Britta Wauer

Britta Wauer (born December 13, 1974 in East Berlin ) is a German journalist , director , film producer and screenwriter .

Life

Born in Berlin, Britta Wauer completed an apprenticeship at the Berlin School of Journalism after graduating from high school . From 1995 to 1996 she worked in the editorial department of Spiegel TV Reportage in Hamburg , where she realized the first documentaries as a co-author. From 1997 she studied directing at the German Film and Television Academy (dffb), with a successful graduation in 2004. During her studies, Wauer worked as an assistant director for Jutta Brückner and Helmut Dietl , among others . For her undergraduate film Heldentod - The Tunnel and the Lie (2001) she received several awards, including theGerman television award . In March 2005 she received the Grimme Prize in the “Information & Culture” category for her graduation film, Die Rapoports - Our Three Lives , made in collaboration with Sissi Hüetlin .

At the beginning of 2005, Wauer founded the production company Britzka Film with a focus on documentary film . The first self-produced film - Berlin corner Volksbühne - was shown for the first time on ARTE in October 2008 . In 2008 she adapted Knut Elstermann's autobiography Gerdas Schweigen as a screenwriter and director for the cinema and won several awards at festivals. Her next project examined the past and present of the Jewish cemetery in Berlin-Weißensee . Under the title Im Himmel, unter der Erde , the documentary was shown in the Panorama of the Berlinale 2011 and won the audience award there.

Filmography (selection)

• 2001 Heldentod - book, director, 55 min., Ziegler Film for Arte / ZDF.
• 2004 Die Rapoports - book, direction with Sissi Hüetlin, 58 min., Ziegler Film for Arte / ZDF.
• 2005 Berlin corner Volksbühne - script, direction, production, 52 min., Britzka Film for Arte / ZDF.
• 2006 More Justice! Ideas for a better world - script, direction, 45 min., SR (ARD).
• 2008 Gerdas Schweigen - based on the book of the same name by Knut Elstermann . Book, director, 95 min., Documentary film, Zeitsprung entertainment.
• 2010 In Heaven, Under the Earth - script, direction, production, 90 min., Documentary film, Britzka Film.
• 2016 Rabbi Wolff - script, direction, production, 90 min., Documentary film, Britzka film.

Awards

Won

• 2001 Golden gong for hero's death
• 2001 German Television Prize - Promotion Prize for Hero Death
• 2001 Hans Klein Media Prize - young talent prize for the documentary Heldentod - The tunnel and the lie
• 2003 WorldFest Houston - Platinum Award for Heroic Death
• 2005 WorldFest Houston - Gold Remi Award for The Rapoports
• 2011 Berlin International Film Festival 2011 - Panorama Audience Award for In Heaven, Underground

Nominations

• 2002 Prix ​​Italia - for heroic death
• 2002 Bavarian Documentary Film Award - for Heldentod
• 2005 Banff Rockie Award - for The Rapoports
• 2005 Baden-Württemberg Documentary Film Prize - for Die Rapoports

Others

• 2002 Axel Springer Prize - Honorable Mention for Heldentod
• 2004 World Jewish Film Festival, Tel Aviv - Special Mention for Die Rapoports
• 2011 Prize for the promotion of young artists from the DEFA Foundation

Publications

• Britta Wauer (Ed.): Rabbi Wolff and the things of life - memories and insights . Autobiography, compiled by Britta Wauer. Berlin 2016, 118 pages, ISBN 978-3-95565-154-1 .
• Britta Wauer, Amélie Losier: The Jewish cemetery Weissensee. Moments of History / The Weissensee Jewish cemetery. Moments in History. Be.bra-Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-8148-0172-8 .

Web links

• Britta Wauer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Britta Wauer at filmportal.de (biography, filmography and picture)
• Literature by and about Britta Wauer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Britta Wauer's film production company Britzka Film
• Website In heaven, under the earth - film by Britta Wauer