Christine Edzard

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Christine Edzard , married to Christine Goodwin (born February 15, 1945 in Paris ) is a French film director , screenwriter and costume designer .

Life

Christine Edzard is the daughter of the painter Dietz Edzard and his second wife Suzanne Eisendieck . As a child she was a model for her parents several times. Eisendieck painted a portrait of her in 1947, which was acquired by Robert Lehman , art collector and long-time manager of the Lehman Brothers . Dietz Edzard made pictures such as Christine au Bassin des Tuileries and Christine à l'Opéra , which she shows as a young girl in front of a fountain or in an opera.

Edzard first studied economics. Then she turned to the theater and was among other things a student of the Italian costume and set designer Lila De Nobili (1916–2002). Her professional career began in 1968 when she designed the set for Franco Zeffirelli's literary film adaptation Romeo and Juliet in Rome . She met her future husband, the British film producer Richard B. Goodwin (* 1934). She then took part in several theater and opera productions in Europe.

Edzard wrote the screenplay with Goodwin for Trixi's Wonderland (1971), a ballet film based on children's stories by Beatrix Potter . She also designed the costumes and set design for the film, which earned her two nominations for BAFTA awards .

In 1975 Edzard and her husband founded the production company Sand Films in London. In addition to the production of Edzard's films, Sand Films mainly specializes in costume production and rental for film, television, theater and opera.

In 1977 Edzard first directed the short film The Little Match Girl . It was released two years later together with two other films ( The Kitchen , Little Ida ) under the title Stories from a Flying Trunk . These were film adaptations of stories by Hans Christian Andersen , with Edzard not only directing but also writing the script. The Nightingale , another short Andersen film adaptation, contained animated sequences and was released in 1981. Biddy was her first full-length feature film in 1983. It's about a Victorian nanny.

Edzard's final breakthrough came in 1988 with the Charles Dickens film adaptation of Klein Dorrit . The two-part film ( Little Dorrit I: Nobody's Guilty and Little Dorrit II: The Story of Little Dorrit ) was produced by Sand Films, Edzard directed and wrote the script. The main actors were Joan Greenwood and Derek Jacobi , and Alec Guinness in an award-winning supporting role. Edzard has received several awards for the adapted script, including an Oscar nomination.

Edzard's next film, The Fool (1990), is based on the writings of Henry Mayhew and again shows Derek Jacobi in the lead role. Two years later, she directed the Shakespeare film version As You Like It (based on the play As You Like It ), whose action takes place in the Ardennes forest in the homeless crowded London district of Rotherhithe.

Nominations (selection)

Filmography

  • 1968: Romeo and Juliet ( Romeo and Juliet )
  • 1971: Trixis Wonderland ( Tales of Beatrix Potter )
  • 1977: The Little Match Girl
  • 1979: Stories from a Flying Trunk
  • 1981: The Nightingale
  • 1983: Biddy
  • 1988: Little Dorrit ( Little Dorrit )
  • 1990: The Fool
  • 1992: As You Like It
  • 1995: A Midsummer Night's Love ( Feast of July )
  • 1997: The IMAX Nutcracker
  • 2001: The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
  • 2003: Robinson Crusoe ( Robinson Crusoë )
  • 2007: La luna en botella
  • 2009: Garbo: El espía
  • 2018: The Good Soldier Schwejk

literature

  • Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson: Christine Edzard In: Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide. Wallflower, London 2001, ISBN 978-1-903364-21-5 , pp. 86-87.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard R. Brettell, Paul Hayes: The Robert Lehman Collection. Volume 3, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009, ISBN 978-1-58839-349-4 , p. 322.
  2. ^ David Jays: Lila de Nobili - Theater designer with a flair for romantic mystery and nostalgia. In: The Guardian March 2, 2002. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  3. ^ A b Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson: Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors. P. 86.
  4. ^ Film, Costume Design in 1972 awards.bafta.org. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  5. ^ Film, Art Direction in 1972 awards.bafta.org. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  6. ↑ Eleanor Charles: Large 'Nutcracker. In: The New York Times November 23, 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  7. ^ Film, Adapted Screenplay in 1988 awards.bafta.org. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Edzard, Christine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goodwin, Christine (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French film director, screenwriter and costume designer
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris