Wolf Bauer

Born in Stuttgart in 1950, Bauer studied communications and art history in Munich and Berlin (graduating with a Master of Arts, summa cum laude). In 1976 he began working first as a writer of political magazine reports for the ZDF program "Kennzeichen D."

In 1980 Bauer came to UFA Film- und Fernsehproduktion as story editor and producer, and has been producer and chairman of the managing board of the UFA Film & TV Produktion since 1991. Since the foundation of FremantleMedia in 2000, he is also on the Operating Board of the internationally active production group. FremantleMedia is the international production arm of the RTL Group, to which the UFA also belongs.

Under his direction, UFA developed into a high-performance production group which has continually built up its market leadership in Germany as a film and television production company in the past years.

Since 1980 Wolf Bauer has produced more than 80 TV movies, including "Der Snob" (ZDF, 1983, director: Wolfgang Staudte), "Das Haus am Watt" (ZDF, 1989, director: Sigi Rothemund), "Catherine the Great" (1994, ZDF, director: Marvin Chomsky) with Catherine Zeta-Jones in the title role, "Terror in the Mall" (1997, director: Norberto Barba) and episodes of successful series such as "Ein unvergessliches Wochenende in..." and the film adaptations of stories by Rosamunde Pilcher. Wolf Bauer also produced eight feature films, including "Der Schnüffler" (1982), "Didi – Der Doppelgänger" (1983), "Didi und die Rache der Enterbten" (1984), "Der Experte" (1988).

Moreover, as producer, Wolf Bauer was also responsible for the launch of more than 20 series. Among them are weekly series for public broadcasters such as "Detektivbüro Roth" (1983, WDR), "Der Untermieter" (1983/84, ZDF), "Berliner Weisse mit Schuss" (1984, ZDF) and "Der Millionenerbe" (1989, ZDF), both with Günter Pfitzmann, as well as one of the first sitcoms on German television, "Die lieben Verwandten" (1989, WDR) and the first genuine weekly "Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast" (1997, RTL). Daily series such as "Gute Zeiten – Schlechte Zeiten" (since 1992, RTL), "Unter uns" (since 1994, RTL), "Verbotene Liebe" (since 1994, ARD) and the telenovelas "Bianca – Wege zum Glück" (2004, ZDF) and "Verliebt in Berlin" (2005, Sat.1) were also created under his direction. Besides THE PHYSICIAN, his productions at UFA Cinema also include the programs "Devil's Kickers" (2010), "Hanni & Nanni" (2010), "Pigeons on the Roof" (2011) and "Jungle Child" (2011).

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