Hilmar Hoffmann

Hilmar Hoffmann (25 August 1925 – 1 June 2018) was a German cultural and movie historian. He was born in Bremen, Germany. Between 1970 and 1990 he was a City Councillor in Frankfurt am Main, and initiated the promotion of free groups in urban culture. From 1993 to 2001 he was president of the Goethe-Institut (Munich). He taught movie theory and cultural politics at the Goethe University Frankfurt.
Hoffmann died in Frankfurt, Germany on 1 June 2018 of a stroke at the age of 92.