Helene Schwarz

Helene Schwarz (born February 13, 1927 ) was a secretary at the German Film and Television Academy (DFFB), treasurer of the friends' association and student advisor.

Life

Helene Schwarz is the daughter of a Berlin innkeeper. She spent her childhood in Berlin; she saw the end of the Second World War in Onstmettingen . She later broke off her training as a department head in the Westend Hospital and began working at the DFFB in 1966, initially as a clerk for student affairs. She later became the assistant to the director of studies. During this time she also had minor supporting roles in the film business, for example in Zischke (1985) by Martin Theo Krieger and in Die Drehtür (1997) by Anne Høegh Krohn. Schwarz turned down the offer to become a director of studies himself. Together with Malte LudinShe edited the 1981 DFFB publication Sober in the 80s. Reports on the situation of young film talent from graduates of the German Film and Television Academy Berlin .

For her work as DFFB secretary, even in old age, she was awarded the Berlinale Camera in 2005. Rosa von Praunheim , who calls her his “surrogate mother”, documented Schwarz from 2002 to 2005 in the documentary Who is Helene Schwarz? (2005). At the Berlin Film Festival 2010 she was awarded the First Steps Prize. She is considered the "soul of the German Film and Television Academy" and the "muse of German film".

Schwarz is the namesake of the Helene Schwarz Café in the Filmhaus Berlin and the Helene Schwarz Prize .

Helene Schwarz Prize

The Helene Schwarz Prize has been awarded every two years by the DFFB for outstanding film productions since 2006. It was launched on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the DFFB.

• 2006: Maximilian Erlenwein for Blackout
• 2008: Grzegorz Muskala for My father is sleeping , David Nawrath for What remains
• 2010: 1st prize: Mariejosephin Schneider for Jessi , 2nd prize: Roberto Anjari-Rossi for Das Wolfskind
• 2012: Teboho Edkins for Gangster Project

Web links

• Helene Schwarz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Photos of Helene Schwarz on TV Spielfilm online

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Who is Helene Schwarz? , filmportal.de, accessed on June 19, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Women around Rosa , rosavonpraunheim.de
3. ^ Christiane Peitz: The Secretary General . In: Der Tagesspiegel, February 11, 2005.
4. ^ Hans Helmut Prinzler : Helene Schwarz contribution to the DFFB anniversary brochure "Moments of Learning" , September 1, 1996.
5. ↑ Good soul under the roof , Der Tagesspiegel, February 7, 2011.
6. ↑ First Steps Awards: Cheers for Helene Schwarz and the offspring in film ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Berlin film festivals. 
7. ↑ Café Helene Schwarz  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
8. ↑ Helene Schwarz Prize ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , DFFB. 
9. ↑ Helene Schwarz Prize 2006 ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Helene Schwarz Prize 2008 ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ Helene Schwarz Prize 2010 ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.