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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 arte75 min.
1000 Small Revolutions arte60 min.
Könige vom Erdgeschoss ZDF30 min.
37° Leben auf Pump ZDF30 min
Wahlverwandtschaften ZDF30 min.
Hot Love - Cold War ARD/arte45/55 min.
Dagobert - Der Kaufhauserpresser ARD45 min.
The Baghdad Railway
Part 1 + 2
ARD/arte/History Channel Italy2x52 min.
Bernhard Kimmel -
Der Al Capone von der Pfalz
ARD45 min.
Von Schönefeld in alle Welt -
Zur Geschichte der Interflug
MDR45 min.
37° - Herzschmerz und Happy End -
Die Welt der Groschenromane
ZDF30 min.
Life behind the wall - Brotherly Love ARD45 min.
The Schlecker Gang ARD45 min.
The Conscience of the World ZDF2 x 45 min.
The Mighty Product Fetish arte52 min.
Plastic Fantastic arte60 min.
Zeitbombe Computer SWR/MDR45 min.
Legends - Roy Black ARD45 min.
Legends - Curd Jürgens ARD45 min.
Legends - Soraya ARD45 min.
Hot Spot Shanghai arte52 min.
UNESCO World Heritage - Ouro Preto SWR15 min.
UNESCO World Heritage - Olinda SWR15 min.
Sportpalast - Arena of Passions ZDF45 min.
KGB. Two Spies - One Friendship MDR45 min.
Swing versus Goose Stepping WDR45 min.
Friedrich List - Verkannt, verschmäht, vertrieben! arte52 min.
 
Reportages (author/director)
24 Hours: Prèt-à-porter SAT.130 min.
24 Hours: The Train Surfers of Rio SAT.130 min.
Come Together. Japan NDR30 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