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Hilmar Hoffmann

1925-08-25 – 2018-06-01

Hillmar Hoffmann left, with Bodo Sperling at the panel discussion at the opening of the first art fair ART in Frankfurt a / M. 1989Credit: Heinz Zipp

Life & Legacy

Hilmar Hoffmann (25 August 1925 – 1 June 2018) was a German stage and film director, cultural politician and academic lecturer. He founded the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. He was for decades an influential city councillor in Frankfurt, where he initiated the Museumsufer of 15 museums, including the Jewish Museum Frankfurt. He was the president of the Goethe-Institut and taught at universities such as Bochum and Tel Aviv. He wrote the book Kultur für alle (Culture for All), which was a motto of his life and work.

Occupation & Career

film director, university teacher, beamter, teacher, politician, director

Education

Folkwang University of the Arts

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia; Hessian Order of Merit; Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art; Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; German Film Honorary Award; Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt; Helmut Käutner Prize; honorary doctor of the University of Bamberg; Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres; Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen; Wilhelm Leuschner Medal

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Austrian Decoration for Science and Art · Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres · Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · German Film Honorary Award · Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt · Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen · Helmut Käutner Prize · Hessian Order of Merit · honorary doctor of the University of Bamberg · Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia · Wilhelm Leuschner Medal