Käthe Kratz
Käthe Kratz (born January 24, 1947 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian filmmaker and writer. She was the first Austrian TV fiction film director and is one of the feminist pioneers in the Austrian film scene. She lives in Vienna and on the Croatian island of Šolta .
Life
Käthe Kratz was the first student to study directing at the Vienna Film School . While still studying, she made her first documentary films as a freelancer for ORF, such as 1976 Happy Times , 1979–1988 the five-part series Life Lines - Portraits from Three Generations of Oppression of Women, which was also published as a novel in 1983, 1994 In the Sign of Love , movies such as 1983 Breathlessness and 1994 the 10th year . The 10th year had come out as a play two years earlier.
With Susanne Zanke , Kitty Kino , Heide Pils and Margareta Heinrich , she belonged to the informal group 'Aktion Filmfrauen' and is a member of the Graz Authors' Assembly (GAV).
In addition to her filmic work, Käthe Kratz taught at the Vienna Film Academy , the Danube University Krems and the Art University Graz .
Käthe Kratz was Peter Turrini's partner for many years .
Filmography
- 1976: happy times
- 1977: The people of the Siebenerhaus
- 1978: With body and soul
- 1979: Young people need love
- 1984: shortness of breath
- 1984: Lifelines (three-part TV series): Augustine - The heart in hand, Marianne - A right for everyone, Elisabeth - The earth is sinking
- 1987: Lebenslinien 2 (two-part TV series): Marlene - The American Dream, Marlene - Wounds of Freedom
- 1991: Bought Brides (TV)
- 1995: the tenth year
- 1999: Three with a Heart (TV series)
- 1999: Farewell for a lifetime (documentary)
- 2003: Maybe I Was Lucky (Documentary)
Works
- Lebenslinien , Droemer Knaur 1991
- Käthe Kratz, Peter Turrini: Youth , paperback 1984
- Käthe Kratz, Karin Schön, Hubert Gaisbauer, Hans Litsauer: Lost Neighborhood , Mandelbaum Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85476-025-6
- Käthe Kratz, Elisabeth Haberkorn: With body and soul , tsv 1981
- Käthe Kratz, Lisbeth N. Trallori (editors): Love, Power and Adventure. On the history of the new women's movement in Vienna. Promedia, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85371-365-5
Awards
- Erich Neuberg Prize (1984)
- Marietta and Friedrich Torberg Medal (1999)
- Women's Ring Prize (2017)
Web links
- Käthe Kratz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ der standard: Filmmaker Käthe Kratz is 65. Accessed April 25, 2012
- ↑ derStandard.at: Award for rap as resistance and women's history . Article dated April 5, 2017, accessed April 10, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kratz, Kathe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian filmmaker and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salzburg |