Barbara Junge (director)
Barbara Junge (born November 14, 1943 in Neunhofen ( Thuringia ); née Becher ) is a German documentary film director who is best known as the co-director of the long-term project Die Kinder von Golzow .
Life
After graduating from high school, Junge completed an apprenticeship as a typesetter . She then studied at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig and graduated with a diploma as an interpreter for English and Russian. From 1969 she worked in the DEFA studio for documentaries and was initially responsible for foreign language versions of DEFA documentaries.
From 1978 she was also in charge of the archive documentation of the Golzow project and from 1983 also the editing of all her husband Winfried Junge's films . From 1992 until the end of the project Children of Golzow led them with him directing . Together with her husband, she was appointed a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of the Arts in 1996 .
After the end of the GDR and with it DEFA , she and her husband continued the Golzow project in co-production with broadcasters of the ARD , especially the RBB .
Barbara Junge is the mother of screenwriter Laila Stieler . Barbara and Winfried Junge live in Berlin today.
Filmography
- 1987: Plowing - it develops
- 1989: Greetings from Libya or green is a beautiful color
- 1990: Not everyone can find their Troy - archaeologist
Awards
- 2007: Prize of the DEFA Foundation for services to German film (together with her husband Winfried Junge)
- 2008: Order of Merit of the State of Brandenburg
- 2009: German Critics' Prize (Honorary Prize) (together with her husband Winfried Junge)
literature
- Günter Agde : Boy, Barbara . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Barbara Junge, Winfried Junge: CVs - The children of Golzow. Schüren Verlag, Marburg 2004 ISBN 3-89472-357-2
Web links
- Barbara Young in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Barbara Junge on Filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulf Grieger: Golzower Legenden: Stories from Home , Märkische Oderzeitung , November 11, 2018
- ↑ "Golzow" -Chronistin Barbara boy celebrates 70th birthday " , MOZ November 13, 2013, accessed June 26, 2019
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Boy, Barbara |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mug, Barbara |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German documentary film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Neunhofen |