Christof Wolf
Professor in Residence of Film and Television Production | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
School of Film and Television
Media
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Biography
Christof Wolf SJ—Founder, CEO and President of Loyola Productions Munich, Inc. and DOK TV & Media, Inc., two film production companies especially producing / specialists in (animated) documentaries, promotionals, and educational films. He is a graduate of the New York Film Academy. He has directed and produced a number of short documentaries, including his work about the American Zen master Bernie Glassman as well as the award winning feature length documentaries „In Spite of Darkness. A Spiritual Encounter with Auschwitz“ (Best Documentary, Redemptive Storyteller Award, Silver Telly Awards), “Ai-un: Hugo Makibi Enomiya-Lassalle – Bridge Builder between Zen and Christianity” (Telly Awards: Spirituality, History, Documentary and Biography), “Soulsailer – The Quest for Meaning” (Golden Telly Award in Cinematography, two Silver Telly Awards: Documentary and Culture), and “Ignatius – the God Seeker” (three Silver Telly Awards: Virtual Art Direction , Sound & Sound Design, and Character Design). He has become a specialist in animated documentaries, including scenes of the ZDF/ARTE production “Challenging Churchill”.
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Since 2001 he is lecturer at the Munich School of Philosophy “for Culture, Art and Religion”, since 2019 Lecturer at the Pontifical Gregorian University, since 2012 Chaplain for the “Association of Catholic Journalists Germany” (GKP), since 2015 Chaplain for the “Association of Catholic Entrepreneurs” Munich, and has been the Chairman of the Editorial Board of the online-portal “filmdienst” (2017-22). He leads film retreats around the world and is the founder and President of TIFF (The Iñigo Film Festival) for World Youth Day, a gathering of young people from around the world.
Education (3)
Munich School of Philosophy, Germany: BA, Philosophy 1997
Graduate School of Dramaturgy (University of Music and Theatre, Leipzig, Germany): MA, Dramaturgy 2000
Heythrop College (University of London, UK): BA, Theology 2004
Industry Expertise (3)
Animation
Motion Pictures and Film
Media - Broadcast
Accomplishments (1)
Golden Telly Award Winner in Cinematography (professional)
For the documentary "Soulsailer - The Quest for Meaning" The Telly Awards was founded in 1979 and is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online commercials, video and films. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world.
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Articles (2)
Truth and Imagination in Film. (Wahrheit und Imagination im Film)
Münchner Theologische ZeitschriftChristof Wolf
2024-09-01
From the very beginning of film history, the moving image has exerted a fascination. The Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986) called it “sealed time”. This already captures an essential dimension of films. Like no other medium, film can tell and, above all, preserve a person's life story in two hours. How is this possible? What characterizes a good story and why is a well-filmed story fascinating? Is there a specific knowledge, an insight that we can only learn from stories? The first part deals with the connection between storytelling and self-knowledge. Then we ask about the film's claim to truth and how films work. Is there a recipe for a good story? The last part deals with the topic of “Film and Imagination” - how the dramaturgy of film helps us to live authentically.
Jesuit Theater in Germany (Jesuitentheater in Deutschland)
Auer VerlagChristof Wolf
2000-07-31
It is not possible to understand and describe Jesuit theater as a genre or style because of its diverse and varied manifestations. Just as it cannot be described as a genre or style, there is no such thing as Jesuit theater or drama theory. Theoretical writings such as those by Franciscus Lang SJ (1654-1725) and other Jesuits reveal various approaches. They are very different in their quality and aspirations and also have their own history of influence. But what they all have in common is the Jesuits' desire and curiosity to try out new forms and material, to irritate, provoke and, of course, to proselytize. Jesuit theater initially describes a historical period. It begins around 1555 in southern Germany and ends with the suppression of the Jesuit order in 1773 by Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774). After the re-establishment of the Jesuit order in 1814 until today, only a few Jesuits are still involved as actors, dramaturges, directors and theater managers. At the beginning, the theater of the Renaissance is briefly outlined. This is the environment in which the beginnings of Jesuit theater took place. Dramaturgy, the beginnings of Jesuit theater, theater construction and forms of Jesuit drama are followed by an attempt to periodize the material and intellectual history. The division into five periods is largely based on that of Elida Maria Szarota. With her four-volume edition of perioches, she has made a very important contribution to the study of Jesuit theater. The focus here is largely on the Jesuit theater in southern Germany, as it occupied a leading position and also largely influenced other provinces of the order. Finally, some reasons for the loss of importance of Jesuit theater are given.
