Andrea Štaka
Andrea Štaka (* 1973 in Lucerne , Switzerland ) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter .
biography
Andrea Štaka started her career as a photographer at an early age , but later switched to film and directing . She completed her film studies at the University of Art and Design (today ZHdK ), Zurich .
She became known with her film Das Fräulein , for which she was awarded the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2006.
In 2015 she received the award for socially relevant film at the Max Ophüls Prize for her film Cure - The Life of Another .
Her third feature film Mare premiered in 2020 in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival.
Andrea Štaka works today as a director, screenwriter and producer. She lives with her partner, the filmmaker Thomas Imbach , and their son in Zurich. She worked with her husband on various projects.
Movies
- 1998: Hotel Belgrade. Director / Screenplay (short film)
- 2000: Yugodivas. Director (documentary)
- 2006: The Miss . Director / screenplay (feature film)
- 2011: Mary's Ride. Producer / Screenplay (feature film)
- 2013: Mary Queen of Scots producer / screenplay (feature film)
- 2014: Cure - The Life of Another, Director / Screenplay / Producer (Feature Film)
- 2018: Glaubberg producer (feature film)
- 2020: Mare Director / Screenplay (Fiction)
Awards
- 1998: Grand Prix du Jury, Recontres Internationales Henri Langois, Poitiers (Hotel Belgrade)
- 1998: Best film, Seh-Suchten Festival, Berlin (Hotel Belgrade)
- 1998: Best Director, Brooklyn International Film Festival, New York (Hotel Belgrad)
- 2000: Quality Award, Swiss Culture Office (Yugodivas)
- 2006: Golden Leopard , Locarno Film Festival (Das Fräulein)
- 2015: Prize for the socially relevant film, Max Ophüls Festival (Cure)
Web links
- Andrea Staka in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Andrea Štaka at filmportal.de
- Biography at OKOFILM PRODUCTIONS
- Biography at SWISS FILMS
- Interview on Cure - The Life of Another
Individual evidence
- ↑ CINEMAsuisse - Special - Andrea Staka: Sarajevo, Dubrovnik, Lucerne, New York, Zurich. August 16, 2013, accessed June 22, 2020 .
- ↑ The 2015 Prize Winners. (No longer available online.) Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis , January 24, 2015, archived from the original on July 3, 2015 ; Retrieved January 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Mare. Retrieved June 22, 2020 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Štaka, Andrea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne , Switzerland |