Hilmar Hoffmann | |
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Hillmar Hoffmann with Bodo Sperling, Podium 1. Artfair ART-Frankfurt
(Photo: Heinz Zipp) |
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Born |
Hilmar Hoffmann 25 August 1925 Bremen, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | cultural functionary and director |
Hilmar Hoffmann (born 25 August 1925) is a German cultural worker and cultural functionary.
Hoffmann studied directing at the Folkwang Hochschule for Music and Theater in Essen and worked as assistant director. Between 1970 and 1990 he was a City Councillor in Frankfurt am Main, and initiated the promotion of free groups in urban culture. From 1993 to 2001 he was president of the Goethe-Institut eV (Munich). He taught film theory and cultural politics at the Universities of Bochum, Frankfurt, as a visiting professor in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.