Jeanine Meerapfel

Jeanine Meerapfel ( born June 14, 1943 in Buenos Aires, Argentina ) is a German - Argentine film director, screenwriter and film lecturer Argentine origin.

Career

Jeanine Meerapfel grew up in Argentina as the daughter of German-Jewish refugees. She attended from 1961 to 1964, the Journalism School in Buenos Aires and worked as an editor and freelance journalist. In 1964 she moved to Germany and studied with a DAAD scholarship from 1964 to 1968 at the Institute for Film Design College of Design in Ulm. From 1970 to 1980 Meerapfel worked as a film critic and film led seminars in Ulm and at various Goethe Institutes. In 1981, she made ​​her feature film debut with Malou, which until 2001 was followed by ten films.

In 1984 she was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival. In 1990, Meerapfel a professorship ( with the emphasis directed by documentary and feature films ) at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. She is a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin, where also their written archive since 2002.

In 2011 she turned in Frankfurt am Main the feature film The German friend, a German - Argentine co-production that was the end of 2012 to the cinema. He wears, as emphasized Meerapfel itself, significant autobiographical elements.

Films (selection )

  • Distance ( short film, 1966)
  • On Ama in the Amazon ( 1969 1980)
  • In the land of my parents (documentary, 1981)
  • Malou (1981 ) - Photography: Michael Ballhaus Music: Peer Raben
  • As long as there are still Europe - Questions to Peace ( 1984)
  • The caraway Turk goes (1985 )
  • The Lovers (1987 )
  • La Amiga (1988)
  • 13 minutes to midnight in Lima (TV, 1989)
  • Desembarcos (1989)
  • In the splendor of this happiness (1990 )
  • Amigomío (1994)
  • Gusset on Bizyckel (1969 /70 1998) by Eppelwoi Motion Pictures
  • Anna's Summer (2001)
  • The German Friend (2012 )

Awards (selection)

  • FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes for Malou (1981 )
  • " Best New Director " at the Film Festival San Sebastian for Malou (1981 )
  • German Critics' Award in the category of film ( 1985)
  • Inter Film Award at the Berlinale for The Caraway Turk goes (1985 )
  • German Film Award for La Amiga (1989 )
  • Five nominations for the Argentine Film Award Cóndor de Plata for the German friend (2012 )
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