Doris Dörrie

Doris Dörrie
Frankfurter Buchmesse 2011 Doris Dörrie und Dorothea Westphal.jpg
Doris Dörrie at the Frankfurt Book Fair, 2011
Born (1955-05-26) 26 May 1955 (age 67)
Occupation(s)Film director, Film producer, Author
Years active1976–present
Notable workMen...
Me and Him

Doris Dörrie (German: [ˈdoː.ʁɪs ˈdœ.ri̯ə] (listen); born 26 May 1955) is a German film director, producer and author.

Biography

Born in Hanover, Dörrie completed her secondary education there in 1973. The same year, 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 a film presenter in New York's Goethe-Institut.

In 1975, back in Germany, Dörrie began to study at the University of Television and Film Munich. She 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. She has published several novels, short story collections and children's books, and also staged and directed a number of operas.

Dörrie is a member of the PEN Centre Germany and the German Film Academy. She was a member of the jury for the 2019 Prize of the National Gallery. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Awards

Filmography

Fiction

  • Liebe Schmerz und das ganze verdammte Zeug: Vier Geschichten (1987); Eng. tr. Love, Pain and the Whole Damn Thing: Four Stories (1989)
  • "Was wollen Sie von Mir?" und 15 andere Geschichten (1989); Eng. tr. What Do You Want From Me? (1993)
  • Der Mann meiner Träume (1991)
  • Für immer und ewig: eine Art Reigen (1991)
  • Bin ich schön? Erzählungen (1994)

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