Moritz de Hadeln, Former Berlinale and Venice Film Festival Director, Dies at 85
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Nick Vivarelli
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Moritz de Hadeln, the acclaimed Swiss-based festival director who led the Locarno Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), and the Venice Film Festival, has died at age 85. Born in 1940 in Exeter, England to an artistic family, de Hadeln began his career as a photographer before becoming one of Europe's most influential film festival directors. He directed Locarno from 1972 to 1978, the Berlinale from 1980 to 2001, and Venice from 2002 to 2004, shaping these events into major cultural institutions.
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VarietyMoritz de Hadeln, Former Berlinale and Venice Film Festival Director, Dies at 85variety.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledMoritz de Hadeln, the Switzerland-based festival director known for heading the Locarno Film Festival, the Berlinale, and the Venice Film Festival, died on Saturday at a hospital in Nyon, Switzerland.
Born in 1940 in Exeter, England, de Hadeln hailed from an artistic family.
His grandfather, Detlev Freiherr von Hadeln, was a prominent art historian of the Venetian Renaissance; his father, Harry, founded an art publishing company in Florence, Italy; and his mother, Alexandra Balaceano, was a sculptor and painter.
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