Ralph Thiekötter, sound re-recording mixer, Hamburg

About Ralph Thiekötter

Ralph had his first instrumental experience at age 4. He has 7 years musical education on Piano, Keyboard and Guitar. Increasing Interest in Audio Engineering, Moog-Synthesizers and Music. Started 1974 as Trainee at "Studio Funk" in Hamburg, Germany. From 1976 Sound Assistant and ADR Recordist. First Dubbing Mixes in 1980. Many Documentary and Feature Film Sound Designs and Mixes for the German Broadcasters. Additionally Live Musician, Bass Guitar. From 1984 first Sound engineer of "Studio Funk", Hamburg. Additionally Music Composing and Recording for Feature Films and Commercials. From 1990 primarily specialized in Multichannel Mixing for Feature Films and Commercials. From 2000 Chief Sound Engineer of "Studio Funk", Hamburg an Berlin, main Focus on Feature Film Mixes. Since March 2022 freelance.

Fictional movies as sound re-recording mixer

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2022	The Amazing Maurice	Feature Film	Tobias 'Toby' Genkel	Ulysses Filmproduktion GmbH [de]
2022	Kommissar Dupin - Bretonische Idylle	TV-Movie (Series), ARD [de], Degeto [de]	Janis Rebecca Rattenni	Filmpool Fiction GmbH
2021	Der Beschützer	TV Movie, ARD [de], Degeto [de]	Philipp Osthus	Wüste Medien GmbH
2021	Kommissar Dupin - Bretonische Spezialitäten	TV-Movie (Series), ARD [de], Degeto [de]	Bruno Grass	Filmpool Fiction GmbH
2021	Heartbeast	Feature Film	Aino Suni	Adastra Films [fr]
2020	Tatort - Es lebe der König!	TV-Movie (Series), WDR [de]	Buket Alakus	Filmpool Fiction GmbH
2020	Aus dem Tagebuch eines Uber Fahrers	TV Series, Joyn [de]	Julian Pörksen	Bon Voyage Films GmbH
2020	Kommissar Dupin - Bretonisches Vermächtnis	TV-Movie (Series), ARD [de], Degeto [de]	Bruno Grass	Filmpool Fiction GmbH
2020	Big Dating	TV Series	Nathan Nill	Kundschafter Filmproduktion GmbH [de]
2020	Tatort - Krieg im Kopf	TV-Movie (Series), NDR [de]	Jobst Christian Oetzmann	Filmpool Fiction GmbH
2020	District Terminal	Independent Feature Film	Bardia Yadegari	PakFilm GmbH [de]
2020	German Lessons	Independent Feature Film	Pavel Vesnakov	Heimathafen Film & Media GmbH
2020	Ooops! 2 - Land in Sicht adr mixer	Feature Film	Multiple	Ulysses Filmproduktion GmbH [de]	adr mixer
2019	Verliebt in Kroatien	TV Movie, ARD [de], Degeto [de]	Bruno Grass	Filmpool Fiction GmbH
2019	Eine Klasse für sich	TV Movie, WDR [de]	Christine Hartmann	Filmpool Fiction GmbH
2019	Tödliches Comeback	TV Movie, NDR [de]	Hermine Huntgeburth	Josefine Filmproduktion GbR [de]
2018	Kippa	Short Film	Lukas Nathrath	Hamburg Media School
2018	Rocca changes the World	Feature Film	Katja Benrath	Rocca UG [de]
2018	Keiner schiebt uns weg	TV Movie, ARD [de], WDR [de]	Wolfgang Murnberger	Filmpool Fiction GmbH
2018	Tatort - Das verschwundene Kind	TV-Movie (Series), NDR [de]	Franziska Buch	Filmpool Fiction GmbH
2018	Bayala - A Magical Adventure	Feature Film	Multiple	Ulysses Filmproduktion GmbH [de]
2017	Morale	Short Film	Lukas Nathrath	Hamburg Media School
2017	Wo kein Schatten fällt	TV Movie, NDR [de]	Esther Bialas	Das Kind mit der goldenen Jacke Filmproduktion GmbH
