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Brummbaer (born August 18, 1945) is a German digital artist who has done work as an art director, designer, graphic artist, and 3D modeler. As an actor he has appeared in various German TV movies, and also produced and directed. In the latter part of his career he became focused on computer graphics, and has since created several short computer-generated animations and has done visual effects for movies.

Life

Brummbaer's fine art and underground magazine Germania brought him recognition in Europe during the 1960s, and he orchestrated light shows for musicians such as Frank Zappa and Tangerine Dream. He found his most expressive medium when he discovered the computer.

He was one of the primary computer animators responsible for the special effects in the Tristar motion picture Johnny Mnemonic. He also created an innovative opener for SIGGRAPH’s 1995 "Electronic Theater," and has long been a pioneer in the world of digital animation, where he has been noted for his signature hallucinogenic style.

In the autumn of 2003 he was diagnosed with Head and neck cancer. During several months of chemo- and radiation-therapy he wrote an (unpublished) autobiographical novel titled On The Street - DXM in 1964 – or My Best Friend Jesus, which recounted his experiments with he drug dextromethorphan hydrobromide (DXM).

Career

Between 1964 and 1967 Brummbaer traveled Europe as a pavement-painter and in 1967 he had his first exhibition of paintings at the Art's Lab in London. He later moved to Frankfurt in 1968 where he designed psychedelic posters and founded Germany's first lightshow-company, the “Exploding Galaxy.” They performed for Tangerine Dream, Amon Duul, The Fugs, Frank Zappa, etc. They also shot a Lightshow film: “Astronomy Domine” with Knollfick, (music Pink Floyd).

Due to his large and rare collection of underground comics, Brummbaer translated and edited Robert Crumb’s first book in Germany. With the success of the book he was able start a comic-book-company "Brumm Comix." With the profits of comic-book-company he was able to publish “Germania,” an underground German magazine. It was during this time that Brummbaer was politically involved in the squatting of houses for the homeless and the legalisation of marijuana and other nonaddictive soft drugs.

From 1972-1973 he spent nine month writing and recording “Maschine Nr.9,” a radio play with Wolf Wondratschek and Georg Deuter. [1]

Filmography

Actor

Der Allerletzte (1979) (TV) (as Brummbär)
Die Sweethearts, (1977) (TV)
Warum der Himmel kein Flugzeug ist

Director

CyberWorld (2000)
The Last Trip to Harrisburg (1984) (aka "Die letzte Fahrt nach Harrisburg")

Production Designer

Klaus Lemke: Idole 1975 (TV),
Die Sweethearts, (1977) (TV),
Moto-Cross (1977) (TV),
Der Allerletzte, (1979) (TV),
Arabische Nächte (1979) (“Arabian Nights”)
Dark Seed (1992) (VG)

Other

Illustrator: German Edition Magazines - Playboy, Penthouse, Transatlantic
Painter: Exhibition at Gallery Klinzer, Munich, Magic Realism
Animator: German Television "XX, Clip-Cafe": Production design, openers, bumpers, and stage design for Youth-oriented shows.

Computer Graphics

In 1986, the International Synergy Institute in Los Angeles invited Brummbaer to be artist in residence to work on their Fairlight CVI computer where he created several ¾" videos: "New Worlds,” “Orient Ma Mind An Touch Ma Hal,” “Pretty Please." Another reason to live in LA was his friendship with Dr. Timothy Leary, Dr. John Lilly, and his wife Tony. Since the introduction of the personal computer he promoted and exercised digital design, creating art for games and special effects for movies. In 1988 he worked on Futique Inc.'s "Cyberpunk Interscreen/The Mind Movie" in collaboration with Timothy Leary. Stubbornly insisting to only design on computers allowed only for a modest living by generating covers for books, records and magazines.

During 1991-1993, Brummbaer served as the Art Director for the game Darkseed, in the style of, and in collaboration with H.R. Giger. For the movie Critters 4 he created the computer graphics on a PC. The "Digital Be-In" in San Francisco and the Zero-One Gallery, Los Angles showed his first exhibition of electronic paintings, hosted by Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary's last book "Chaos and Cyberculture" contains many illustrations by Brummbaer.

