Roland Reber


Roland Reber is a German director, author and producer.

Biography

After finishing his studies at the Schauspielschule Bochum, Germany, in the 1970s, Reber worked as actor, writer and director at many German and international theatres such as Bochum, Essen, Zurich, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Kingston, Jamaica, Moscow etc. He has written more than 20 theatre plays and scripts as well as texts and poems.
In 1981 he founded the Theatre Institute and worked as a director, author and actor. He was Head of the World Theatre Project which he founded in 1989 and worked as director and writer in Cairo, Mexico and the Caribbean. He was teacher for acting and directing among others in Moscow and the Caribbean.
For wtp international he works as director, writer and producer. All his films have been shown in various international Film Festivals and have been distributed theatrically and on DVD.
From 2003 until 2007 Roland Reber was the official representative of the CIFF Cairo International Film Festival for the German speaking countries and the official representative for Europe of the Damascus International Film Festival. He was member of the jury at the Fantasporto International Film Festival 2008 in Portugal, at the Festival Internacional de cinema de Catalunya 2007 in Spain, at the Alexandria International Film Festival in Egypt 2003, the Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh 2004 and at the 13th Cairo International Film Festival for Children 2003
Three of his films were shown in a "Roland Reber Films" section at the Kolkata International Film Festival in November 2003.
In November 2009 six of his feature films have been shown as a Roland Reber Tribute at the renowned 40th International Film Festival of India in Goa, India.

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