koelnkamera colognecamera Rainer Friedrich (cameraman, camerateam, camera crew) - Documentaries

	Tierisch kölsch (3./4.Staffel) Doku-soap from the Cologne Zoo (45 min. each, 16:9) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, and others Production: docstation, daily from 05-07-07 (3rd season) and 12-03-07 (4th season) on ZDF	more...	"Animals kölsch" More than 80 episodes of the successful zoo docu-soap
	Betrifft: Nur keine Glatze! Reportage for SWR "Betrifft" by Wolfgang Luck (45 min., 16:9) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, Hans Albrecht Lusznat First broadcasted on 12-03-2007, 22:15 (SWR)	more...	"Subject: Only No Bald Head!" Light posts, receding hairline, bald. How do men react when they lose their hair? The film shows strategies in the fight against loss of hair hormone therapy, toupee, transplantation). It's also a journey through the psyche of the ageing man...
	Tarragona - Wir haben überlebt Documentary by Andrea Klüting (45 min.) Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: Zeitsprung First broadcasted on 09-09-2007, 22:15 (RTL)	more...	"Tarragona - We Have Survived" Spain 1978: A lorry transporting propane gas rushes into a campsite and explodes. This film plunges into the personal destinies of victims and relatives, rescuers and helpers. Eyewitnesses tell about the terrible event, a disaster which completely changed their life.
	Mein Leben - Frank Schätzing Documentary by Andrea Klüting (45 min., 16:9) for ZDF/arte Camera: Rainer Friedrich, Robert Lippke First broadcasted on 05-19-2007, 17:30 (arte)	more...	"My Life - Frank Schätzing" A documentary about the likable thriller-author from Cologne, who wrote megaseller like "Der Schwarm" ("The Swarm") and "Tod und Teufel" ("Death and Devil"). The multi-talent is always on the move: for example in a recordning studio for audio books or in a typical cologne brewery.
	Wenn die Männer Schürzen tragen Fathers between home and after-school care club ZDF-Reportage by Oliver Koytek (30 min., 16:9) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, Chris Koytek First broadcasted on 02-04-2007, 18:30 (ZDF)	more...	"When men wear apron dresses" There was a new law in germany in the beginning of January 2007 that supports parents and especially fathers. Oliver Koytek accompanies three families that changed their roles. A view behind the scenes of german family reality.

2007

	Der rote Milliardär Russian's economic leader Vladimir Potanin Report (30 min.) by Gordan Godec Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: transdokumentar First broadcasted on 05-22-2002 (Phoenix)	more... (german)	"The red billionaire"
	Jörg Immendorff - Die Lästerzungen Documentary (90 min.) by Dirk Gion Camera: H. Brikzinsky, Rainer Friedrich, M. Theen, M. Belz Production: Zeitsprung First broadcasted on 06- 29-2001 (arte)	more... (german)	"Jörg Immendorff - The Detractors"
	ARD-Exclusiv: Boykott am Pier The battle for wages Report (30 min.) by Gordan Godec Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: Filmfabrik First broadcasted on 11-10-2001 (ARD)	more... (german)	"ARD-Exclusive: Boycott at Pier"

2001

	ARD-Exclusiv: Liebe, Launen, Lindenstraße Unadorned stories from behind the scenes of the cult series Report (30 min.) by Gordan Godec Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: Filmfabrik First broadcasted on 12-08-2000 (ARD)		"ARD-Exclusive: Love, Moods, Lindenstrasse"
	ARD-Exclusiv: Die Steinbeißer Together with tunnel constructors under the Gotthard Report (30 min.) by Gordan Godec Camera: Rainer Friedrich, production: Filmfabrik First broadcasted on 02-25-2000 (ARD)	more... (german)	"ARD-Exclusive: The Stone Biter"

1999

1998

	ARD-Exclusiv: Männer unter Strom The hard job of the current lines spanners Report (30 min.) by Gordan Godec Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: Filmfabrik First broadcasted on 11-20-1998 (ARD)	more... (german)	"ARD-Exclusive: Men in Power" "Männer unter Strom" has been awarded the "Axel Springer Prize for young journalists" in 1998.
	ARD-Exclusiv: Wahnsinn Autobahn With policemen and road surveyors in continous run Report (30 min.) by Gordan Godec Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: Filmfabrik First broadcasted on 1998 (ARD)	more... (german)	"ARD-Exclusive: Motorway Madness"

