Grimme-Preis

The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme. It has been referred to in Kino magazine as the "German TV Oscar".

The awards ceremony takes place annually at Theater Marl in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia, and is hosted by the Grimme-Institut. Since 1964, it awards productions "that use the specific possibilities of the medium of television in an extraordinary manner and at the same time can serve as examples regarding content and method". The award was endowed by the German Community College association. One of the first award winners was in 1964, for his TV movie Sonderurlaub ("Special Leave"), about a failed escape from the German Democratic Republic. Rainer Werner Fassbinder received an honorable mention in 1974 for his film World on a Wire. Since then, German veteran director Dominik Graf has received 10 awards for his various films. Danish director Lars von Trier was awarded a Grimme-Preis in 1996 for his miniseries The Kingdom. Director Christian Petzold has been awarded the prize twice, for his films Wolfsburg and Something to Remind Me. In 2016, the series Deutschland 83 was one of the four recipients in the principal "fiction" category. The TV series Dark became in 2018 the first Netflix series to receive the award.

In addition to the Grimme Award, the Grimme Institute also awards the Grimme Online Award and the German Radio Award (de).

Notable laureates
• Hans Abich (1978)

• Mario Adorf (1994)

• Ernst Arendt (1990)

• Gabriel Barylli (1999)

• Ben Becker (1993, 1995)

• Jurek Becker (1987, 1988)

• Martin Benrath (1999)

• Bernd das Brot (2004)

• Thomas Bernhard (1972)

• Frank Beyer (1991)

• Alfred Biolek (1983)

• Jan Böhmermann (2014, 2016)

• Suzanne von Borsody (1981)

• Friedhelm Brebeck (199?)

• Heinrich Breloer (1981, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2002)

• Nadeshda Brennicke (2000)

• Roman Brodmann (1967)

• Vicco von Bülow (1968, 1973)

• Axel Corti (1985, 1987, 1995)

• Gerhard Delling (2000, together with Günter Netzer)

• Renan Demirkan (1990)

• Helmut Dietl (1987, 1988)

• Hoimar von Ditfurth (1968, 1974)

• Olli Dittrich (1995, 2003, 2005, 2016)

• Elfie Donnelly (1979)

• Tankred Dorst (1970)

• Ruth Drexel (1989)

• Klaus Emmerich (1984, 1990)

• Anke Engelke (1999, 2003)

• Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1974)

• Herbert Feuerstein (1994)

• Veronica Ferres (2002)

• Helmut Fischer (1990)

• Florian Fitz (1991)

• Veronika Fitz (1990)

• Jürgen Flimm (1991)

• Nina Franoszek (1998)

• Jantje Friese (2018, together with Baran bo Odar)

• Bruno Ganz (1999)

• Martina Gedeck (1998, 2002)

• Götz George (1989, 1996)

• Franz Xaver Gernstl (1992, 2000)

• Hans-Dieter Grabe (1970, 1985, 1994)

• Dominik Graf (1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)

• Herbert Grönemeyer (1988)

• Jörg Gudzuhn (1998)

• Heinz Haber (1965, 1967)

• Josef Hader (2010)

• Peter Hamm (1978)

• Corinna Harfouch (1997)

• Wendelin Haverkamp (1994)

• Elke Heidenreich (1985)

• Gert Heidenreich (1986)

• Jürgen Hentsch (2002)

• Dieter Hildebrandt (1976, 1983, 1986, 2004)

• Hans Hirschmüller (1990)

• Werner Höfer (1967, 1982)

• Jürgen Holtz (1990)

• Jörg Hube (1992, 1993)

• Walter Jens (1984)

• Helmut Käutner (1968)

• Mauricio Kagel (1970, 1971)

• Oliver Kalkofe (1996)

• Peter Keglevic (2002)

• Otto Kelmer (1993)

• Hape Kerkeling (1991)

• Heinar Kipphardt (1965)

• Marianne Koch (1976)

• Sebastian Koch (2002)

• Oliver Korittke (2000)

• Lars Kraume (2000)

• Nicolette Krebitz (1994, 1995)

• Peter Krieg (1981, 1983)

• Manfred Krug (1987, 1988)

• Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff (1985)

• Stefan Kurt (1997, 1999)

• Klaus Lemke (1979)

• Michael Lentz (1983,1986)

• Jürgen von der Lippe (1994, 2007)

• Lyrikline.org (2005)

• Klaus Löwitsch (1998)

• Peter Lustig (1980,1982)

• Bjarne Mädel (2012, 2013, 2022)

• Armin Maiwald (1988)

• Karl-Dieter Möller (1998)

• Tobias Moretti (1999, 2002)

• Armin Mueller-Stahl (2002)

• Günter Netzer (2000, together with Gerhard Delling)

• Christine Neubauer (1992, 1999)

• Monika Neven du Mont (1996)

• Jennifer Nitsch (1995)

• Baran bo Odar (2018, together with Jantje Friese)

• Leonie Ossowski (1973, 1980)

• Heinrich Pachl (1986)

• Lucia Palacios (2008)

• Peter Patzak (1985)

• Dieter Pfaff (1996)

• Jo Pestum (1990)

• Sissi Perlinger (1997)

• Michael Pfleghar (1975)

• Wolfgang Petersen (1978)

• Christian Petzold (2003, 2005)

• Ulrich Plenzdorf (1995)

• Jindrich Polak (1981, 1993)

• Gerhard Polt (1981, 1983)

• Klaus Pönitz (1993)

• Ponkie (1991)

• Dietmar Post (2008)

• Willy Purucker (1992)

• Will Quadflieg (1994)

• Leonhard Reinirkens (1967)

• Sophie Rois (2002)

• Gernot Roll (1982, 1985, 1993, 2000)

• Lea Rosh (1983, 1985)

• Jürgen Rühle (1980)

• Udo Samel (1987)

• Otto Sander (1995)

• Hans-Christian Schmid (1998)

• Werner Schmidbauer (1984)

• Harald Schmidt (1992, 1997, 2002)

• Kolin Schult (1996)

• Rolf Schübel (1970, 1972, 1986, 1990)

• Walter Sedlmayr (1973)

• Eyal Sivan (2001)

• Walter Sittler (1998)

• Martin Sonneborn (2014)

• Oliver Stritzel (1996)

• Katharina Thalbach (1997)

• Robert Thalheim (2011)

• Lars von Trier (1996)

• Ulrich Tukur (2000)

• Thomas Valentin (1981)

• Dana Vávrová (1983)

• Bernhard Wicki (1988)

• Lida Winiewicz (1976)

• Rainer Wolffhardt (1968, 1992)

• Peter Zadek (1970, 1972)

• Helmut Zenker (1985)

• Dieter Zimmer (1988)

• Eduard Zimmermann (1967)

Fictional characters
In Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes, a novel in which Hitler awakens in the 21st century and becomes a comedian, the Grimme Prize is awarded to Hitler.