Rainer Maria Ehrhardt

Voiceover Artist - Journalist - Presenter

Rainer Maria Ehrhardt

CV

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14/2/1948: Born under the sign of Aquarius

1967: Obtained school leaving certificate from Kaiserin Friedrich Schule in Bad Homburg

1966 - present: DJ (have done well over 2000 gigs, of which around 620 were festival discos)

1967 - 1969: Studied electrical engineering in Darmstadt

1969 - 1971: Studied business studies at the University of Frankfurt

1971 - 1972: Contact assistant for advertising agency ACHIM ASCHKE in Frankfurt

1971 onwards: Member of GEMA with over 100 compositions / texts so far

1971 - 1974: Keyboard player with Frankfurt-based band "THE CLEFTONS"

1971 - 1984: Member of the Volksbühne theatre in Bad Homburg

1972 - 1973: Production assistant at CBS (now SONY) in Frankfurt

1973 - 1975: Production assistant / production manager at bellaphon in Frankfurt

1973 - 1976: Band leader of "FUNKY FAMILY", released 7 singles

1975 - 1976: Compulsory community service with disabled teenagers in Oberursel

1976 - 1986: Freelancer with Frank Farian (Boney M., Eruption, etc.)

1981 - 1982: Presenter with Radio Luxembourg

1982 - 1995: Presenter for Hessische Rundfunk (hr 1-4)

1985 - 1994: Set up in-house sound and video studio, various releases

Since 1990: ZDF off-camera voice over artist. Also voiceover artist for 3SAT and ARTE

1994 - 1996: Managing Director of MultiMedia-Studio GmbH in Bad Homburg

1995 onwards: Off-camera voice over artist for 3SAT programme "Kulturzeit"

1996 onwards: Management of company "MultiMedia-Service" in Friedrichsdorf

1997 onwards: Founder member of VDS, the "Vereinigung Deutscher Sprecher" (Association of German Voiceover Artists)

1999 - 2001: Voice over for RTL television programme trailers

November 2000 onwards: Station voice for Antenne Brandenburg (RBB)

February 2002 onwards: Deputy chair, Association of German Voiceover Artists

May 2002 to November 2002: Presenter for FAZ business radio, Frankfurt am Main

July 2002 onwards: Voice over for SAT1 Automagazin programme (not a regular fixture)

July 2002 onwards: Takeover of MultiMedia Studio, now trading as MultiMedia Service

September 2002 onwards: Voice over for SAT1 TV magazine "PLANETOPIA" (no longer a regular fixture)

July 2003 onwards: Development of virtual sound studio www.worldwidevoices.de

August 2003 - April 2004: Voice over for N24's "Mediamarkt-Magazin"

Summer 2004: Voice over for Kabel 1's "Unser Bauernhof" programme (10 episodes)

January 2004 onwards: Voice over for Hessen 3 magazine programme "Service:trends"

January 2005 onwards: Member of Volksbühne Bad Homburg theatre, online editor for theatre

March 2005 onwards: Voice over for Kabel 1's "Helden der Kreisklasse" programs (52 episodes)

April 2005 onwards: Voice over for Kabel 1's "Auf Dübel komm 'raus..." programs (12 episodes)

July 2005 onwards: Voice over for Kabel 1's "Jäger der verlorenen Schätze" programs (16 episodes)

August 2005 onwards: Voice over for VOX's "Dogs with Jobs" programs (18 episodes)

November 2005 onwards: Voice over for VOX's "Die Enkel der Dinosaurier" programs (3 episodes)

October 2005 onwards: Chair of Vereinigung Deutscher Sprecher e.V. (Association of German Voiceover Artists)

February 2006: Founded audio book publisher "RME-audiobooks"

Marital status: married, two sons (Julian, born 1980 and Benjamin, born 1984)


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