Detlef Siebert

Detlef Siebert is a German television writer, director and producer, working in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Biography

Siebert began his career at the BBC as assistant producer of the 1997 documentary series The Nazis: A Warning from History.

He wrote, directed and produced the 2001 Bombing Germany episode of the Timewatch series.^[2]

He also directed the drama sequences in the 2005 series Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution',^[3] wrote, directed and produced the 2006 drama documentary The Somme - From Defeat to Victory,^[4] and produced the 2006 series Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial, produced the 2011 docudrama Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend.

In his latest programme, the 2014 BBC Two documentary, I Was There: The Great War Interviews,^[5] Siebert used interviews with eyewitnesses of the First World War filmed by the BBC in the 1960s. Most of the interview material in the film had never been shown ^[6] and the film garnered critical acclaim.^[7][8]

Filmography

• 1994 Dichter, Tod, und Teufel: Salman Rushdie co-producer/director^[9]
• 1997 The Nazis: A Warning from History assistant producer
• 1999 War of the Century assistant producer
• 2001 Timewatch: Bombing Germany producer, director & writer
• 2001 Timewatch: Himmler, Hitler, and the End of the Reich producer, director & writer
• 2005 Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution' drama director
• 2006 The Somme - From Defeat to Victory producer, director & writer
• 2006 Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial series producer
• 2007 Visions of the Future series producer
• 2009 How the Celts Saved Britain executive producer
• 2011 Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend producer
• 2014 I Was There: The Great War Interviews

References