Brigitte Maria Bertele
Brigitte Maria Bertele (born July 4, 1974 in Ulm ) is a German director and actress .
Life
From 1993 to 1997 Bertele studied acting at the Academy for Performing Arts in Ulm, during which she attended the Master Class for Camera Acting with Joanna Merlin in the Graduate Acting Department of New York University and at the International Master Class for Acting at the Russian Academy for Theater Arts participated in Moscow . From 1997 to 2002 she had permanent engagements as an actress at the theaters in Eisenach , Neustrelitz and Dresden .
In 2002 she began studying documentary film directing at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy . For the documentary film Roaming Around , she followed the everyday life of street children in Ghana . Her first full-length feature film Nacht vor Augen , which has won numerous awards, was recognized for her diploma. It tells the story of a young Bundeswehr soldier who is traumatized and returns to civilian life from an Afghanistan mission. Her second feature film, Der Brand, about the consequences of a rape, was made like Night before Eyes based on a script by Johanna Stuttmann . Her television film Grenzgang, based on the novel by Stephan Thome , with Claudia Michelsen and Lars Eidinger in the leading roles, premiered at the Munich Film Festival in 2013 and was awarded the Grimme Prize in 2014.
In addition to her directing work, she has been working as a freelance actress since 2002.
Filmography (director)
- 2005: Horizon Zone, short documentary (also screenplay)
- 2005: A Glimpse Sqiptare, short film (also book, camera, editing)
- 2007: Roaming Around, documentary (also screenplay)
- 2008: Night before your eyes
- 2009: 24h Berlin - A day in the life , documentary film
- 2009: Mountain Gorillas - Uganda's gentle giants, documentary
- 2011: The fire
- 2013: Crossing the border
- 2015: Desire - murder under the sign of Zen
- 2015: Ella's decision
- 2016: Desire - hunters in the night
- 2016: the fourth estate
- 2018: Teufelsmoor
- 2019: Crime scene: The Palatinate from above
- 2020: Tatort: The perfect crime
Awards
- 2007: One World Film Prize NRW , 3rd Prize for Roaming Around
- 2007: Premio OFF Docúpolis at the Festival Internacional Documental de Barcelona for Roaming Around
- 2008: First Steps Award for Night Before Eyes
- 2008: Young Talent Award of the DEFA Foundation at the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Film Festival for Night Before Eyes
- 2008: NDR film award for the next generation at the Emden-Norderney International Film Festival for Night Before Eyes
- 2008: 3rd place in the Bernhard Wicki Film Prize at the Emden-Norderney International Film Festival for Night Before Eyes
- 2008: German Short Film Award , special award for films with a running time of more than 30 to 78 minutes for Roaming Around
- 2009: Prize of the German Film Critics as the best feature film debut for Nacht vor Augen
- 2011: Best Director at the World Film Festival Montréal for Der Brand
- 2012: Grimme Prize , Eberhard-Fechner grant from VG Bild-Kunst for Der Brand
- 2014: Grimme Prize for crossing the border
- 2017: Nomination for Romy in the category “Best Director TV Film” for The Fourth Power
Web links
- Brigitte Maria Bertele at the Funke & Sterz agency
- Brigitte Maria Bertele in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Detailed biography at the DEFA Foundation (as of September 2008)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography in the press booklet to Nacht vor Augen , Noirfilm
- ↑ Brigitte Maria Bertele in the Munzinger archive , accessed on March 17, 2019 ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- ↑ TV films at the Munich Film Festival 2013 , accessed on February 28, 2016
- ↑ Short Film Prize 2008. Press and Information Office of the Federal Government, accessed on August 22, 2012 .
- ^ Brigitte Maria Bertele honored in Montréal. In: Blickpunkt: Film , August 29, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bertele, Brigitte Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bertele, Brigitte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ulm |