Klaus Georgi

Biography

Klaus Georgi was born in Halle on the Saale in 1925. From 1946 to 1952, he studied at the Institute for Artistic Design at Burg Giebichenstein and became a freelance graphic designer. He belongs to the founding generation of the DEFA Studio for Animation Films in Dresden and was one of their major animators from 1954 until 1989. Georgi has primarily directed animated cartoons, except for an occasional foray into puppet animation. His oeuvre includes almost 70 titles.

Directed

1. Sirens (1984) — Director
2. The Breakdown (1990) — Director
3. Monument (1990) — Director
4. Qualifizierung (1964) — Director
5. Vom mutigen Hans (1959) — Director
6. There Are No Blue Mice (1959) — Director
7. Guten Tag, Herr H. (1966) — Director
8. A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters (1970) — Director
9. Hänsel und Gretel (1976) — Director
10. Luftpost (1959) — Director
11. Die Sache mit dem Kühlschrank (1967) — Director
12. Herr Daff macht eine Filmaufnahme (1981) — Director
13. Variants (1980) — Director
14. Consequence (1987) — Director
15. Belly and Soul (1988) — Director
16. The Full Circle (1989) — Director
17. Die Geschichte vom Sparschweinchen (1955) — Director
18. Revenge (1967) — Director
19. Sunday (1990) — Director
20. Ehret die Frauen (1970) — Director
21. Kasper geht nach Hohenstein (1978) — Director
22. The Robot (1970) — Director
23. Weitsicht (1978) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Guten Tag, Herr H. (1966) — (voice)