What is Manfred Wekwerth?
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1988-1020-033, Berlin, Konrad-Wolf-Preis an Ruth Berghaus.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Ruth Berghaus]] and Wekwerth, 1988.]] '''Manfred Wekwerth''' (né '''Weckwerth'''; 3 December 1929 &ndash; 16 July 2014) was a [[Germans|German]] [[Theatre director|theatre]] and [[movie]] [[Movie director|director]] and [[writer]]. He was the director of the [[Berliner Ensemble]] theatre from 1977 to 1991. He was also an unofficial worker for [[German Democratic Republic|East Germany]]'s [[Stasi]] from 1965 until the [[German reunification|reunification]]. Wekwerth was born in [[Köthen (Anhalt)|Köthen]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]]. He was married to [[Renate Richter]] until his death. They had one child. Wekwerth died on 16 July 2014 in [[Berlin]], aged 84.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/ex-intendant-des-berliner-ensemble-theatermacher-manfred-wekwerth-ist-tot,10809148,27870818.html|title=Theatermacher Manfred Wekwerth ist tot|work=[[Berliner Zeitung]]|date=17 July 2014|accessdate=19 July 2014|language=German|first=Werner|last=Hecht}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{Official|http://www.manfredwekwerth.de/}} {{Small|{{in lang|de}}}} * {{IMDb name|0917102}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wekwerth, Manfred}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:German autobiographers]] [[Category:German movie directors]] [[Category:Writers from Saxony-Anhalt]] [[Category:German theatre directors]]