Hellmuth Matiasek

Hellmuth Matiasek
Hellmuth Matiasek
Born	15 May 1931; Vienna, Austria
Died	7 April 2022 (aged 90); Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany
Education	Max-Reinhardt-Seminar; University of Vienna;
Occupations	Stage director; Theatre manager;
Organizations	Salzburger Landestheater; Staatstheater Braunschweig; Otto-Falckenberg-Schule; Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz; Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding; Carl Orff-Festspiele Andechs;
Spouses	First wife; ; Cornelia Froboess (m. 1967)
Children	2
Awards	Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Austrian Decoration of Honour for Science and Art; Bavarian Order of Merit;

Hellmuth Matiasek ([ˈhɛlmuːt ˈmatjasɛk]; 15 May 1931 – 7 April 2022; also spelled Helmuth) was an Austrian theatre and film director, theatre manager and teacher. He founded a small avant-garde theatre in Vienna at age 22. After working at the Salzburger Landestheater as stage director, he became the company's intendant (managing director) in 1962, then the youngest intendant in German-speaking theatre. From 1983 to 1996, he was intendant of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, where he co-founded and later managed the drama school Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding. He was close to the composer Carl Orff, and managed the Carl Orff-Festspiele Andechs.

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