© Stefan Wiebel
Malte Roeper
WRITER / DIRECTOR / DRAMATURGICAL ADVISOR
Specialist areas:
Outdoor and mountaineering films,
Dramaturgical development in documentaries
Born 1962 in Bad Schwartau
Previous jobs include dock worker, window cleaner, advertising copywriter etc.
Studied history and geography in Freiburg i. Br.
Freelance writer since 1996
Working for the Bayerisches Fernsehen television company since 1999
Three children
Lust for adventure means giving a big Yes to life and a small No to society.
Georg Seeßlen, Grundlagen des populären Films
Grand Capuccin on the Flagrant Delire (ED+, 6a/A4), first winter ascent
Main routes:
– Les Droites, north face
First ascent: “Maria Callas Memorial” ED+
– Graustock, north face
First ascent “Schwarzwaldklinik” ED+
– Nevado Cayesh, west face
First ascent “Daheim sterben d’Leut” TD+
(Cordillera Blanca, Peru)
Solo
– Eiger, north face, Heckmair route ED-, first German solo ascent
View deep down from face height of 900m
– Piz Badile, Cassin route TD
– Point Lachenal, Contamine route TD+, 6b
In 1974: the beginnings, in 1997 the last great venture: first winter ascent of the Direttissima Gabarrou/Silvy on the Aiguille Sans Nom (Mont Blanc region). In between, 50 routes in the Mont Blanc region, including 15 winter ascents and first ascents in the most exciting two decades that mountaineering has ever experienced.
Hasn’t stopped climbing yet. Up to 7b.
A film is a story in pictures
This means we need to know what story we wish to tell. Otherwise even the
most powerful images will be of little consequence.
Thanks to a screenplay scholarship at the Munich Film School
(Filmhochschule München), I was able to study cinematic dramaturgy / of
fiction film under Hartmut Grund, the creator of the famous Crime series SCHIMANSKI.
My first three documentaries earned a hat trick of prizes, even though I
understood little of all the technology involved. But I knew exactly which
stories I wanted to tell.
Rooted in my thorough theoretical training and years of experience as
a director, I gradually began to specialise in the field of dramaturgy in
documentary formats:
Who is the protagonist? What is his or her goal? What is their personal
individual motivation that keeps him or her going? Can the viewer appreciate
this motivation emotionally to allow him to follow the protagonist on his quest?
This applies as much to a short Internet video as it does to the narrative of a
ninety minute cinema film. Professional consultancy will improve the chances
of any production’s success, whether it relates to developing product and
story, the screenplay and/or the editing. Moreover, it reduces the costs of
production – when you know what you need then you also know what you
don’t need and won’t be wasting your shooting days on redundant footage.
Client dramaturgy and story development:
Red Bull Media House
Planet Talk