	Warten, hoffen, trauern The fight about a baby elephant Report (30 min.) by Gordan Godec and Birgit Amrehn Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: Filmfabrik First broadcasted on 04-05-1999 (WDR)	more... (german)	"Waiting, hoping, mourning"
	Tussi, Zicke, blöde Kuh Together with wardens in the urban jungle Report (30 min.) by Gordan Godec Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: Filmfabrik First broadcasted on 01-30-1999 (WDR)	more... (german)	"Tussi, Zicke, stupid Cow"
	Gurken, Gauner und Gewinne With a controller at the Cologne Wholesale Market Report (30 min.) by Kadir Sözen Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: Filmfabrik First broadcasted on 05-28-1999 (WDR)		"Cucumbers, Crooks and Profits"

2006

Hintergrund weiss

	Ein Kind um jeden Preis Documentary about pregnancy tourism by Valentin Thurn (60 min.) Camera: Hans Hausmann, Rainer Friedrich Production: Telekult First broadcasted on 02-01-2005 (arte)	more... (german)	"A child at any price"
	Betrifft: Engel, Teufel, Hexen The return of the okkult Three reports by Wolfgang Luck (3 x 45 min.) Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: a & o buero First broadcasted on 11-29, 12-06, 12-13-2004 (SWR)	more... (german)	"Subject: Angels, Devils, Witches"
	The Swan: Alles über die Schönheitsshow Reportage by Oliver Koytek (45 min.) Camera: Simon Fountain, Rainer Friedrich Production: Real + Fiction First broadcasted on 09-21-2004 (Pro7)	more... (german)	"The Swan: all about the Beauty Show"

2004

Man Team Equipment

2002

	Anatolis Manegenzauber How russian artists capture the german circus audience Report (30 min.) by Gordan Godec Camera: Rainer Friedrich, production: transdokumentar First broadcasted on 10-27-2003 (SWR)	more... (german)	"Anatolis Manege Magic"
	NRW tierisch Fife reports by Rainer Friedrich (5 x 36 min.) Camera: Markus Schulte, Rainer Friedrich Production: koelnkamera First broadcasted from 11-25 to 11-29-2002 (tv-nrw)	more... (german)	"NRW animals"
	Champion für einen Tag About winners and loosers Report (40 min.) by Valentin Thurn Camera: Rainer Friedrich, production: Telekult First broadcasted on 11-07-2002 (arte)	more... (german)	"Champion for one Day"
	NRW zu Land, Luft und Wasser Fife reports by Rainer Friedrich (5 x 36 min.) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, Christian Eichenauer, Mark-Steffen Göwecke, Michael Schaffrath Production: koelnkamera First broadcasted from 10-21 to 10-25-2002 (tv-nrw)	more... (german)	"NRW to Land, Air and Water"
	Graue Stars Seniors on air Report (30 min.) by Wolfgang Luck Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: a & o buero First broadcasted on 05-11-2002 (SWR, WDR)	more... (german)	"Grey Stars"
	Schlaflos in NRW: Die Nachtarbeiter Fife reports by Rainer Friedrich (5 x 36 min.) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, Markus Schulte, Christian Eichenauer Production: koelnkamera First broadcasted from 05-13 to 05-17-2002 (tv-nrw)	more.... (german)	"Sleepless in NRW: The Night Workers"

	Betrifft: Wunderheiler - Heilwunder? Two reports by Wolfgang Luck (2 x 45 min.) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, C.Schally, M.Schulte Production: a & o buero First broadcasted on 10- 27, 11-03-2003 (SWR)	more... (german)	"Subject: Miracle Healer - Healing Miracles?"
	Wie das Nashorn Liebe macht Life and work behind the scenes in the Cologne Zoo Four reports (4 x 45 min.) by Elke Bröder and Oliver Koytek Camera: Simon Fountain, Rainer Friedrich, Christoph Schulz Production: Real & Fiction for Süddeutsche-TV First broadcasted on 11-03, 11-10., 11-17., 11-24-2003 (VOX)	more... (german)	"How the rhinoceros makes love"

