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Doris Dörrie (born 26 May 1955 in Hannover) is a German film director and producer, and author.
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Life and Work
Dörrie completed her secondary education (her "Abitur") at a humanist Gymnasium. In 1973 she began a two-year attendance in film studies, in the drama department of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. She then studied at the New School of Social Research in New York. She worked odd jobs in cafés and as film presenter in New York's Goethe House. In 1975, back in Germany, she began to study at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (School for Television and Film) in Munich, and wrote film reviews for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, where she was also assistant editor. Subsequently Dörrie worked as a volunteer for various television stations, and filmed short documentaries.
Awards
- 1998 Bavarian Film Award, Best Screenplay[1]
Filmography
- Men… (Männer…) (1985), the most-seen German film that year, which launched her into the spotlight; starring: Uwe Ochsenknecht, Heiner Lauterbach, Ulrike Kriener
- Money (Geld) (1989); starring: Billie Zöckler, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Sybille Waury
- Paradise (Paradies) (1990); starring: Katharina Thalbach, Heiner Lauterbach, Sunnyi Melles
- Me and Him (1989); starring: Griffin Dunne, Ellen Green, Kelly Bishop, Carey Lowell
- Happy Birthday, Türke (1992); starring: Hansa Czypionka, Meret Becker, Joachim Król
- Nobody Loves Me (Keiner Liebt Mich)(1994); starring: Maria Schrader, Joachim Król
- Am I Beautiful (Bin ich schön?) (1998); starring: Franka Potente, Uwe Ochsenknecht
- Enlightenment Guaranteed (2002), starring the actors from Men…
- How To Cook Your Life (2007), a documentary about Zen chef Ed Brown
- Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten - Hanami) (2008)
References
Joglekar, Yogini. "Ethnic Noir in Post-Wall Germany: Happy Birthday, Turke! (Dörrie 1991)." CLUES: A Journal of Detection 24.2 (Winter 2006): 17-29.
External links
- "New German Cinema" bio
- Doris Dörrie at the Internet Movie Database
- New York Times article
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- This page was last modified on 21 October 2008, at 11:54.
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