Maria von Heland explained

Maria von Heland
Birth Date:1965 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Alma Mater:California Institute of the Arts
Years Active:1997–present
Children:4

Maria von Heland (born 25 May 1965) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. She works in English, German, Swedish and French and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Early life

Maria von Heland (born 25 May 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden) gained a Bachelor of Arts in journalism at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey after finishing high school in Sweden. From 1990 to 1995 she gained a Master of Fine Arts in directing at the California Institute of the Arts, where she studied under Alexander Mackendrick,[1] and at the School of Film and Video in Los Angeles. During this time she was an exchange student at the Konrad Wolf Akademie for Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany.

Career

Since 1997 von Heland has directed or produced over 20 films, TV dramas and series. She has over 50 credits in the IMDB database.[2] She has won 11 industry awards,[3] including the Series Mania International Panorama award 2022[4] for the upcoming Netflix series Sunshine Eyes,[5] and has been nominated three times for the International Emmys.[6]

From 2010 to 2018 she directed the annual European Film Awards, and is a member of the European Film Academy.

Filmography

YearTitleCredited asNotesRef.
WriterDirector
1997Chainsmoker[7]
1998Real Men Eat Meat
1999Recycled
2000England
2002Big Girls Don't Cry
2004OrkaOrka!
2006Sök(Swedish)[8]
2006Den som viskar(Swedish)[9]
2007(German)
2009HildeBiopic of the German singer and actress Hildegard Knef[10]
2011Die Sterntaler
2013Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren(German)[11]
2014[12]
2014Hector and the Search for Happiness[13]
2017Eltern und andere Wahrheiten[14]
2018Solo für Weiss – Für immer Schweigen(German)[15]
2018Jung, blond, tot – Julia Durant ermittelt(German)
2019(German)[16]
2020Solo für Weiss – Schlaflos(German)[17]
2020Heirs of the Night[18]
2021Nord Nord Mord – Sievers und der Schönste Tag(German)[19]
2022Kolleginnen für immer(German)[20]
2023Sunshine Eyes10-part series on Netflix[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'About Maria von Heland'. 20 January 2012 . 9 January 2023.
  2. Web site: 'Maria von Heland' (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  3. Web site: 'Maria von Heland - Awards' (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  4. Web site: 'Sunshnie Eyes'. 9 January 2023.
  5. Web site: 'Sunshine Eyes' (IMDB). . 11 January 2023.
  6. Web site: 'International Emmys (2021)' (IMDB). . 11 January 2023.
  7. Web site: 'Chainsmoker' (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  8. Web site: Sök (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  9. Web site: Den som viskar (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  10. Web site: Hilde (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  11. Web site: Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  12. Web site: Göttliche Funken (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  13. Web site: Hector and the Search for Happiness (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  14. Web site: Parents are the better liars (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  15. Web site: Für immer Schweigen (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  16. Web site: So Einfach Stirbt Man Nicht (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  17. Web site: Solo für Weiss – Schlaflos (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  18. Web site: Heirs of the Night (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  19. Web site: Sievers und der Schönste Tag (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  20. Web site: Kolleginnen für immer (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.
  21. Web site: Sunshine Eyes (IMDB). . 9 January 2023.