Annette Scheurich

Annette Scheurich (born January 24, 1954 in Niefern-Öschelbronn ) is a German documentary filmmaker and producer .

Life

Annette Scheurich studied geology at the University of Heidelberg . She completed her studies as a geologist . During her studies she and her husband Klaus Scheurich discovered her love for nature and animal films and founded the film production company Marco Polo Film with him in 1984 , which produces documentaries in the fields of nature, animal films, adventure and science. Since then, Annette Scheurich has written and produced many documentaries , some of which have won international awards, including the film The White Diamond , directed by Werner Herzog . In 2000, the film production company Marco Polo Film became a stock corporation and has been operating as Marco Polo Film AG since then . Annette Scheurich is a member of the Documentary Film Working Group (AG Dok).

Filmography (selection)

• 1999: European hamster - with full cheeks through life, ZDF
• 2000: In the grip of the strangler fig, NDR nature film
• 2004: The Beast and the Cuddly Animal, Director: Gerhard Thiel, NDR / Arte
• 2004: Flying foxes - swinging the night, ZDF
• 2004: The White Diamond, directed by Werner Herzog
• 2005/2006: Mythos Tier (6-part series), NDR / Arte
• 2006: Bikini - dream islands in the restricted area, ZDF / Arte
• 2008: Operation Deep Sea - Dark World in the Light of Research, ZDF / Arte
• 2010: The Black Forest - Wilderness with a View, ZDF / Arte
• 2010: The Vosges - Rugged Beauty, ZDF / Arte
• 2010: Caravan of Books, Director: Herbert Ostwald, ZDF / Arte
• 2010: Scharfe Schoten - Dicke Rüssel, director: Herbert Ostwald, ZDF / Arte
• 2011: Affenalarm - The Baboon Police on Table Mountain, Director: Herbert Ostwald, ZDF / Arte
• 2011: Madagascar - You Beautiful, ZDF / Arte
• 2012: Flying high - With the balloon over Kenya / Sri Lanka / the Alps / Venezuela / Mongolia, 5-part series for ZDF / ARTE

Awards (selection)

• 1999: "European hamster - through life with full cheeks", Gold Medal Award, Naturale 2000, Kaiserslautern, Germany
• 1999: "European hamster - through life with full cheeks", Merit Award, International Wildlife Film Festival Missoula, USA
• 1999: "European hamster - through life with full cheeks", The Vattenfall Environmental Award, Wildlife Europe'99 Festival, Sundsvall, Sweden
• 2000: "European hamster - with full cheeks through life", Crystal Eagle / European Award, European Film Festival Valvert, Brussels, Belgium
• 2001: "In the grip of the strangler fig", Merit Award, International Wildlife Film Festival Missoula, USA
• 2001: "In the grip of the strangler fig", The Golden Book Award, Roshd International Film Festival, Iran
• 2005: "The Beast and the Cuddly Animal", Special Prize of the Naturale Jury 2005, Germany
• 2005: "The White Diamond", "Best Documentary of the Year 2005", New York Times Critics, USA
• 2005: “The White Diamond”, main prize at the Copenhagen Film Festival, Denmark
• 2006: "The Beast and the Cuddly Animal", Award for "Best Use of Footage Science or Natural History Production", Focal International, London
• 2007: "Bikini - dream islands in the restricted area", award for the "best film about water" at the Green Vision Festival 2007 in St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2007: "Flying foxes - swinging the night", best film in the category "Man and Nature", 5th Matsalu Festival, Estonia
• 2010: "Bikini - dream islands in the restricted area", winner of the "Golden Statue" of the 40th Roshd International Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
• 2011: "Monkey alarm - the baboon police on Table Mountain", "Humanism Award" at the "Green Vision International Environmental Festival" in St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2011: "Monkey alarm - the baboon police on Table Mountain", "Best Documentary on Wildlife & Environment" at the Guangzhou Film Festival, China
• 2011: "Affenalarm - the baboon police on Table Mountain", environmental and sustainability award at the Darsser Naturfilmfestival, Germany
• 2011: "Monkey alarm - the baboon police on Table Mountain", audience award at Naturvision, Neuschönau, Germany
• 2011: “Scharfe Schoten - Big Rüssel”, prize of the international jury at the Ekotop Festival, Slovakia

Web links

• http://www.marco-polo-film.de
• Annette Scheurich in the Internet Movie Database (English)

supporting documents

• Annette and Klaus Scheurich - nature and animal filmmakers , swr.de, broadcast on November 17, 2009
• Liverwurst attractant , taz.de, August 25, 2001
• Profile of Annette Scheurich

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annette Scheurich's web business card on AGDOK . Retrieved December 23, 2012.
2. ^ Profile on Marco Polo Film . Archived from the original on November 26, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 23, 2012.