2017	Draußen in meinem Kopf	Feature Film	Eibe Maleen Krebs	Junafilm GmbH (haftungsbeschränkt)
2016	Die Pfefferkörner und der Fluch des schwarzen Königs	Feature Film	Christian Theede	LETTERBOX FILMPRODUKTION GmbH
2016	Halaleluja - Iren sind menschlich!	Feature Film	Conor McDermottroe	Florin Film- und Fernsehproduktion Gmbh & Co. KG [de]
2016	Auf der anderen Seite ist das Gras viel grüner	Feature Film	Pepe Danquart	NFP
2016	My Brother Simple	Feature Film	Markus Goller	LETTERBOX FILMPRODUKTION GmbH
2016	Apropos Glück	TV Movie, ZDF [de]	Ulrike Grote	RELEVANT F!LM Produktion GmbH
2016	Wie Männer über Frauen reden	Feature Film	Henrik Regel	Unlike U
2015	Vorstadtrocker	TV Movie	Martina Plura	Weydemann Bros. GmbH [de]
2015	Komm schon!	TV Series, ZDF [de], ZDFneo [de]	Multiple	Tamtam Film GmbH
2015	Kartoffelsalat - Nicht fragen!	Feature Film	Michael David Pate	Take25Pictures GmbH [de]
2014	Der Metzger muss nachsitzen	TV-Movie (Series), ARD [de], Degeto [de]	Andreas Herzog	Magic Flight Film GmbH [de]
2014	Der Metzger und der Tote im Haifischbecken	TV-Movie (Series), ARD [de], Degeto [de]	Andreas Herzog	Magic Flight Film GmbH [de]
2014	Bach in Brazil	Feature Film	Ansgar Ahlers	NFP
2014	Gefällt Mir	Feature Film	Michael David Pate	Take25Pictures GmbH [de]
2014	Anhedonia	Feature Film	Patrick Siegfried Zimmer	Interzone Pictures
2014	Der 7bte Zwerg (3D)	Feature Film	Multiple	Zipfelmützenfilm GmbH & Co. KG [de]
2013	Waltzing Matilda	Short Film	Sven Pohl	Hamburg Media School
2013	Dogwalker	Short Film	Viviane Andereggen	Hamburg Media School
2013	Chains Of Love	Short Film	Martina Plura	Hamburg Media School
2012	Besser als nix	Feature Film	Ute Wieland	NFP
2012	Hanni & Nanni 3 music re-recording mixer	Feature Film	Dagmar Seume	UFA Cinema GmbH [de]	music re-recording mixer
2012	Tore tanzt	Feature Film	Katrin Gebbe	Junafilm GmbH (haftungsbeschränkt)
2012	Night Train to Lisbon adr mixer	Feature Film	Bille August	Studio Hamburg FilmProduktion GmbH [de]	adr mixer
2011	Hanni & Nanni 2 music re-recording mixer	Feature Film	Julia von Heinz	UFA Cinema GmbH [de]	music re-recording mixer
2011	The Hunt for the Amber Room	TV Movie, RTL [de]	Florian Baxmeyer	Dreamtool Entertainment GmbH
2011	Cowboys and Indians	Short Film	Jan-Gerrit Seyler	Hamburg Media School
2011	Exmun	Short Film	Maxim Kuphal-Potapenko	Hamburg Media School
2011	I Have a Boat	Short Film	Nathan Nill	Hamburg Media School
2010	Atmen	Feature Film	Karl Markovics	Epo-Film Produktionsges.m.b.H.
2010	Igor & the Cranes' Journey	Feature Film	Evgeny Ruman	United Channel Movies [il]
2010	Time Frames	Short Film	Jimmy Grassiant	Hamburg Media School
2010	Stranger at home	Short Film	Lena Liberta	Hamburg Media School
2010	Eternalsoul.org	Short Film	Jimmy Grassiant	Hamburg Media School
2009	In Another Life	Feature Film, ORF [at]	Elisabeth Scharang	Epo-Film Produktionsges.m.b.H.
2009	Vater Morgana	Feature Film	Till Endemann	MovieCompany Film- und Fernseh GmbH
2009	Hanni & Nanni	Feature Film	Christine Hartmann	UFA Cinema GmbH [de]
2009	Der verlorene Vater	TV Movie	Hermine Huntgeburth	Eikon Media GmbH [de]
2009	Mörder auf Amrum	TV Movie	Markus Imboden	Bremedia Produktion GmbH
