Claudia Garde (born 1966 in Bremen) is a German

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and

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. She has worked for the German TV-series '' Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall'', '' Doktor Martin'', ''

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'' or the series ''

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''.

Biography

Claudia Garde, born in Bremen in 1966, after graduating from high school she first studied at acting schools in

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and

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. From 1992 to 1993 Garde worked in

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as a theater actress at various theaters such as the Théâtre de l'épée de Bois, or the ''Compania del'Alma'' before she returned to Germany to study at the prestigious Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg the subjects of writing and directing. She acquired her diploma in directing in 1998 with the feature film ''Die Man Liebt ...''. In the year 2000 she began her career as a director and screenwriter with several television films. and TV-series. So she worked alongside demanding series episodes such as '' Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall'', '' Doktor Martin'' or the series ''

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''. For the TV-series ''

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'' she was nominated together with the screenwriter Gregor Edelmann for the Grimme-Preis in 2010. Beyond that she has directed some very popular episodes of the German ''

'' series, where she has worked with actors like

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. The

episode ''Kindstod'' was awarded the Golden Gong and received two German TV Awards. For her TV movie ''Die Frau am Ende der Straße'' with

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and Matthias Brandt in the leading roles, she received her first Grimme-Preis-nomination and won the VFF TV Movie Award in 2006.''Claudia Garde.''
In: ''Wenn der soziale Druck ins Unermessliche steigt – „Die Frau am Ende der Straße“ – ARD-Melodram um eine psychisch Kranke.'', NWZ, 2007 In addition to her work as a director for film and television Claudia Garde has also worked as a freelance writer and lecturer. She lives and works in

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. With the British composer Colin Towns she connects a longer cooperation.

Awards

* 2006: VFF TV-Movie Award for the TV-Movie ''Die Frau am Ende der Straße'' * 2006: Grimme-Preis-Nomination for ''Die Frau am Ende der Straße'' * 2010: Grimme-Preis-Nomination in the category ''Fiction'' for ''

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'' with Gregor Edelmann

Selected filmography

* 1998: ''...die man liebt...'' * 2000: ''Ich beiß zurück'' (TV film) * 2001: ''Paulas Schuld'' (TV film) * 2001: ''

: Kindstod'' (TV series episode) * 2002: ''Mehr als nur Sex'' (TV film) * 2003: ''Ehespiele'' (TV film) * 2003: '' Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall: Yesterday'' (TV series episode) * 2004: ''

: Stirb und werde'' (TV series episode) * 2005: ''

: Borowski in der Unterwelt'' (TV series episode) * 2006: ''Die Frau am Ende der Straße'' (TV film) * 2006: ''

: Schattenspiele'' (TV series episode) * 2007: ''Auf dem Vulkan'' (TV film) * 2007: ''

: Investigativ'' (TV series episode) * 2008: ''

: Borowski und das Mädchen im Moor'' (TV series episode) * 2009: ''Ein Sommer mit Paul'' (TV film) * 2009: '' Doktor Martin'' (TV series, 6 episodes) * 2009: ''

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'' (TV series, 3 episodes) * 2010: ''

: Borowski und der vierte Mann'' (TV series episode) * 2012: ''Bankraub für Anfänger'' (TV film) * 2012: ''

: '' (TV series episode) * 2014: ''

: Frühstück für immer'' (TV series episode) * 2014: ''Das Glück der Anderen'' (TV film) * 2015: ''

: Niedere Instinkte'' (TV series episode) * 2015: ''

: Borowski und die Rückkehr des stillen Gastes'' (TV series episode) * 2017: ''Eine gute Mutter'' (TV film) * 2017: ' (TV film) * 2019: ''Verliebt in Valerie'' (TV film) * 2019: ' (TV film) * 2023: ' (TV miniseries)

References

External links

Official website of Claudia Garde
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Films of Claudia Garde in: Filmlexikon

Claudia Garde in: Above the line Berlin GmbH

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garde, Claudia 1966 births Living people Mass media people from Bremen (city)