Doris Dörrie Explained

Doris Dörrie
Birth Date:	26 May 1955
Birth Place:	Hanover, West Germany
Occupation:	Film director, Film producer, Author
Years Active:	1976–present
Notable Works:	Men... Me and Him

Doris Dörrie (pronounced as /de/; born 26 May 1955) is a German film director, producer and author.

Early life and education

Born in Hanover, Dörrie completed her secondary education there in 1973. The same year, she began a two-year attendance in film studies in the drama department of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. She then studied at the New School of Social Research in New York. She worked odd jobs in cafés and as a film presenter in New York's Goethe-Institut.^[1]

In 1975, back in Germany, Dörrie began to study at the University of Television and Film Munich.

Career

Dörrie wrote film reviews for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, where she was also assistant editor. Subsequently, Dörrie worked as a volunteer for various television stations, and filmed short documentaries. She has published several novels, short story collections and children's books, and also staged and directed a number of operas.^[2]

Awards

• 1999 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Screenplay^[3]
• 1999 German Film Award in Gold for Am I Beautiful?
• 2012 Bavarian Film Award, Best Director^[4]
• 2022 Brothers Grimm Poetics Professorship^[5]

Filmography

• 1983: Straight Through the Heart (Mitten ins Herz)
• 1985: (Im Innern des Wals)
• 1985: Men... (Männer...)
• 1986: (Paradies)
• 1988: Me and Him (Ich und Er), starring Griffin Dunne, Ellen Greene, Kelly Bishop, Carey Lowell
• 1989: (Geld)
• 1992: (Happy Birthday, Türke!), starring
• 1994: Nobody Loves Me (Keiner liebt mich)
• 1998: – Augenblick (TV documentary series episode)
• 1998: Am I Beautiful? (Bin ich schön?), starring Franka Potente, Senta Berger, Heike Makatsch, Iris Berben
• 2000: Enlightenment Guaranteed (Erleuchtung garantiert)
• 2002: Naked (Nackt)
• 2005: (Der Fischer und seine Frau)
• 2007: , a documentary about Zen chef Edward Espe Brown
• 2008: Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten – Hanami)
• 2010: The Hairdresser (Die Friseuse)
• 2012: (Glück)
• 2014: (Alles inklusive)
• 2016: Greetings from Fukushima
• 2019: (Kirschblüten & Dämonen)

Fiction

• Liebe Schmerz und das ganze verdammte Zeug: Vier Geschichten (1987); Eng. tr. Love, Pain and the Whole Damn Thing: Four Stories (1989)
• "Was wollen Sie von Mir?" und 15 andere Geschichten (1989); Eng. tr. What Do You Want From Me? (1993)
• Der Mann meiner Träume (1991)
• Für immer und ewig: eine Art Reigen (1991)
• Bin ich schön? Erzählungen (1994)

Personal life

Dörrie is a member of the PEN Centre Germany and the German Film Academy. She was a member of the jury for the 2019 Prize of the National Gallery.^[6] Since 2019, she has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^[7]

In 2019, Dörrie served on the jury that chose Pauline Curnier Jardin as winner of the Preis der Nationalgalerie.^[8]

References

Bibliography

• Breitenstein, Andreas. "Alptraum vom Traummann: Doris Dörries Erzählung Der Mann meiner Träume." Neue Zürcher Zeitung (22 July 1991).
• Elss, Karin. "Doris Dörrie als Erzählerin." Saarbrücker Zeitung (24 August 1989).
• Görtz, Franz Josef. "Beiläufige Tragödien: Geschichten von der Filmemacherin Doris Dörrie." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (14 March 1989).
• Joglekar, Yogini. "Ethnic Noir in Post-Wall Germany: Happy Birthday, Türke! (Dörrie 1991)." Clues: A Journal of Detection 24.2 (Winter 2006): 17–29.
• Jurczyk, Günther. "Brav Geschmollt: Doris Dörrie erzählt." Stuttgarter Zeitung (11 October 1989).
• Phillips, Klaus. "A Conversation with Doris Dörrie." In: Straight Through the Heart: Doris Dörrie, German Filmmaker and Author, ed. Franz Birgel, Klaus Phillips and Christian-Albrecht Gollub. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2004. pp. 1–16.
• Steuhl, Wolfgang. "Antonia und der Dreckspatz: Wenn ein Mannequin den Mann ihrer Träume findet." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (13 April 1991).
• Utz, Richard. "Reflecting Love at Quite Its Natural Size: Doris Dörrie as a Writer." In: Straight Through the Heart: Doris Dörrie, German Filmmaker and Author, ed. Franz Birgel, Klaus Phillips and Christian-Albrecht Gollub. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2004. pp. 177–87.

External links

• • Literature on Doris Dörrie

Notes and References

1. Web site: Doris Dörrie – Munzinger Biographie. www.munzinger.de.
2. News: Beier. Lars-Olav. Interview with Director Doris Dörrie: 'Death Can Make People Feel Very Alive'. 8 March 2015. Der Spiegel. 6 February 2008.
3. Web site: List of prize winners. https://web.archive.org/web/20080819211539/http://www.bayern.de/Anlage19170/PreistraegerdesBayerischenFilmpreises-Pierrot.pdf. dead. 19 August 2008.
4. IMDb. Bavarian Film Awards. Munich, Bavaria. Awards for 2012
5. Web site: Regisseurin Dörrie erhält Grimm-Gastprofessur in Kassel . . 4 February 2020 . de . 28 December 2023.
6. http://preisdernationalgalerie.de/jury-copy/ Jury
7. https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-invites-842-membership Academy Invites 842 To Membership
8. Alex Greenberger (3 March 2019), Preis der Nationalgalerie, Prestigious German Art Award, Names 2019 Nominees ARTnews.