfalz	ARD•45 min.
Von Schönefeld in alle Welt - Zur Geschichte der Interflug	MDR•45 min.
37° - Herzschmerz und Happy End - Die Welt der Groschenromane	ZDF•30 min.
Life behind the wall - Brotherly Love	ARD•45 min.
The Schlecker Gang	ARD•45 min.
The Conscience of the World	ZDF•2 x 45 min.
The Mighty Product Fetish	arte•52 min.
Plastic Fantastic	arte•60 min.
Zeitbombe Computer	SWR/MDR•45 min.
Legends - Roy Black	ARD•45 min.
Legends - Curd Jürgens	ARD•45 min.
Legends - Soraya	ARD•45 min.
Hot Spot Shanghai	arte•52 min.
UNESCO World Heritage - Ouro Preto	SWR•15 min.
UNESCO World Heritage - Olinda	SWR•15 min.
Sportpalast - Arena of Passions	ZDF•45 min.
KGB. Two Spies - One Friendship	MDR•45 min.
Swing versus Goose Stepping	WDR•45 min.
Friedrich List - Verkannt, verschmäht, vertrieben!	arte•52 min.
Reportages (author/director)
24 Hours: Prèt-à-porter	SAT.1•30 min.
24 Hours: The Train Surfers of Rio	SAT.1•30 min.
Come Together. Japan	NDR•30 min.
Real-Life TV (chief editor)
Summer 2000 Head of Department of the Real-Life TV-Series "Das Inselduell"	SAT.1
Commercials and Screendesign (creative direction)
1996-2002 Corporate Design, Screendesign, OnAir-Promotion, Comercials for MDR
1994-1996 Learning Video, Commercials and Splitscreen Presentations for FORD Motor Company, Cologne
EXAKT (Trailer)	MDR
Sport im Osten (Trailer)	MDR
Spring campaign (5 Jingles)	MDR
Christmas campaign (10 Jingles)	MDR
Legends (Teaser)	ARD
Corporate Design and Screendesign Landesfunkhaus Magdeburg	MDR
Various commercials	MDR
Imagefilms and Productfilms	Ford
Infotainment Ford news	Ford
Splitscreen presentations	Ford
Imagefilms	Gothaer Vers.
Producer
8 documentaries for ARD and ZDF and 3 thematic evenings for ARTE