KUKI

KUKI, (Kurt Weber), whose roots go back to southern France and Prussia on his mother's side and Austria and Slovenia on his father's side, was born in Munich in 1957. His father was an artist and photographer, so KUKI grew up in the art milieu that accompanied him throughout his life. In later years he dealt more and more with painting, photography and film and then entered the film business in the film production company that his father had founded in the meantime. Weber, who then went on a year-long world tour at the age of 24, bringing thousands of photos with him, then worked as a director and cameraman for industry and advertising. In 1986, he founded his first film production company, Aktuell Film. After much back and forth, he married his great love Lucia in 1987 and in the years that followed became the father of his son Louis and his daughter Marisa. He started actively to devote himself to sailing and also developed a great passion for it, which he keeps to this day. He made travel films and industrial productions worldwide. In 1995 he received the silver compass from the ITB Berlin for his film "Madagaskar". KUKI professionalized his company over the years and founded AKTUELL FILM Media in 1999, which now works for large industrial groups. In addition to all his commitment to his company, Weber kept thinking about photography and painting. To date, Weber has painted around 450 oil and natural paints, which he sells, throws away or paints over again. He lives at Ammersee in Bavaria. In winter he paints in his old wooden hut or in the beautiful little town of Kas in Turkey and, in addition to his orgies of cooking, deals intensively with philosophy and spirituality, which also influences his artistic work very much. In his summer leisure time, Weber sails a sports catamaran on Lake Ammer and on his old Swedish 35-foot racing yacht called "Taygeta" through the South Aegean.