Helmar Rudolf Willi Weitzel (born December 13, 1972, in Marburg, Germany) is a German television presenter, journalist and film producer.

At the same time he began a teaching degree for the Hauptschule in the subjects of Catholic religious studies, German, geography and sports, which he completed in 2000.

The series Ein guter Grund zu feiern (since 2011 with 9 episodes) was produced as an order production of Weitzels company Welterforscher Film und so weiter for ZDF.

The first issue of the series Ein guter Grund zu feiern was broadcast on Epiphany 2011[14] with Sven Hannawald, further episodes at Feast of Corpus Christi with minh-Khai Phan-Thi,[15] to Assumption of Mary with Bettina Wulff[16] and All Saints Day with Johanna Klum.

[17] In 2012, episodes were shown on Epiphany with Karlheinz Brandenburg, to Feast of Corpus Christi with Klaus Allofs, to Assumption of Mary with Jörg Pilawa and at All Saints Day with Thomas Huber.

[18] In 2008 Weitzel shot the film Willi und die Wunder dieser Welt in Australia, Algeria, Tokyo, the Canadian Arctic and in Germany.

The result was the film Willis Grenzerfahrung – Mit einem LKW voll Hoffnung an die syrische Grenze.