Sony Pictures Imageworks

1994 Johnny Mnemonic (Opener/Cyberspace)
1995 L.A. SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater (Opener) "The Craft" (butterflies)
1996 Odyssey into the Mind’s Eye (Opener for "Mind’s Eye”), "Computer Animation Classics" (Opener for "Mind’s Eye Classics”), "Dark Skies" (TV Series pilot) "Jonny Quest" (cartoon)
1997 L.A. SIGGRAPH "Electronic Theatre" (Opener) SDDS Logo (Cinematic Opener) "En Vogue" MTV video

Other film work

1998 2 1/2 minutes IMAX/3D CyberWorld (2000)
1999 Bill Gates' Basement (animated short)
2000 - 2001 "Thru the Moebius Strip" with Jean Girard Moebius - 3-Minute trailer [2]
2001 - 2002 Researching "Non-Photo-Real Renderers" Toto's Dream -- Animation short
2003 The Story of Computer Graphics (Dir. Frank Foster, Opener/Closer)

Games

Brummbaer is credited for several games he worked on including SimCity (1989), Wolfpack (1990), Robo Sport (1991), Comanche (1992), Q*bert (1992), Shrek 2 (2004) and True Crime: New York City (2005).

Awards

Imagina - Monte' Carlo - Content graphics (1997)
International Monitor Award - Openers/Closers (1998)
"Bill Gates Basement" - Siggraph Animation Theatre (1999)

