Deborah Hoffmann

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Deborah Ann Hoffmann (born October 1947 ) is an American film director and film editor . Hoffmann mainly works on documentaries .

Life

At the beginning of her career, Hoffmann worked exclusively as an editor for a few years. When she had to look after her mother, who had Alzheimer's disease , from 1986 , she decided to make a film out of it. Her first own directing and production work “ Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter ” was created, for which Hoffmann received an Oscar nomination in 1995 for “Best Documentary”. In 2000 Hoffmann published her next directorial work together with her partner, the filmmaker Frances Reid . The film Long Night's Journey Into Day on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission was 2001 also nominated for an Oscar.

In addition to her work in film, Hoffmann is a visiting professor at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley .

Filmography (selection)

As editor
As a director

Awards and nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Deborah Hoffmann in radaris.com
  2. ^ Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism website ( September 10, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive ), accessed January 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ movies.nytimes.com (English) accessed January 27, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Deborah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoffmann, Deborah Ann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director and editor
DATE OF BIRTH October 1947