Jochen Hick (born April 2, 1960 in Darmstadt) is a German film director and producer of mainly independent feature and documentary films, also specialising in LGBT subjects. In 1994 he founded the film and TV production company GALERIA ALASKA PRODUCTIONS,[1] based in Hamburg and Berlin. He worked and produced for several production companies and TV channels and contributed to TV documentary programs such as ARD-Exclusiv or SPIEGEL TV Reportage. 2007-2010 he is as well editor-in-chief, head of program acquisitions and co-programming director of TIMM,[2] the first TV channel for gay male audiences in German speaking countries, which has been on the air since November 1, 2008.[3]
Jochen Hick's feature films have been shown at many international film festivals and have been included in the official program of the Berlinale a total of twelve times[6] since 1992. Hick was also co-initiator and founding board member of the documentary film platform docfilm42,[7] which first went online in 2019.
Filmography
* Queer Exile Berlin (2023)
Mein wunderbares West-Berlin (My Wonderful West Berlin) (2017)
The GDR Complex (2016)
Out in East Berlin – Lesbians & Gays in the GDR (2013)