Valeska Grisebach (born 4 January 1968) is a German film director. She was born in
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
. She is considered part of the
Berlin School of filmmaking.
Biography
Valeska Grisebach studied German literature and philosophy in Berlin, Munich, and Vienna before beginning film studies in Vienna.
Grisebach's diploma film ''Mein Stern'' (''Be My Star)'' won the International Critics' Award at the Toronto International Film Festival as well as the prize for Best Feature Film at the Turin Film Festival. In 2006, her second film ''Sehnsucht'' (''Longing)'' debuted in competition at the Berlin Film Festival. Grisebach's third film ''
Western
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
'' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. Similar to films such as ''
The Hurt Locker
''The Hurt Locker'' is a 2008 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. The film follo ...
'' and
''Beau travail'', ''
Western
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
'' is focused on the masculinity of its characters, but from the perspective of a female director.
Valeska Grisebach's sister is the actress Anna Grisebach.
Filmography
*''Be My Star'' (2001)
*''
Longing
Longing may refer to: Music
* ''Longing'' (Bell Witch album) (2012)
* ''Longing'' (Dusty Springfield album), an unreleased 1974 album
* "Longing" (song), a 1994 song by X Japan
* "Longing", a song by Gackt from '' Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantas ...
'' (2006)
*''
Western
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
'' (2017)
Awards
* 2001: First Steps Award for ''Be My Star''
* 2001: Prize for Best Feature Film at the Turin Film Festival for ''Be My Star''
* 2001: International Critics’ Award at the Toronto International Film Festival for ''Be My Star''
* 2006: Special Jury Award at the Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente in Buenos Aires
* 2006: Special Jury Award at the Warsaw International Film Festival for ''Longing''
* 2006: Film Prize at the Festival of German Film for ''Longing''
* 2017: Film Prize at the Festival of German Film for ''Western''
* 2018: German Film Prize in Bronze for ''Western'' (Best Feature)
Notes
External links
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1968 births
Film directors from Bremen (state)
German women film directors
Living people
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