Jeanine Meerapfel (born 14 June 1943) is a German-Argentine

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

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. She has directed twenty films since 1966. In 1984, she was a member of the jury at the

34th Berlin International Film Festival The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17–28 February 1984. The festival opened with ''The Noah's Ark Principle'' by Roland Emmerich. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film '' Love Streams'' directed by John ...

. She was born in 1943, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and moved to

Ulm, Germany Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...

in 1964 to study at the Institute for Film at the Academy of Art and Design. In 1981, her debut feature film ''Malou'' was an autobiographical story of a woman's life in Germany, France and Argentina. The film won the

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prize at the

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, as well as awards at the

San Sebastián International Film Festival The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; es, Festival Internacional de San Sebastián, eu, Donostia Zinemaldia) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in th ...

. Critics noted that ''Malous style was distinct from other autobiographical feminist films in

New German Cinema New German Cinema (german: Neuer Deutscher Film) is a period in German cinema which lasted from 1962 to 1982, in which a new generation of directors emerged who, working with low budgets, and influenced by the French New Wave and Italian Neore ...

. Her 1987 film ''

Days to Remember ''Days to Remember'' (german: Die Verliebten) is a 1987 West German-Yugoslav drama film directed by Jeanine Meerapfel. It was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Barbara Sukowa as Katharina * Horst-Günter Marx as ...

'' was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.

Selected filmography

* ' (1981) * ' (1985) * ''

'' (1987) * '' The Girlfriend'' (1988) * ' (1989) * '' Amigomío'' (1994) * '' Mosconi - oder wem gehört die Welt'' (2007) * ''

The German Friend ''The German Friend'' is an Argentine 2012 film directed by Jeanine Meerapfel, and starring Argentine actress Celeste Cid and German actor Max Riemelt. The film premiered on September 18, 2012 at the Argentine GFF (German Film Festival), in B ...

'' (2012)

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* 1943 births Living people Argentine film people Film people from Baden-Württemberg German women film directors Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin People from Buenos Aires {{Germany-film-director-stub