Wolfgang Busch
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Wolfgang Busch, born on November 6th, 1955 in Heppenheim, Germany, is a humanitarian award winning documentary filmmaker, director, producer, cinematographer, editor and special events coordinator, and is also a social and artistic activist for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community who has used his skills to lead education seminars at universities, community based organizations and Churches across the United States; London, England and Berlin, Germany.
Manhattan Neighborhood Network, MetroBears, OutMusic and C. Virginia Field, Manhattan Borough President's Gay and Lesbian advisory council.
From 1990-2000 he produced New York New Rock, a weekly TV show highlighting cultural and educational aspects of various communities such as the local New York City Rock and R & B communities, LGBT
, arts, sports, politics and fashion reaching 500,000 Manhattan
households. The show was a successful outreach tool for artists and not for profit organizations and Busch was able to sign national and international record and licensing deals for several artists. As an openly
gay
artist, he has been embraced by a wide range of LGBT
organizations to produce high level events including GLAMA (The Gay and Lesbian American Music Awards), SAGE (Senior Action in a Gay Environment) Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremonies and events for LifeBeat, Center For the Media Arts, Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center and GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis).
Busch's video production work can be seen on Film, the After Stonewall
documentary, CBS
, MTV
, PBS, CNBC, E channel, New York 1, on the Internet and on the Island of Bermuda and Jamaica.
Busch has received numerous awards: Communicator Award, director for the "NY / Tokyo Youth Baseball Sister, City Exchange Program", sponsored by the United Nations and the Mayors office, Draco Editing Award, for the MTV music video of the band "Sum", Live Audio for the Ace Award winning Gospel TV show "Gospel Today", Mikie Award for sound and lights at the Pines and Cherry Grove, Fire Island Arts Project, Camera for the Emmy Award Winning Series on PBS for Sterling Films, Volunteer of the Year by the Gay & Lesbian Community Center and the Dedicated Service Award from Metropolitan Community Athletic Association of NY.
After having spent many years filming new footage of the ball scene, Busch released in 2006 his first feature length documentary How Do I Look
, which was about the Harlem house ball community, the originators of the dance "Vogue" (see also ball culture
).
History
Founder of Art From The Heart LLC in 2006, a special needs video production company for trend setting under-served communities, producing Historic Art documentaries for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community and people with disabilities in the performing arts, The Special Needs Color Guard of America.http://www.ArtFromTheHeartnyc.org. More information about Wolfgang Busch is at http://www.howdoilooknyc.org/wolfgangbio.html.Early life and career
He has served on the Boards of MCAANY (Metropolitan Community Athletic Association NY),Manhattan Neighborhood Network, MetroBears, OutMusic and C. Virginia Field, Manhattan Borough President's Gay and Lesbian advisory council.
From 1990-2000 he produced New York New Rock, a weekly TV show highlighting cultural and educational aspects of various communities such as the local New York City Rock and R & B communities, LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
, arts, sports, politics and fashion reaching 500,000 Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
households. The show was a successful outreach tool for artists and not for profit organizations and Busch was able to sign national and international record and licensing deals for several artists. As an openly
Coming out
Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
artist, he has been embraced by a wide range of LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
organizations to produce high level events including GLAMA (The Gay and Lesbian American Music Awards), SAGE (Senior Action in a Gay Environment) Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremonies and events for LifeBeat, Center For the Media Arts, Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center and GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis).
Busch's video production work can be seen on Film, the After Stonewall
After Stonewall
After Stonewall is a 1999 documentary film directed by John Scagliotti about the 30 years of gay rights activism since the 1969 Stonewall riots. It is the sequel to the Scagliotti-produced 1986 film Before Stonewall and is narrated by musician Melissa Etheridge...
documentary, CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, PBS, CNBC, E channel, New York 1, on the Internet and on the Island of Bermuda and Jamaica.
Busch has received numerous awards: Communicator Award, director for the "NY / Tokyo Youth Baseball Sister, City Exchange Program", sponsored by the United Nations and the Mayors office, Draco Editing Award, for the MTV music video of the band "Sum", Live Audio for the Ace Award winning Gospel TV show "Gospel Today", Mikie Award for sound and lights at the Pines and Cherry Grove, Fire Island Arts Project, Camera for the Emmy Award Winning Series on PBS for Sterling Films, Volunteer of the Year by the Gay & Lesbian Community Center and the Dedicated Service Award from Metropolitan Community Athletic Association of NY.
After having spent many years filming new footage of the ball scene, Busch released in 2006 his first feature length documentary How Do I Look
How Do I Look
How Do I Look is a LGBT Historic Art Documentary, released in 2006 as a documentary film directed by Wolfgang Busch, assistant directors are Kevin Omni and Luna Khan. Distributed by Art From The Heart; USA , 80 minutes...
, which was about the Harlem house ball community, the originators of the dance "Vogue" (see also ball culture
Ball culture
Ball culture, the house system, the ballroom community and similar terms describe the underground LGBT subculture in the United States in which people "walk" for trophies and prizes at events known as balls. Those who walk often also dance and vogue while others compete in various genres of drag...
).
External links
- How Do I Look NYC, 2006 Website for Wolfgang Busch's documentary on the ballroom scene as it has evolved since Jennie Livingston's Paris is BurningParis is Burning (film)Paris Is Burning is a 1990 documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African American, Latino, gay and transgender communities involved in it...
(1990). Wolfgang's new release is [Flow Affair; *http://www.FlowAffair.org], 2011 which is about the New York City flagging and fanning dance community with the origin in the gay leather bars in the late 1970's.