Corinna Belz is a German documentary filmmaker. She is known for the films '' Gerhard Richter Painting'' (2011), '' Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late'' (2016) and '' Inside the Uffizi'' (2021).

Life and career

Corinna Belz studied philosophy, art history and media studies in Cologne and Berlin. After her first film about

Gerhard Richter Gerhard Richter (; born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary Germa ...

's Cologne Cathedral Window (2007), Belz made the feature length documentary '' Gerhard Richter Painting'' (2011). In 2017, Richter and Belz developed the abstract film ''Moving Picture (946-3)'', for which Steve Reich wrote the composition "Reich/Richter". The piece was performed in New York City in 2019 by

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, at the Barbican Centre in London,

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and other European venues. Performances at the

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, Soundstream Festival Toronto, Walt Disney Concert Hall and by the

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to follow in 2023. For an exhibition in

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summer 2019, the British composer

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created the composition "Moving Picture (946-3) Kyoto Version" in collaboration with trumpeter

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. The project was performed at the Musikfest Berlin 2021 and at

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for the inauguration of Richter's new church windows. Belz worked as a director on the TV series ', ''24h Jerusalem'', and ''24h Bayern'' produced by the Berlin production company zero one. From 2019 to 2020 Belz made the feature length documentary '' Inside the Uffizi'' in

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, Italy.

Accolades

Belz received the 2012 German Film Award for Best Documentary Film for ''Gerhard Richter Painting''. She received the 2017 Filmpreis NRW and was nominated for the 2018

Grimme-Preis The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late'', about the writer

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Personal life

Belz has a son and a daughter and lives in Cologne and Berlin.

Selected filmography

* ' (2009, collaborative work) * '' Gerhard Richter Painting'' (2011) * '' Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late'' (2016) * '' Inside the Uffizi'' (2021, co-directed with Enrique Sánchez Lansch)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Belz, Corinna 1955 births Living people German documentary film directors German screenwriters German film producers German women film directors Women documentary filmmakers