2009	All Change Please	Short Film	Lena Liberta	Hamburg Media School
2009	Silent Sea	Short Film	Lena Liberta	Hamburg Media School
2008	Altiplano adr mixer	Feature Film	Multiple	Ma.ja.de. Fiction GmbH [de]	adr mixer
2008	Sores & Sîrîn	Short Film	Katrin Gebbe	Hamburg Media School
2008	Me & Orson Welles adr mixer	Feature Film	Richard Linklater	CinemaNX [uk]	adr mixer
2007	Die drei ??? - Das verfluchte Schloss	Feature Film	Florian Baxmeyer	Studio Hamburg International Production (SHIP) [de]
2007	Cry of the Owl	Feature Film	Jamie Thraves	Myriad Pictures Inc. [us]
2007	Dornröschen	TV-Movie (Series), ZDF [de]	Arend Agthe	Provobis Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen mbH
2007	The Clarification Of A Situation	Short Film	Multiple	Leitmotiv Film GmbH [de]
2007	For my Father	Feature Film	Dror Zahavi	RELEVANT F!LM Produktion GmbH
2007	The Kreutzer Sonata	Feature Film	Bernard Rose	Kreutzer Films [us]
2006	The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island	Feature Film	Florian Baxmeyer	Studio Hamburg International Production (SHIP) [de]
2005	The House is Burning adr mixer	Feature Film	Holger Ernst	Reverse Angle International GmbH [de]	adr mixer
2005	7 Zwerge - Der Wald ist nicht genug	Feature Film	Sven Unterwaldt	Zipfelmützenfilm GmbH & Co. KG [de]
2004	Thief Lord adr mixer	Feature Film	Richard Claus	Comet Film Produktion GmbH [de]	adr mixer
2004	Papa und Mama Teil 3	TV Movie (multi-part), ZDF [de]	Dieter Wedel	Starhaus Filmproduktion GmbH	Teil 3
2004	Die Pferdeinsel	TV Movie, ARD [de], Degeto [de]	Josh Broecker	TeamWorx Television & Film GmbH [de]
2004	Don't Come Knocking adr mixer	Feature Film	Wim Wenders	Reverse Angle Production GmbH [de]	adr mixer
2003	7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald	Feature Film	Sven Unterwaldt	Zipfelmützenfilm GmbH & Co. KG [de]
2001	Vacuum	Medium Length Film	Thomas Grampp	Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg [de]
2001	Ein Millionär zum Frühstück	TV Movie, SAT.1	Josh Broecker	ITV Studios Germany GmbH (formerly Granada Produktion)
1999	Tatort - Strafstoß (WT)	TV-Movie (Series), ARD [de]	Klaus-Peter Weber	Telefilm Saar GmbH [de]
1998	Tatort - Allein in der Falle	TV-Movie (Series), SR [de]	Hans Noever	Telefilm Saar GmbH [de]
1997	Die Rättin	TV Movie	Martin Buchhorn	Telefilm Saar GmbH [de]
1994	Adelheid und ihre Mörder	TV Series, ARD [de], Degeto [de]	Claus Michael Rohne	ndF neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft mbH
1994	Otto - Die Serie	TV Series	Otto Waalkes	Rüssl Musikverlag
1993	Sniper adr mixer	Feature Film	Luis Llosa	Baltimore Pictures [us]	adr mixer
1993	Asphaltflimmern	Feature Film	Johannes Hebendanz	Bruno Knoche Film GmbH
1991	Neues vom Süderhof	TV Series, NDR [de]	Monika Zinnenberg	KG Televersal Film- und Fernseh Produktion GmbH & Co. [de]
1988	El Dorado adr mixer deutsche Fassung	Feature Film	Carlos Saura	Canal+ [fr]	adr mixer deutsche Fassung
1987	21 Jump Street adr mixer	TV Series, FOX [us]	Stephen J. Cannell	20th Television [us]	adr mixer
1986	Escape from Sobibor adr mixer deutsche Fassung	TV Movie, BBC [uk]	Jack Gold	Zenith Productions Ltd.	adr mixer deutsche Fassung

