The Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen (DAfF; German Television Academy) was founded in December 2010 by television professionals from various fields of television production. It has its headquarters in Munich and an office in Cologne.
Origin, purpose and activities According to its statutes, its purpose is
to promote the development of German television as an essential component of German culture and the German cultural industry and to preserve its diversity to encourage, strengthen and cultivate discussion and the exchange of ideas and experience between German television professionals, especially between freelancers and those employed by broadcasters to lead the discourse on content and economic aspects of German television.
The chairman is actor Michael Brandner. His four deputies are screenwriter Jochen Greve, casting director Cornelia von Braun, set designer Frank Godt, and producer Stephan Ottenbruch from the television entertainment sector. Producer Frank Döhmann will assume the office of treasurer. The producer Gerhard Schmidt is the President of the academy.
Of the 23 sections that had been planned (including direction, screenplay, music, documentary, acting, image design, sound design), some were constituted. The number of members is 800.
Every two months a nationwide "Jour fixe" takes place in the cities of Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Munich.
According to Vice Chairman Jochen Greve, one of the founding intentions was that "television should not be left to the broadcasters alone" The intention was rather: "We want to be a voice of the creative. We want to give people dignity."
In May 2018, the association participated in the establishment of the Themis-Vertrauensstelle gegen sexuelle Belästigung and Gewalt (Trust Centre against sexual harassment and violence).
Award ceremony Since 2013, the association has presented an annual award for achievements in all trades of television production. Each section of the academy can nominate a prize in its own field. The Acting Section can nominate prizes in four categories: Best Actress in a Lead Role, Best Actor in a Lead Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The winners are then chosen by all members of the academy.
The winners of the awards since 2013 were:
Image Design 2013: Thomas Benesch, 2014: Holly Fink, : 2015: Kolja Brandt, Naked Among Wolves 2016: Jakub Bejnarowicz, 2017: Eeva Fleig, Blaumacher 2018: Nikolaus Summerer, Dark 2019: Philipp Haberlandt, Beat
Casting 2013: Sarah Lee and Nina Haun, Generation War 2014: Heta Mantscheff, Weissensee, 2. Season 2015: Marc Schötteldreier, 2016: Ulrike Müller, NSU German History X: Die Opfer – Vergesst mich nicht 2017: Iris Baumüller, 4 Blocks 2018: Anja Dihrberg, Bad Banks 2019: Daniela Tolkien, Der Pass
Documentary film 2013: Eric Schulz, Karajan – Das zweite Leben 2014: Martin Farkas and Dominik Graf, Es werde Stadt! 50 Jahre Grimme Preis in Marl 2015: John Goetz and Poul-Erik Heilbuth, Jagd auf Snowden – Wie der Staatsfeind die USA blamierte 2016: Birgit Schulz and Luzia Schmid, Zum Glück Deutschland – Ein anderer Blick auf unser Land 2017: Till Schauder and Christoph Menardi, Glaubenskrieger 2018: Katja Fedulova and Calle Overweg, Drei Engel, Russland – Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe 2019: Regina Schilling and Thomas Kufus, Kulenkampffs Schuhe
Screenplay 2013: Beate Langmaack, 2014: Thomas Kirchner, : 2015: Michael Proehl, Tatort – Im Schmerz geboren 2016: Magnus Vattrodt, Ein großer Aufbruch 2017: Esther Bernstorff, Ein Teil von uns 2018: Dorothee Schön, 2019: Dietrich Brüggemann, Tatort: Murot und das Murmeltier
Television journalism 2013: Monika Anthes and Eric Beres, Der Fall Mollath 2014: Monika Anthes and Edgar Verheyen, Deutschlands Ferkelfabriken 2015: Daniel Harrich and Ulrich Chaussy, Attentäter – Einzeltäter? – Neues vom Oktoberfestattentat 2016: Rainald Becker and Christian H. Schulz, Schattenwelt BND – Wie viel Geheimdienst braucht Deutschland? 2017: Christian Stücken, Die Story im Ersten: Der vertuschte Skandal 2018: Stephan Lamby and Egmont R. Koch, Bimbes – Die schwarzen Kassen des Helmut Kohl 2019: Frank Zintner, Dem Rechtsruck auf der Spur. Eine Zeitung sucht Antworten
Television entertainment 2013: Frank-Markus Barwasser, Pelzig hält sich 2014: Anke Engelke, Anke hat Zeit 2015: Lutz Heineking Jr., Endlich Deutsch! 2016: Tim Mälzer and Sven Steffensmeier, Kitchen Impossible 2017: Olli Schulz and Jan Böhmermann, Schulz und Böhmermann 2018: Maren Kroymann, Philipp Käßbohrer and Matthias Murmann, Kroymann 2019: Peter Wohlleben, Henning Gode, Bettina Böttinger, Der mit dem Wald spricht – unterwegs mit Peter Wohlleben