2003

	Betrifft: Die Rückkehr der Sextouristen The tsunami, the poverty and the prostitution by Wolfgang Luck (45 min., 16:9) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, production: a & o buero First broadcasted on 05-29-2006, 22:30 (SWR)	more...	"Subject: The Return of the Sex Tourists" One year after the tsunami desaster in Southeast Asia: Hardly were the corpses cleared from the beach the sex tourists came back and the reconstruction of sex industry started. And also the pedophiles came back. The film won an award at the TOURA D'OR 2006 in Berlin.
	37 Grad: Mein Kind in Deinem Bauch The secret business with surrogate mothers Reportage by Valentin Thurn Camera: Rainer Friedrich, Hans Hausmann, Wladimir Galitski First broadcasted on 05-16-2006, 22:15 (ZDF)	more...	"37 Degrees: My Child in your Belly" - "I am an oven, they are just doing the bread into it," says a South African woman, that earns her money as a surrogate mother. The film shows the degradation that parents experience when they try to force with all their power to get a child. A report from South Africa, Germany, Ukraine.
	Tierisch kölsch (1./2.Staffel) Doku-soap from the Colgne Zoo (45 min. each, 16:9) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, and others., production: docstation 49 + 62 episodes daily from 04-05-2006 (1st season) and from 10-02-2006 (2nd season) (ZDF)	more...	"Animals kölsch" More than 110 episodes of the sucessful zoo docu-soap. The doku-soap shows interesting stories in front and behind the scenes of the Cologne Zoo with animals and animal keepers in the main roles.
	Indonesien: Der Aschenbecher Asiens arte-Reportage by Gunnar Köhne (12 min.) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, production: Gunnar Köhne First broadcasted on 03-15-2006 (arte)	more...	"Indonesia: Asia's Ashtray" - The Film shows how closely linked are poverty and cigarette consumption in Indonesia. Smokers often spend more than half of their income for cigarettes - with devastating consequences for health and quality of life. The western tobacco companies make big money out of it.

2005

	Die ungewollten Kinder der GIs arte-Reportage about Amerasians in the Philippines by Lars Köhne (23 min.) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, production: Real + Fiction First broadcasted on 11-16-2005 (arte)	more...	"The unwanted children of GIs" - Even after 13 years that american troops have left the country there live 250.000 children of GIs in the Philippines. Many of them are desperately looking for their fathers, but many of them don't want to know their children anymore. Ex-GI Jimmy comes back after more than 30 years to see his daughter Pinky again.
	Mein Vater will mich umbringen Reportage about women on the run of honor killing by Kadriye Acar and Valentin Thurn (60 min.), Camera: Boris Fromageot, Rainer Friedrich Production: telekult, first broadcasted on 08-02-2005 (arte)	more... (german)	"My father wants to kill me"
	Die Superhausfrau Fife doku-soap episodes by Jochen Schulze (5 x 30 min.) Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: Real + Fiction First broadcasted from 07-2-2005 to 08-03-2005 (RTL2)	more... (german)	"The Super Houswife"
	Wahnsinn auf zwei Rädern ZDF-Reportage by Oliver Koytek and Jochen Schulze (30 min.) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, Simon Fountain Production: Real + Fiction First broadcasted on 07-10-2005 (ZDF)	more... (german)	"Madness on two wheels"
	WDR Dok: Wie wird man Milliardär? From Moscow to Siberia: The realm of Vladimir Potanin Documentary by Gordan Godec (45 min.) Camera: Sahin Sisic, Rainer Friedrich, Production: transdokumentar, first broadcasted on 05-27-2005 (WDR)	more... (external link)	"WDR Doc: How to become a billionaire"