Non-fictional movies as sound re-recording mixer

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2023	Wunderland - Vom Kindheitstraum zum Welterfolg	Documentary Feature	Sabine Howe	B 14 FILM GmbH
2021	Jonas in the Fields	Documentary Feature	Peter Sempel	Black Sun Flower Film, Peter Sempel [de]
2021	Schumacher	Documentary, Netflix	Multiple	B 14 FILM GmbH
2021	SaFahri - Eine Reise zu den Elementen Episode 5	Documentary Series, Sky [de]	Multiple	Bon Voyage Films GmbH	Episode 5
2019	Alles ist eins, außer der 0	Documentary Feature	Multiple	Interzone Pictures
2018	Cicero - Zwei Leben, eine Bühne	Documentary Feature	Kai Wessel	Latemar Film
2017	Searching for Ingmar Bergman	Documentary Feature	Margarethe von Trotta	C-Films (Deutschland) GmbH [de]
2015	Café Waldluft	Documentary, BR [de]	Matthias Koßmehl	Bavarian Zoetrope
2013	Romy, ich bin krank	Short Documentary	Andreas Grützner	Grützner Film
2007	Chamame	Documentary	Cosima Lange	Fliegende Fische Creative Pool (formerly Fliegende Fische Film)
2007	Flamenco Mi Vida	Documentary	Peter Sempel	Black Sun Flower Film, Peter Sempel [de]
2002	Lemmy	Documentary	Peter Sempel	Black Sun Flower Film, Peter Sempel [de]
1996	Zero Killed	Documentary	Michal Kosakowski	Kosakowski Films
1991	Wolfskinder	Documentary	Eberhard Fechner	Eberhardt Fechner Produktion
1987	Der Indianer	Documentary, ZDF [de]	Rolf Schübel	Oase-Film GmbH [de]
1983	Im Damenstift	Documentary	Eberhard Fechner	Eberhardt Fechner Produktion

Further projects as sound re-recording mixer

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2019	Offense	Education/Training Production	Max Hegewald	Hamburg Media School

Fictional movies in other activities

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2023	Kommissar Dupin - Bretonische Nächte	TV-Movie (Series), ARD [de], Degeto [de]	Holger Haase	Filmpool Fiction GmbH	dialog editor
2019	Pelican Blood	Feature Film	Katrin Gebbe	Junafilm GmbH (haftungsbeschränkt)	foley recordist
2012	Vorzimmer zur Hölle - Plötzlich Boss	TV-Movie (Series), ZDF [de]	Michael Keusch	ITV Studios Germany GmbH (formerly Granada Produktion)	sound designer
1975	Nordsee ist Mordsee	Feature Film	Hark Bohm	Hamburger Kino-Kompanie Hark Bohm Filmproduktions KG [de]	ADR technical supervisor

Film awards

Year	Film	Award	Category
2012	In Another Life	Österreichischer Filmpreis 2012	Beste Tongestaltung	Nominated

Awards

Year	Award
2006	New York International Film & Video Worldmedal Gold - Sound Design
2002	Clio 2002 Television & Cinema - Sound Design
2001	New York International Film & Video Worldmedal - Sound Design
1991	Cannes - Golden Lion - Music

Basic data

Nationality	German
Languages	EnglishGerman
Experience abroad	Central Europe: Austria North America: USA
Special skills	Sound Design, Nuendo, Pro Tools, Multi Channel Mixing, Cinema, TV, Sound Supervising
Own equipment	Nuendo, Edit Suite, Mixing Suite
Education	1974-76 training as sound assistant, Studio Funk, Hamburg 1976-78 Advanced training in sound engineering, sound mixing, composition theory from 1980 composer for film and advertising music 1978-82 music mixing, film mixing, advertising mixing from 1983 sound engineer feature film, advertising and music, from 1989 specializing in multi-channel mixing, cinema, TV from 2000 chief sound engineer Studio Funk / postperfect, Hamburg freelance from 2022
Further references	Nominated Best Sound and Mixing Austrian Film Award 2012 for "Vielleicht in einem anderen Leben", feature film, director: Elisabeth Scharang composer since 1980 Musicians: piano, bass guitar Ordinary GEMA member since 1982
Preferred place of work	re-Recording mixes and Sound Design
Immediate working area	Hamburg
1st residence (federal state or country)	Germany - Lower Saxony
Accommodation possibilities	Los Angeles, San Diego
Associations	GEMA - Organisation for rights of authors and publishers of musical works [de] GVL - German Organisation for the Management of Neighbouring Rights [de]

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