Pia Marais

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Pia Marais (2007)

Pia Marais (* 1971 in Johannesburg ) is a South African film director and screenwriter .

Life

Pia Marais is the daughter of a Swede and a South African. Born in Johannesburg, she grew up in South Africa, Sweden and Spain. She graduated from a Waldorf school. First she studied photography and sculpture in London , Amsterdam and at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . She then received a place at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB).

In 2007 she made her feature film debut with Die Unerzogenen . Her second film At the age of Ellen with Jeanne Balibar in the lead role had its premiere in 2010 at the Locarno Film Festival .

Pia Marais returned to the place of her childhood for the South African thriller Layla Fourie . The film was accepted into the competition at the 63rd Berlinale in 2013 and received an honorable mention from the international jury.

Pia Marais lives in Berlin.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 2007: Crossing Europe Award - Best Fiction Film for The Uneducated
  • 2011: Crossing Europe Award - Best Fiction Film for At the age of Ellen

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Child from wild parents on dradio.de, December 27, 2007
  2. Layla Fourie in the Berlinale competition on berlinale.de