Sherry Hormann (born 20 April 1960) is a German-American film director. Hormann is best known for her movies ''

Guys and Balls ''Guys and Balls'' (German: ''Männer wie wir'', literally ''Men like us'', UK title: Balls) is a 2004 sports comedy/romance film by German American director Sherry Hormann about a gay goalkeeper who assembles a gay-only soccer team to play agains ...

'' (2004), ''

Desert Flower ''Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad'' is an autobiographical book written by Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller, published in 1998 about the life of Somali model, Waris Dirie. Summary Despite suffering female genital mutil ...

'' (2009) and ''

3096 Days ''3096 Days'' (german: 3096 Tage) is a 2013 German drama film directed by Sherry Hormann. The film is based on the true story of Natascha Kampusch, a 10-year-old girl and her eight-year ordeal being kidnapped by Wolfgang Přiklopil. Northern Ir ...

'' (2013). Hormann was born in the United States, but moved to Germany in 1966, when she was six years old. She attended the

University of Television and Film Munich The University of Television and Film Munich (German: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, short: HFF Munich) is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. The school was established in 1966 by decree of the Bavarian government. T ...

(HFF) and mainly works in German cinema. She was married to film director

Dominik Graf Dominik Graf (born 6 September 1952) is a German film director. He studied film direction at University of Television and Film Munich, from where he graduated in 1975. While he has directed several theatrically released feature films since the 198 ...

. In October 2011, she married cinematographer

Michael Ballhaus Michael Ballhaus, A.S.C. (5 August 1935 – 12 April 2017) was a German cinematographer who collaborated with directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols and James L. Brooks. He was a member of both the Academy of ...

; he died in April 2017.

Selected filmography

* 1994: ''Frauen sind was Wunderbares'' * 1996: ''

Father's Day Father's Day is a holiday of honoring fatherhood and paternal bonds, as well as the influence of fathers in society. In Catholic countries of Europe, it has been celebrated on 19 March as Saint Joseph's Day since the Middle Ages. In the United ...

'' * 1998: ''Widows – Erst die Ehe, dann das Vergnügen'' * 1998: '' – Angst spür’ ich, wo kein Herz ist'' (TV documentary series episode) * 2001: ''

Private Lies ''Private Lies'' is a 2001 drama film directed by Sherry Hormann. It was made for German television. Premise A housewife and mother tires of her husband and falls under the spell of her handsome neighbor. Cast * Martina Gedeck as Sarah * John ...

'' (TV film) * 2002: ''

My Daughter's Tears My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Market ...

'' (TV film) * 2004: ''

'' * 2006: ''Helen, Fred und Ted'' (TV film) *2006–2007: ''

Der Kriminalist ' is a German television series produced by Monaco Film Hamburg, subsidiary of Odeon Film. Directors during the first season were Sherry Hormann and , during the second: Thomas Jahn, Jobst Oetzmann Jobst Christian Oetzmann (born 4 November 196 ...

'' (TV series) ** ''Am Abgrund'' (2006) ** ''Mördergroupie'' (2006) ** ''Totgeschwiegen'' (2007) *2009: ''

'' *2012: ' *2013: ''

'' *2016: ''Tödliche Geheimnisse'' (TV film) *2019: '' A Regular Woman''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hormann, Sherry 1960 births Living people German film directors German women film directors German television directors American emigrants to Germany Women television directors