Background
HESS, Werner was born on October 13, 1914 in Frankfurt. Son of Wilhelm Hess.
HESS, Werner was born on October 13, 1914 in Frankfurt. Son of Wilhelm Hess.
Minister in Frankfurt. Military service 1939-1945. Resumed ministry in Frankfurt-Ginnheim 1945-1960.
Film Industry Delegate of the Evangelical Church of Germany.
Chairman 1959; Founder and Chairman Supervisory Board of the Matthias Film Distribution Company, Stuttgart.
Hessian Broadcasting and Television Service Television Programme Director 1960-1962, General Director 1962-1981. Chairman Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator (German Broadcasting Service) 1965, 1966, 1976, 1977.
Vice-President European Broadcasting Union 1968-1977.
Chairman European Broadcasting Union Commission, for Developing Countries.
Broadcasting Council of the Hessian Broadcasting Service since 1948. Of the Society for the Voluntary Control of the Film Industry.
Married Marielies Elbers in 1944 (died in 1965).