Biography
Fritz Ferdinand Pleitgen (21 March 1938 – 15 September 2022) was a German television journalist and author. He was correspondent in Moscow, East Berlin and Washington. Pleitgen was a supporter of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik. In 1988, Pleitgen became editor-in-chief of television of Germany's then-largest public broadcaster, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), and was director of WDR from 1995 to 2007. He is regarded as one of the most influential German journalists and media makers. In 2010, he was the manager of Ruhr.2010, a project of European Capital of Culture.
Filmography
all 17
TV Shows 16
self 16
Movies 1
himself
Talk im Hangar-7 (2010)
TV
ANNE WILL (2007)
TV
self
Die Besten im Westen (2005)
TV
Self
Menschen bei Maischberger (2003)
TV
Self
West.art am Sonntag (2003)
TV
Self
Hart aber fair (2001)
TV
Self
Menschen der Woche (2000)
TV
Self
Maybrit Illner (1999)
TV
Self
Beckmann (1999)
TV
Self
Sabine Christiansen (1998)
TV
Self
Herman & Tietjen (1997)
TV
Self
Zimmer frei! (1996)
TV
Himself
Entführung aus der Lindenstraße (1995)
Movie
self
Kulturzeit (1995)
TV
Self - Host / Self / Self - Guest
Presseclub (1995)
TV
Self
DAS! (1991)
TV
Self
Kölner Treff (1976)
TV
Ratings
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1996
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2001
2010
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1938-03-21
Deathday2022-09-15 (84 years old)
Birth NameFritz Ferdinand Pleitgen
Birth PlaceDuisburg, Germany
ChildrenFrederik Pleitgen
CitizenshipsGermany
AwardsKulturgroschen, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, language adulterator award, Charlemagne Medal for European Media, Georg Schulhoff Award, Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
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