Katja Eichinger (' Hofmann; born 20 April 1971) is a German author and journalist.

Early life and education

Born in Kassel, Eichinger graduated from the

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's MA programme in 1995.

Career

Early in her career, Eichinger worked as a journalist specializing in film and popular culture writing, amongst others, for ''

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'', '' Esquire'', ''

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'', ''The Independent on Sunday'', '' Dazed & Confused'' and German ''

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''.

Bernd Eichinger and Katja Hofmann (Berlin Film Festival 2008)

In 2008, she published ''Der Baader Meinhof Komplex. Das Buch zum Film'' a book about the making of the Oscar-nominated film ''The Baader Meinhof Complex'' written and produced by her husband Bernd Eichinger and directed by

Uli Edel Ulrich "Uli" Edel (; born 11 April 1947) is a German film and television director, best known for his work on films such as ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' and '' Body of Evidence.'' His '' Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny'' won a Golden Globe for ...

. Following her husband’s fatal heart attack in January 2011, Eichinger wrote his biography ''BE''. The book features interviews with many of Bernd Eichinger’s friends and collaborators, including Wim Wenders,

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and Uli Edel. It also contains interviews with

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founder Stan Lee and

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, detailing the story of the original Fantastic Four film, which Bernd Eichinger had produced for $1 million in order not to lose the film rights for the Marvel comic. In March 2014, Eichinger's first novel (German title ''Amerikanisches Solo'' ) was published by Metrolit Verlag, Berlin. It tells the story of Harry Cubs, a famous musician, who develops a fixation on his new neighbour and eventually locks her up in the panic room of his Hollywood mansion. Eichinger is also producing the

film ''Vernon God Little'' based on the booker prize-winning novel of the same title by

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Other activities

* Bernd Eichinger Prize, Member of the Jury * C/O Berlin, Member of the Advisory BoardAdvisory Board
C/O Berlin.

Bibliography

* Katja Eichinger: ''Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex, Das Buch zum Film''. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2008, . * Katja Eichinger: ''BE''. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2012, . * Katja Eichinger: ''Amerikanisches Solo''. Metrolit, 2014, .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eichinger, Katja 1971 births Living people Writers from Kassel 21st-century German writers German film producers 21st-century German women writers Film people from Hesse Mass media people from Kassel