Film editing 2013: Jens Klüber, The Tower 2014: Tina Freitag, : 2015: Ulf Albert, 2016: Claus Wehlisch, Polizeiruf 110 – Und vergib uns unsere Schuld 2017: Claudia Wolscht, 2018: Janina Gerkens, Die Freibadclique 2019: Barbara Brückner, Tatort: Anne und der Tod
Costume picture 2013: Wiebke Kratz, Generation War 2014: Monika Hinz, Weissensee, 2. Season 2015: Bettina Catharina Proske, Let's Go 2016: Wiebke Kratz, Leberkäseland 2017: Gabriele Binder, 2018: Pierre-Yves Gayraud, Babylon Berlin 2019: Esther Amuser, Lotte am Bauhaus
Mask image 2013: Gerhard Zeiß, Generation War 2014: Jens Bartram, Judith Müller and Katja Schulze, 2015: Gerhard Zeiss & Silka Lisku, Tannbach – Schicksal eines Dorfes 2016: Astrid Weber and Hannah Fischleder, 2017: Jeanette Latzelsberger, Gregor Eckstein and Iris Peleira, Charité 2018: Heiko Schmidt, Kerstin Gaecklein and Roman Braunhofer (Special Effects Maske), Babylon Berlin 2019: Delia Mündelein and Sonja Fischer-Zeyen,
Music 2013: Irmin Schmidt, 2014: Ralf Wienrich, : 2015: Fabian Römer, Tannbach – Schicksal eines Dorfes 2016: Christoph Zirngibl, Neben der Spur – Amnesie 2017: Stefan Will and Marco Dreckkötter, 4 Blocks 2018: Tom Tykwer and Johnny Klimek, Babylon Berlin 2019: Ben Lukas Boysen and Paul Emmerich, Beat
Production 2013: Uli Putz and Jakob Claussen and Anja Föringer, 2014: Thomas Kufus, 2015: Michael Eckelt, 2016: Gabriela Sperl, Max Wiedemann, Quirin Berg and Sophie von Uslar, NSU German History X 2017: Max Wiedemann, Quirin Berg, Eva Stadler, Karsten Rühle, Anke Greifeneder and Hannes Heyelmann, 4 Blocks 2018: Lisa Blumenberg, Bad Banks 2019: Eva Kemme, Tobias Siebert, Florian Deyle and Philip Schulz-Deyle, Alles Isy
Editorial office/Producing 2013: Barbara Buhl, 2014: Thomas Biehl, Solveig Willkommen and Birgit Brandes, Danni Lowinski, 5. Season 2015: Claudia Simionescu, Der Fall Bruckner 2016: Sascha Schwingel, Stefan Kruppa and Till Derenbach, 2017: Anke Greifeneder, 4 Blocks 2018: Caroline von Senden, Alexandra Stain, Andreas Schreitmüller and Uta Cappel, Bad Banks 2019: Philipp Käßbohrer and Matthias Murmann, How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
Director 2013: Philipp Kadelbach, Generation War 2014: Kai Wessel, : 2015: Urs Egger, Der Fall Bruckner 2016: Christian Schwochow, NSU German History X: Die Täter – Heute ist nicht alle Tage 2017: Marvin Kren, 4 Blocks 2018: Hans-Christian Schmid, Das Verschwinden 2019: ,
Actor leading role 2013: Tom Schilling, Generation War 2014: Roeland Wiesnekker, : 2015: Hans-Michael Rehberg, Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach: Schnee 2016: Nicholas Ofczarek, Tatort – Die Geschichte vom bösen Friederich 2017: Frederick Lau, 4 Blocks 2018: Barry Atsma, Bad Banks 2019: ,
Actress leading role 2013: Judy Winter, 2014: Christina Große, 2015: Ina Weisse, 2016: Dagmar Manzel, Besuch, Emma 2017: Rosalie Thomass, 2018: Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Eine gute Mutter 2019: Anna Schudt, 2021: Aylin Tezel, Unbroken
Actress supporting role 2013: Katharina Thalbach, 2014: Barbara de Koy, Tatort: 2015: Angela Winkler, Das Gewinnerlos 2016: , 2017: Sandra Hüller, Crime Scene Cleaner – Özgür 2018: Désirée Nosbusch, Bad Banks 2019: Lena Urzendowsky, Der große Rudolph
Actor supporting role 2013: Christian Redl, 2014: Peter Jordan, Polizeiruf 110: 2015: Ulrich Matthes, Bornholmer Straße 2016: Björn Meyer, Crime Scene Cleaner – Pfirsichmelba 2017: Ronald Kukulies, Tatort – Borowski und das Fest des Nordens 2018: Albrecht Schuch, Bad Banks 2019: , Alles Isy
Stunt 2013: Sandra Barger and Wanja Götz, Generation War 2014: Christoph Domanski, Alarm, Cobra 11 2015: Ronnie Paul, Tatort – Wer Wind erntet, sät Sturm! 2016: Ronnie Paul, 2017: Tobias Nied, Alarm, Cobra 11 – Phantomcode 2018: Dani Stein, Babylon Berlin 2019: Wanja Götz and Lisa Maria Potthoff, Sarah Kohr: Das verschwundene Mädchen
Production design 2013: Thomas Stammer, Generation War 2014: Frank Godt, Weissensee (2. Season) 2015: Jill Schwarzer, Bissige Hande 2016: Lars Lange, Ku'damm 56 2017: Myrna Drews, Hedda 2018: Albrecht Konrad, Gladbeck, and Udo Kramer, Dark 2019: Andrea Kessler,
Sound design 2013: Jan Petzold (Ton) and Gerald Cronauer (Mischung), 2015: Thomas Warneke, Andreas Hintzsch and Clemens Grulich, Die Schneekönigin 2016: Eric Rueff, Frank Mareite, Stefan Kolleck and Malte Zurbonsen, Weinberg 2017: Tomáš Bělohradský, Thomas Neumann and Gregor Bonse, The Same Sky 2018: Patrick Veigel (Ton) and Florian Beck (Mischung), Das Verschwinden 2019: Herbert Verdino (O-Ton), Nico Krebs (Mischung and Sounddesign) and Wolfi Müller (Geräuschemacher), Der Pass
VFX/Animation 2015: Denis Behnke, Naked Among Wolves 2016: Denis Behnke, 2017: Jan Adamczyk and Denis Behnke, The Same Sky 2018: Robert Pinnow, Babylon Berlin 2019: Viktor Muller and Vít Komrzý, Das Boot
References
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