Doris Dörrie

Doris Dörrie

Doris Dörrie (born 26 May 1955, Hanover) is a German film director, producer and author.

Life and work

Dörrie completed her secondary education ("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 University of Television and Film 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. Her numerous works of fiction, unlike her films, were greeted with a mixed reception.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

• 1999 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Screenplay^[1]
• 1999 German Film Award in Gold for Am I Beautiful?

Filmography

• Men… (Männer…) (1985)
• Money (Geld) (1989)
• Paradise (Paradies) (1986); 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)
• Am I Beautiful? (Bin ich schön?) (1998); starring: Franka Potente, Uwe Ochsenknecht
• Enlightenment Guaranteed (Erleuchtung garantiert) (2002)
• Naked (Nackt) (2002)
• How To Cook Your Life (2007), a documentary about Zen chef Edward Espe Brown
• Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten – Hanami) (2008)
• Die Friseuse (2010)

References

1. ^ List of prize winners

• Breitenstein, Andreas. "Alptraum vom Traummann: Doris Dörries Erzählung Der Mann meiner Träume." Neue Zürcher Zeitung (July 22, 1991).
• Elss, Karin. "Doris Dörrie als Erzählerin." Saarbrücker Zeitung (August 24, 1989).
• Görtz, Franz Josef. "Beiläufige Tragödien: Geschichten von der Filmemacherin Doris Dörrie." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (March 14, 1989).
• Joglekar, Yogini. "Ethnic Noir in Post-Wall Germany: Happy Birthday, Türke! (Dörrie 1991)." CLUES: A Journal of Detection 24.2 (Winter 2006): 17–29.
• Jurczyk, Günther. "Brav Geschmollt: Doris Dörrie erzählt." Stuttgarter Zeitung (October 11, 1989).
• Phillips, Klaus. "A Conversation with Doris Dörrie." In: Straight Through the Heart: Doris Dörrie, German Filmmaker and Author, ed. Franz Birgel, Klaus Phillips and Christian-Albrecht Gollub. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2004. pp. 1–16.
• Steuhl, Wolfgang. "Antonia und der Dreckspatz: Wenn ein Mannequin den Mann ihrer Träume findet." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (April 13, 1991).
• Utz, Richard. "Reflecting Love at Quite Its Natural Size: Doris Dörrie as a Writer." In: Straight Through the Heart: Doris Dörrie, German Filmmaker and Author, ed. Franz Birgel, Klaus Phillips and Christian-Albrecht Gollub. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2004. pp. 177–87.

External links

• "New German Cinema" bio
• Doris Dörrie at the Internet Movie Database
• The New York Times article
• Literature on Doris Dörrie

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Name	Dorrie, Doris
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Short description	German film director
Date of birth	26 May 1955
Place of birth	Hanover, Germany
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