Friedrich Nowottny
Nowottny at the Deutscher Fernsehpreis in 2012
Born	(1929-05-16) 16 May 1929 (age 95) Hindenburg, Germany (now Zabrze, Poland)
Nationality	German
Occupation	Television journalist

Friedrich Nowottny (born 16 May 1929) is a German television journalist.

Nowottny worked as director of German broadcaster WDR. He lives in Swisttal-Buschhoven near Bonn.^[1]

• 1973: Goldene Kamera in category Politischer Journalist u. Kommentator
• 1976: Bambi Award
• 1980: Goldener Gong for his moderation at Bundestagswahl 1980
• 1982: Goldene Kamera in category Bester Politik-Moderator
• 1984: Orden wider den tierischen Ernst of Aachener Karnevalverein
• 1985: Goldener Gong for his 571th moderation of Bericht aus Bonn [de]
• 1986: Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz
• 2005: Steiger Award
• 2006: Deutscher Fernsehpreis Ehrenpreis der Stifter

• Friedrich Nowottny at IMDb
• "Dem deutschen Fernsehen fehlt einer wie Nowottny", article by Jörg Thadeusz, 15 May 2009, Die Welt (in German)
• "Nowottnys kritischer Wochenrückblick" in Nordwestradio (Podcast) (in German)
• Quotations at zitate-online.de (in German)