Roger Hoffmann, born 1970 in Essen/ Germany, works as writer and director in the fields of film, video, theater and electronic music. A style-creating principle of his works is the combination of visuals, sound and rhythmics that leads to a strong visual as well as narrative form.
At the end of the 1980s his first Super-8 and video movies were created as well as photographic series and paintings.
He studied communication science, philosophy and psychology in Essen and Bochum.During the time at the university, further video projects were created as well as research and publications in the fields of communication, speech communication, film history, theory of film and electronic music.
In 2001 he founded R-Hoffmann-Film as representation for his projets.
In 2001 Hoffmanns contacts to the field of electronic music lead to communications with the composer Michael Zorn (Berlin) and the label Lux Nigra in order to create a music video together. In February 2002 the video "Karneval" is finalized. In in the same year, the filming of the video "Marianengraben" followed, which is published 2003 by Zorn as an EP bearing the same name. Also in 2003 the video "Schneefreunde" is published.
Besides music videos, documentaries and multimedia installations are created for dance- and theater productions in Cologne, Essen, Bochum and Duisburg.
In 2006, the project "Supercity“ was founded together with friends and artists, with the goal of drawing together the electronic music scene in Essen and to draw up projects like a CD compilation series and live performances.
In 2007, Roger Hoffmannn, in association with the theatrical group "glassbooth", implemented the film- and theatrical project "Kubus" from 1969. The production opened on October 27, 2007 in Essen and toured successfully through the Ruhr area cities Essen, Bochum, Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen.
In 2008 Hoffmann presents selected works at the "Zollverein School of Management and Design" (Essen).
Due to the presentation of Essen and the Ruhr area as Capital of Culture 2010, further cooperations and projects are planned.
More information under:
R-Hoffmann - Imago (Fashion Design by Tolllkirsche)
SUPERCITY (Vol. 04 out now!)
