Franz
Winzentsen was born in Hamburg in 1939.From 1959 to 1964 he studies graphic design and photography in
Malerei.He starts his career as a
film-maker with experimental animated films, and soon begins to cooperate with
Ursula Asher-Winzetsen. From 1970 to 1983 he works for the theatre as a
puppeteer and mask-maker. Since 1987 he has been teaching animation at the
Hochschule in Hamburg. His works include Staub
(1967), awarded with the Special Jury Prize at the Annecy International
Animation Filmfestival in the same year; Flamingo
(1984), Die KÁ¶nigin des Schwarzen Markets
(1988), Der Fotograf (1988) andDer Untergang des Goldenen Webstuhls
(1992), animated features; Der
Porzellanladen (1995), Der Besenbinder,
Der Fotograf und der Koch (1998).
