Christine Wiegand
Christine Wiegand, also Christine E. Wiegand, Christine Wiegand-Goetz, (born September 26, 1965 in Dortmund ; † June 5, 2016 in Berlin ) was a German film and television director and screenwriter , as well as a painter and photographer .
biography
Christine Wiegand grew up in Dortmund . After graduating from high school, she studied visual communication at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts . After graduating with honors there, she trained as a director at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin . For her graduation film "MS Murder" she received the German Silver Short Film Prize and the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Short Film Prize .
After completing her studies, she worked as a director for various crime series, a. a. Wolffs Revier , Die Cleveren and Soko Vienna . The series "Die Cleveren" was nominated for the German Television Award with its episode "Phoenix aus der Asche" . She received commissions in the areas of drama and full-length feature films for prime time (including "Geheimegeschichte" with Martina Gedeck and Ulrich Noethen , "Das Alibi" with Lena Lauzemis and Rudolf Kowalski ) and for participation in international productions such as "Lost in the Woods ”and“ Snowden's Great Escape ”.
In addition to working as a director and screenwriter, she also taught at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin and the International Film School in Cologne . Since 2010 she has increasingly occupied herself with painting and photography and exhibited her work in several exhibitions.
Christine Wiegand was married to the journalist John Goetz . Beside him she left two children together. She died on June 5, 2016 with her family. She is buried in the Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof in Berlin-Mitte.
Filmography
Director
- 1990: Homage to Undine (alternative title: heart)
- 1990: About greedy things (10-min short film)
- 1992: An Excursion (13-min short film)
- 1998: Wolffs Revier - Der Totschläger (45-minute crime series) with Claus Messner, Wilfried Hochholdinger , Karl Kranzkowski
- 1998: Wolffs Revier - With Satan's Help (48-min crime series) with Rudolf Kowalski , Adriana Altaras , Max Herbrechter
- 1998: Die Cleveren - Greed (45-minute crime series) with Jörg Schüttauf , Wilfried Hochholdinger
- 1998: Die Cleveren - Mutterglück (45-minute crime series) with Birge Schade , Frank Röth
- 1999: The Alibi (90-min film, screenplay by Terézia Mora ) with Lena Lauzemis , Rudolf Kowalski , Corinna Kirchhoff
- 2000: Die Cleveren - Messiah (45-min crime series) with Walther Kresse, Sabine Wegener
- 2000: Die Cleveren - Phönix aus der Assche (45-min crime series) with Katrin Saß , Markus Meyer
- 2001: Detours of the Heart (90-min feature film) with Sonja Kirchberger , Jochen Nickel , Jenny Schily
- 2002: Secret Stories (90-minute feature film) with Martina Gedeck , Ulrich Noethen
- 2008: SOKO Vienna - Journey into the Past (45-minute crime series) with Krista Stadler , Reinhard Simonischek
- 2008: SOKO Wien - Verrat (45-min crime series) with Doris Golpashin , Mickey Hardt
- 2008: SOKO Vienna - Race with Death (45-minute crime series) with Petra Kleinert , Reiner Heise
- 2010: SOKO Vienna - Blood Relatives (45-minute crime series) with Rolf Kanies , Harald Schrott
- 2010: SOKO Vienna - Derailed (45-minute crime series) with Markus Meyer , Hansjürgen Hürrig
Director & screenplay
- 1994: Tell me a landscape (60-min film) with Diletta Benincasa, Hanns Zischler
- 1997: MS Murder (15-min short film) with Max Krücke, Susanne Upplegger
- 2000: Lost in the Woods (15-min psychological thriller) with Lena Lauzemis
Author - dramaturgy
- 2015: Snowden's Great Escape (45-min documentary)
Reviews
Klaus Ungerer wrote about “The Alibi” in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : “Finally a German television film is reflecting on its own language ... finally faces are allowed to speak, looks, pictures, music.”
Awards
- German short film award in silver for MS Murder
- Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau short film award for MS Murder
- Prix Europa - Special award in the Current Affairs category for Snowden's Great Escape
- German Academy for Television - Best Documentary for Snowden's Great Escape
Web links
- Christine Wiegand in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Christine Wiegand in the DFFB archive [1]
- Obituary by cameraman Volker Tittel [2]
- Death notification in the blog of the German Film and Television Academy [3]
Individual evidence
- ↑ date of birth. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
- ↑ Date of death. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ German TV Prize 2000. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 30, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Winners and nominees of the German Short Film Award 1956-2014. German Short Film Award, accessed on May 29, 2017 .
- ^ Murnau Foundation. Retrieved May 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Awards Archive. (No longer available online.) Prix Europa, archived from the original on December 29, 2017 ; accessed on May 29, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Awards. (No longer available online.) German Academy for Television, archived from the original on August 31, 2017 ; Retrieved May 29, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiegand, Christine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wiegand, Christine (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th June 2016 |
| Place of death | Berlin |