Hintergrund

2008

	Betrifft: Nie wieder taub Reportage for SWR "Betrifft" by Katharina Wolff (45 min., 16:9) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, Frank Kranstedt Production: a & o buero First broadcast: 09-22-2008, 22:30 (SWR)	more...	"Subject: Never again deaf " - Scientists and physicians developped a silver bullet against deafness: the so called colchlea impant. This high-tech device is engrafted in the head and makes deaf people to hearing people. But many deafs refuse the implant. They prefer the silence to our noisy world.
	Tierisch kölsch (5.Staffel) Doku-soap from the Cologne Zoo (45 min. each, 16:9) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, and others Production: docstation daily from 08-25-2008 (5th season) on ZDF	more...	"Animals kölsch" Filming from February to July 2008 in Cologne and Vietnam Special issue of "Tierisch kölsch" about an expedition of a Cologne Zoo team to Vietnam on October 18th 2008 in ZDF. 5th season with 40 new episodes.
	Albtraum Traumurlaub When holidays flop ZDF-Reportage by Oliver Koytek (30 min., 16:9) Camera: Rainer Friedrich First broadcast: 07-27-2008, 18:30 (ZDF)	more...	"Nightmare Holidaydream" - Hotels and tour operators woo with bargain buys and all-inclusive-offers. On location a rude awakening: moldy bathrooms, bad food, rotten hotels. Hotel tester Olaf Seiche of TÜV Rhineland and filmmaker Oliver Koytek do the holiday-check in Antalya (Turkey) and in Gran Canaria.
	Betrifft: Alptraum Urlaub Feature for SWR by Wolfgang Luck (45 min., 16:9) Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: a & o buero First broadcast: 07-07-2008, 22:30 (SWR)	more...	"Subject: Nightmare Holiday" - Almost every package tourist already was angry: the construction site in front of the hotel, the cold food at the buffet, the cockroaches in the bathroom. The expectations of the tourists for the "most beautiful days of the year" and the hope for profit maximisation of the tourist companies don't always match very well.
	Gute Reise! Gute Besserung? Reportage by Wolfgang Luck (33 min. + bonustracks, 16:9) Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production : a & o buero Landeszentrale für politische Bildung NRW	more...	"Have A Good Trip! Get Well Soon?" - A film about the big business with health tourism. Ailing health care systems, long waiting times for expensive surgeries in USA and Europe: the alluring solution is to care for the patients in low-cost countries. The film shows exemplary in Thailand, how the future of health care could look like.

	Betrifft: Ordnung ist das halbe Leben About slovens and prigs Reportage for SWR "Betrifft" by Wolfgang Luck (45 min., 16:9) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, production: a & o buero First broadcast: 09-30-2009, 20:15 (SWR)	more...	"Betrifft: Tidy mind is half the battle" This film looks on places that looks like it's been hit by a bomb and in the drawers of order maniacs. We see the daily feud: cleaning up contra let it be. Tidiness against confusion.
	Mein Bypass aus Bangkok The Business with Heath Tourism Reportage for arte by Wolfgang Luck (60 min., 16:9) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, u.a., production: a & o buero First broadcast: 09-01-2009, 21:55 (arte)	more...	"My Bypass from Bangkok" - More and more patients from Europe and USA go by plane to get medical treatment in private hospitals in Thailand. By now they place bypasses, operate hips and inject stem cells during open heart operations. Low wages make the cheap treatments possible: outsourcing of patients with many ethical questions.
	Tierisch kölsch (6. und 7.Staffel) Doku-soap from the Cologne Zoo (45 min. each, 16:9) Camera: Rainer Friedrich, and others Production: docstation daily from 04-09-2009 (6th season) on ZDF	more...	"Animals kölsch" Filming from September 2008 to March 2009 (6th season) and October to December 2009 (7th season). A total of 60 more episodes of the popular doku-soap from the Cologne Zoo
	Die Lawine: wir haben überlebt Documentary by Christiana Nitsche and Andrea Klüting (60 min.) Camera: Rainer Friedrich Production: Zeitsprung makes sense First broadcast: 02-08-2009, 21:55 (RTL)	more...	"The Avalanche: We Have Survived" - 31 victims - this is the sad result of a fatal avalanche disaster that happened in February 1999 in the tyrol ski resort Galtür. The film lets revive the incident by showing archived materials and interviews with witnesses. The fates of victims and affiliateds, savers and helpers can be experienced.

2009

HG-2010

2010

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	Tierisch kölsch (8.Staffel) Doku-soap from the Cologne Zoo (45 min. each, 16:9) Kamera: Rainer Friedrich, and others. Produktion: docstation daily from 15-02-2010 (8th season) on ZDF	shortly more...	"Animals kölsch" Filming from December 2009 bis March 2010 (8th season): 20 more episodes of the populat doku-soap from the Cologne Zoo.