External links

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+'''Brummbaer''' (born [[August 18]], 1945) is a [[Germany|German]] [[digital art]]ist who has done work as an [[art director]], [[designer]], [[graphic artist]], and [[3D modeling software|3D modeler]]. As an actor he has appeared in various German TV movies, and also produced and directed. In the latter part of his career he became focused on [[computer graphics]], and has since created several short computer-generated animations and has done [[visual effect]]s for movies.
-{{Cleanup|date=November 2005}}
-'''Brummbaer''' (born [[August 18]], 1945) is a [[Germany|German]] Digital Artist. He is well known for his work as an [[art director]], [[designer]], [[graphical artist]], [[3D animator]], and [[modeler]] . In the 1970s he appeared as an actor in various German TV movies, and also produced and directed. In [[1986]] he began a career in [[computer graphics]], and has since created several short computer-generated animations and done [[visual effect]]s for movies.
 == Life ==
-His fine art and [[counterculture|underground]] magazine ''[[Germania]]'' brought him recognition in Europe during the [[1960s|Sixties]], and he orchestrated light shows for such musicians as [[Frank Zappa]] and [[Tangerine Dream]]. He found his most expressive medium when he discovered the computer.
+Brummbaer's fine art and [[counterculture|underground]] magazine ''[[Germania]]'' brought him recognition in Europe during the [[1960s]], and he orchestrated light shows for musicians such as [[Frank Zappa]] and [[Tangerine Dream]]. He found his most expressive medium when he discovered the computer.
-He was one of the primary computer animators responsible for the special effects in the [[Tristar]] motion picture ''[[Johnny Mnemonic]]'' (1995). He also created an innovative opener for [[SIGGRAPH]]’s 1995 "Electronic Theater", and has long been a pioneer in the world of digital animation, where he has been noted for his signature [[Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants|hallucinogenic]] style.
+He was one of the primary computer animators responsible for the special effects in the [[Tristar]] motion picture ''[[Johnny Mnemonic]]''. He also created an innovative opener for [[SIGGRAPH]]’s 1995 "Electronic Theater," and has long been a pioneer in the world of digital animation, where he has been noted for his signature [[Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants|hallucinogenic]] style.
-In the autumn of 2003 he was diagnosed with [[squamous head]] and [[neck cancer]]. During several months of chemo- and radiation-therapy he wrote an (unpublished) autobiographical novel titled “''On The Street -- [[DXM]] in [[1964]] – or My Best Friend [[Jesus]]''", which recounted his experiments with he drug dextromethorphan hydrobromide (DXM).
+In the autumn of 2003 he was diagnosed with [[Head and neck cancer]]. During several months of [[Chemotherapy|chemo]]- and [[Radiation therapy|radiation]]-therapy he wrote an (unpublished) autobiographical novel titled ''On The Street - [[DXM]]'' in [[1964]] – or ''My Best Friend [[Jesus]]'', which recounted his experiments with he drug dextromethorphan hydrobromide (DXM).
 == Career ==
-Between 1964 and 1967 he traveled Europe as a pavement-painter and in 1967 had his first exhibition of paintings at the [[Art's Lab]] in [[London]].
+Between 1964 and 1967 Brummbaer traveled Europe as a pavement-painter and in 1967 he had his first exhibition of paintings at the [[Art's Lab]] in [[London]]. He later moved to [[Frankfurt]] in 1968 where he designed [[psychedelic]] posters and founded Germany's first lightshow-company, the “Exploding Galaxy.” They performed for Tangerine Dream, Amon Duul, The Fugs, Frank Zappa, etc. They also shot a Lightshow film: “Astronomy Domine” with Knollfick, (music Pink Floyd).
+Due to his large and rare collection of underground comics, Brummbaer translated and edited [[Robert Crumb]]’s first book in Germany. With the success of the book he was able start a comic-book-company "Brumm Comix." With the profits of comic-book-company he was able to publish “Germania,” an underground German magazine. It was during this time that Brummbaer was politically involved in the [[squatting]] of houses for the homeless and the legalisation of [[marijuana]] and other nonaddictive soft drugs.
-he moved to Frankfurt, West-Germany, where he designed psychedelic posters. (Momentarily in the show “Summer of Love” Tate-Gallery, Liverpool – [[Kunsthalle Schirn Frankfurt]]).
+From 1972-1973 he spent nine month writing and recording “Maschine Nr.9,” a radio play with [[Wolf Wondratschek]] and Georg Deuter. [http://149.219.195.51/radio/wdr3/sendung.phtml?sendung=WDR+3+HOERSPIEL&termineid=230844&objektart]
-In Spring 1968 he founded Germany's first lightshow-company, the “Exploding Galaxy”. They performed for Tangerine Dream, Amon Duul, The Fugs, Frank Zappa, etc. They also shot a Lightshow film: “Astronomy Domine” with Knollfick, (music Pink Floyd), which has been rediscovered just lately and also is shown in the above mentioned art-show “Summer of Love”, Tate-Gallery, Liverpool – [[Kunsthalle Schirn Frankfurt]].
-, because of his large and rare collection of Underground comics, he translated and edited Robert [[Crumb]]’s first book in Germany, which was so immensely successful that as a consequence he succeeded to create Germany’s largest comic-book-company at the time.
-he decided to spend the profits from the "Brummcomix" comic-book-company to publish “Germania”, Germany’s legendary underground magazine. These were the years when he was politically involved in the squatting of houses for the homeless and the legalisation of [[marijuana]] and other nonaddictive soft drugs.
