Will Roberts

Will Roberts, geb. am 19. Juni 1950, drehte den amerikanischen Dokumentarfilm "American Rebel", er war ein Vertrauter und guter Freund von Dean und hielt bei Deans Trauerfeier in Berlin, bei der Deans Freunde und Fans Abschied nahmen, eine eindrucksvolle Rede.

Will Roberts, born June 19, 1950, shoot the American documentary "American Rebel". He was a close friend of Dean and spoke at the funeral ceremonies, when Dean's friends and fans said goodbye to Dean.

Beiträge auf der Dean-Reed-Website

• Filme über Dean: "American Rebel"
• Interview with Dean: What does Marxism mean to you?
• Interview mit Dean: Was bedeutet Marxismus für dich?
• Entrevista con Dean: ¿Que significa para tí el marxismo?
• Denver Post, November 24, 1985: Nellhaus' article is unforgivable
• Rolling Stock 12/1986: Unfinished Obituary for a Famous Unknown American
• Anecdote: The Colorado blue spruce 2001
• Anekdote: Die Colorado-Blautanne 2001
• Film about/über Dean: Der Rote Elvis/The Red Elvis
• Online-Zeitung: Some information about the American Rebel / Dean Reed Archives
  Informationen über das American-Rebel-/Dean-Reed-Archiv 09/2014
• Podcasts über Dean:2019

Press review/Pressespiegel

• Athens News 14.10.1982: American singer rock 'n' rolls to Russians
• La Tercera de La hora, martes 16 de agosto de 1983: Como turista y con guitarra llego Dean Reed
• Nationalzeitung August 1983: Alle sangen sie "Venceremos"
• Leipziger Volkszeitung 09/1983: Trotz Verbots: Bergarbeiter und Studenten sangen "Venceremos"
• Denver Magazine, June 1985: To Russia with Love
• Athens News 25.07.1985: "American Rebel" Reed sings love songs in USSR
• Minneapolis Nov. 1985: U.S. folkie finds his lucky star south, east of border
• St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch 07.11.1985: East Bloc star Dean Reed's life captured in 'Rebel'
• Minneapolis 07.11.1985: Dean Reed is a paradox of fame abroad, obscurity in U.S.
• Daily World 03.12.1985: An American artist unknown in his country
• NBI 49/1985: USA: Beifall für "Verräter"
• Filmspiegel 2/1986, Januar 1986: "American Rebel"
• Rolling Stock 11/1986: Iron Curtain Cowboy
• The Athens News, Ohio 19.06.1986: 'American Rebel' drowns near his home in East Germany
• dpa 24.06.1986: Offiziöse Trauerfeier für Dean Reed in Ost-Berlin
• Neues Deutschland 25.06.1986: Letztes Geleit für Dean Reed
• Berliner Zeitung 25.06.1986: Trauerfeier für Dean Reed
• Tribüne 25.06.1986: Trauerfeier für Dean Reed
• Minnesota Daily 25.06.1986: Mystery clouds singer's death
• DDR-Zeitschrift Juni 1986: Trauerfeier für Dean Reed
• Rocky Mountain News 29.06.1986: Relatives think Dean Reed was murdered
• Chicago Tribune 30.06.1986: East Bloc star's death no accident, U.S. relatives say
• The Post, Athens, Ohio 11.08.1986: State of The Arts
• Rolling Stock 12/1986: The Mysterious Death of The Iron Curtain Cowboy
• St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch 26.11.1986: Singer's death still a mystery
• Leader Associated Press (Australia) 03.08.1988: New Rebel spreads message with music
• Malvern Caulfield Progress (Australia) 03.08.1988: 'Rebel' with a cause
• The Herald, Melbourne (Australia) 04.08.1988: American Rebel
• The Age (Melbourne) 09.08.1988: American Rebel
• Beat Magazine (Melbourne) 10.08.1988: American Rebel
• FF dabei 1990: Rätselhafte Tebea
• Wochenpost 23/1991: Tod im Zeuthener See
• Super Illu 31/1993: Dean Reed. Sein Tod. Was Honecker & Co verschwiegen
• Metro 002 04.01.1999: Zahada smrti Deana Reeda
• The Daily Camera 11.04.2002: 'Red Elvis' Dean Reed back in spotlight
• Denver Post 15.04.2002: Dean Reed, movie star
• The Prague Pill 14.01.2003: Red Elvis
• Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung 08.02.2003: Sing, Cowboy, sing!
• GQ 07/2003: Freiheit für den Folk
• ARTE Magazin, 11/2004: Im Namen des Folks
• pagina12web.com.ar 23.01.2005: Camarada cowboy
• Westword 04.01.2006: Red Elvis Alert
• Denver Post, April 2, 2006: Filmmakers Beat a path to Colorado's door
• Filmecho 12.05.2006: Singender Cowboy mit roter Überzeugung
• LaMujerDeMiVida.com.ar 08/2006, N° 35 : DEAN REED - YANQUI COME HOME

Who is who: Will Roberts

Will Roberts has worked in communications and media for more than twenty-five years.

As a documentary film producer and director, he has won top awards from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The American Film Festival, The Information Film Producers of America, The National Council on Family Relationships, and at the international film festivals in Antwerp, Athens, Chicago, Denver, Leipzig, Los Angeles, Mannheim, Mill Valley, Moscow, New York, Nyon, Perth, Popoli, San Francisco, and Thessaloniki.

He has done freelance work for Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Entertainment Tonight, CBS Sixty Minutes, HBO, PBS, and Bravo Channel. Internationally he has done work for the BBC in England, Swedish TV 2, Soviet TV 1, Australian, Chilean, German, Japanese and Mexican Television.

As an independent filmmaker, his works include 'Men's Lives' (a documentary film about growing up male in America), 'Between Men' (a study of masculinity and the military), and 'American Rebel' the Dean Reed story). He has received grants from the American Film Institute, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ohio Arts Council.

As a visiting professor at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, he has taught film and video production courses, and created the class "Masters and Mentors of Communication," a program that brought in prominent communications professionals to present and discuss their work. In the Adult Education Program at Antioch, Roberts has taught courses in film and art.

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