Katrin Rothe

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Katrin Rothe at the 2014 Grimme Prize

Katrin Rothe (* 1970, in Gera ) is a German film director , animator and author.

Life

Katrin Rothe studied experimental film design at the Berlin University of the Arts . Her debut film "Dunkler Lipstick Makes Seriöser" (2003) was nominated for the German Television Award and the Prix ​​Europa . Her four-part documentary series “Stellmichein” received a Grimme Prize in 2007, as did the documentary “Concrete gold - how the financial crisis came into my living room” in 2014. In 2011 she was a member of the jury at the International Dokfest Munich . In 2017 she was invited to 25 festivals with her film "1917 - The True October", an animated historical documentary, including Festival d'Animation Annecy , the Moscow International Film Festival and Mostra Sao Paulo. In this film, Katrin Rothe reconstructs the Russian interregnum from diaries and memoirs of artists. She uses a mixture of two-dimensional drawing and three-dimensional puppet trick, inspired by the aesthetics of the time. Katrin Rothe lives and works in Berlin.

Films (selection)

  • 2003: Dark lipstick makes you more serious
  • 2006: Stellmichein
  • 2008: What are you actually doing ...?
  • 2009: I am the ex
  • 2010: Poland for beginners
  • 2010: Happy birthday, the Mainzer is evacuated
  • 2013: Concrete gold - how the financial crisis hit my living room
  • 2017: 1917 - The real October

Awards (selection)

  • 2014 Grimme Prize in the Information category for concrete gold - How the financial crisis hit my living room
  • 2013 3sat Documentary Award for Concrete Gold - How the financial crisis hit my living room
  • 2007 Adolf Grimme Prize for Stellmichein in the Information and Culture category
  • 2004 Prix Geneve Europe for the screenplay for Die Ex ich bin ich
  • 2000 Flash-Attack-Award (first price) of the Berlin-Beta-Festival for Inspector Bresitouffe
  • 1998 Mayor Prize of the City of Gera for the Thuringian Film and Video Days for short film Until Grass Grows

Exhibitions (selection)

Web links

Commons : Katrin Rothe  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 19, 2013 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.grimme-institut.de
  2. ↑ Interview website of the Cineuropa Online Information Portal on cinema and culture worldwide. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  3. ^ Cultural criticism, film criticism by Hans-Georg Rodek on WELT. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  4. ^ Special exhibition website of the DIAF - German Institute for Animated Film in the Technical Collections Dresden. Retrieved September 28, 2019.


personal data
SURNAME Rothe, Katrin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film director
DATE OF BIRTH 1970 or 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Gera