--73 he spent nine month writing and recording “Maschine Nr.9”, a Radio play with [[Wolf Wondratschek]] and Georg Deuter, which has become a classic and is still played on the radio today. [http://149.219.195.51/radio/wdr3/sendung.phtml?sendung=WDR+3+HOERSPIEL&termineid=230844&objektart]
 == Filmography ==
 === Actor ===
-*”Der Allerletzte” (1979) (TV) (as Brummbär)
+*Der Allerletzte (1979) (TV) (as Brummbär)
-*“Die Sweethearts”, (1977) (TV)
+*Die Sweethearts, (1977) (TV)
-*“Warum der Himmel kein Flugzeug ist” (Prod. + Dir. Wolf Wondratschek)  (Praedikat besonders wertvoll)
+*Warum der Himmel kein Flugzeug ist
 === Director ===
 * CyberWorld (2000)
-* The Last Trip to Harrisburg (1984) (aka "Die letzte Fahrt nach Harrisburg")http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289274/
+* The Last Trip to Harrisburg (1984) (aka "Die letzte Fahrt nach Harrisburg")
 === Production Designer ===
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 * Die Sweethearts, (1977) (TV),
 * Moto-Cross (1977) (TV),
-* “Der Allerletzte”, (1979) (TV),
+* Der Allerletzte, (1979) (TV),
-* “Arabische Nächte” (1979) (“Arabian Nights”)
+* Arabische Nächte (1979) (“Arabian Nights”)
 * Dark Seed (1992) (VG)
+===Other===
-''As Illustrator'' GERMAN EDITION MAGAZINES Playboy, Penthouse, Transatlantic
+*Illustrator: German Edition Magazines - [[Playboy]], [[Penthouse]], Transatlantic
-''As Painter'': Exhibition at Gallery Klinzer, Munich, “Magic Realism”
+*Painter: Exhibition at Gallery Klinzer, Munich, ''Magic Realism''
+*Animator: German Television "XX, Clip-Cafe": Production design, openers, bumpers, and stage design for Youth-oriented shows.
-''As Animator'': German Television "XX, Clip-Cafe": Production design, openers, bumpers and stage design for Youth-oriented shows.
 == Computer Graphics ==
-In 1986 the International Synergy Institute in Los Angeles invited him to be artist in residence to work on their Fairlight CVI computer where he created several ¾" videos: "New Worlds”, “Orient Ma Mind An Touch Ma Hal”,  “Pretty Please". Another reason to live in LA was his close friendship with Dr. [[Timothy Leary]], Dr. John Lilly, and his wife Tony. Since the introduction of the personal computer he promoted and exercised digital design, creating art for games and special effects for movies. In 1988 he worked on Futique Inc.'s "Cyberpunk Interscreen/The Mind Movie" in collaboration with Timothy Leary. Stubbornly insisting to only design on computers allowed only for a modest living by generating covers for books, records and magazines. TARCHER PUBLISHING / MONDO 2000 / HIGHER OCTAVE MUSIC
+In 1986, the International Synergy Institute in Los Angeles invited Brummbaer to be artist in residence to work on their Fairlight CVI computer where he created several ¾" videos: "New Worlds,” “Orient Ma Mind An Touch Ma Hal,”  “Pretty Please." Another reason to live in LA was his friendship with Dr. [[Timothy Leary]], Dr. John Lilly, and his wife Tony. Since the introduction of the personal computer he promoted and exercised digital design, creating art for games and special effects for movies. In 1988 he worked on Futique Inc.'s "Cyberpunk Interscreen/The Mind Movie" in collaboration with Timothy Leary. Stubbornly insisting to only design on computers allowed only for a modest living by generating covers for books, records and magazines.
+During 1991-1993, Brummbaer served as the Art Director for the game ''Darkseed'', in the style of, and in collaboration with [[H.R. Giger]]. For the movie ''[[Critters 4]]'' he created the computer graphics on a PC. The "[[Digital Be-In]]" in San Francisco and the Zero-One Gallery, Los Angles showed his first exhibition of electronic paintings, hosted by Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary's last book "Chaos and Cyberculture" contains many illustrations by Brummbaer.
-* 1991 - 93
-He was the Art Director for the game ''Darkseed'', in the style of, and in collaboration with [[H.R. Giger]]
-For the movie ''Critters IV'' he created the computer graphics on a PC.
-The DIGITAL BE-IN in San Francisco and the ZERO-ONE GALLERY Los Angles showed his first
-Exhibition of electronic paintings, hosted by Timothy Leary.
-Timothy Leary's last book "Chaos and Cyberculture" contains many illustrations by Brummbaer.
 === Sony Pictures Imageworks ===
-* 1994 ''Johnny Mnemonic'' (Opener/Cyberspace) [http://www.groundzerofx.com/maxinfilm/1995.htm
+* 1994 ''Johnny Mnemonic'' (Opener/Cyberspace)
 * 1995 L.A. SIGGRAPH ''Electronic Theater'' (Opener) "The Craft" (butterflies)
 * 1996 ''Odyssey into the Mind’s Eye'' (Opener for "Mind’s Eye”), "Computer Animation Classics" (Opener for "Mind’s Eye Classics”), "Dark Skies" (TV Series pilot) "Jonny Quest" (cartoon)
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 ===Other film work===
-* 1998 2 1/2 minutes IMAX/3D ''CyberWorld'' (2000)[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115949/]
+* 1998 2 1/2 minutes IMAX/3D ''CyberWorld'' (2000)
 * 1999 ''[[Bill Gates]]' Basement'' (animated short)
-* 2000 - 01 "Thru the Moebius Strip" with [[Jean Girard Moebius]] - 3-Minute trailer [http://www.cg-nauten.de/klex/adam/films/moebius/moebius_nauten.htm]
+* 2000 - 2001 "Thru the Moebius Strip" with [[Jean Girard Moebius]] - 3-Minute trailer [http://www.cg-nauten.de/klex/adam/films/moebius/moebius_nauten.htm]
-* 2001 - 02 Researching "Non-Photo-Real Renderers" ''Toto's Dream'' -- Animation short
+* 2001 - 2002 Researching "Non-Photo-Real Renderers" ''Toto's Dream'' -- Animation short
 * 2003 ''The Story of Computer Graphics'' (Dir. Frank Foster, Opener/Closer)
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 == Awards ==
-* "Bill Gates Basement" - Siggraph Animation Theatre (1999)
-* International Monitor Award - Openers/Closers (1998)
 * Imagina - Monte' Carlo - Content graphics (1997)
+* International Monitor Award - Openers/Closers (1998)
+* "Bill Gates Basement" - Siggraph Animation Theatre (1999)
 ==External links==