Doris Dörrie (; born 26 May 1955) is a German film director, producer and author.

Biography

Born in

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, Dörrie completed her secondary education there in 1973. The same year, she began a two-year attendance in film studies in the drama department of the

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in Stockton, California. She then studied at the

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in New York. She worked odd jobs in cafés and as a film presenter in New York's

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. In 1975, back in Germany, Dörrie began to study at the

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. She wrote film reviews for the ''

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'', where she was also assistant editor. Subsequently, Dörrie worked as a volunteer for various television stations, and filmed short documentaries. She has published several novels, short story collections and children's books, and also staged and directed a number of operas. Dörrie is a member of the PEN Centre Germany and the

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. She was a member of the jury for the 2019 Prize of the National Gallery. Since 2019, she has been a member of the

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Awards

*1999

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, Best Screenplay *1999

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in Gold for '' Am I Beautiful?'' *2012

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Filmography

*1983: ''Straight Through the Heart'' (''Mitten ins Herz'') *1985: ' (''Im Innern des Wals'') *1985: '' Men...'' (''Männer...'') *1986: ' (''Paradies'') *1988: '' Me and Him'' (''Ich und Er''), starring

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*1989: ' (''Geld'') *1992: ' (''Happy Birthday, Türke!''), starring *1994: ' (''Keiner liebt mich'') *1998: '' – Augenblick'' (TV documentary series episode) *1998: '' Am I Beautiful?'' (''Bin ich schön?''), starring Franka Potente,

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*2000: '' Enlightenment Guaranteed'' (''Erleuchtung garantiert'') *2002: ''

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'' (''Nackt'') *2005: ' (''Der Fischer und seine Frau'') *2007: ', a documentary about

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chef Edward Espe Brown *2008: '' Cherry Blossoms'' (''Kirschblüten – Hanami'') *2010: '' The Hairdresser'' (''Die Friseuse'') *2012: ' (''Glück'') *2014: ' (''Alles inklusive'') *2016: ''

Greetings from Fukushima ''Greetings from Fukushima'' (german: Grüße aus Fukushima, also known as Fukushima, mon Amour) is a 2016 German drama film directed by Doris Dörrie. It has been selected to be shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Fi ...

'' *2019: '

Fiction

*''Liebe Schmerz und das ganze verdammte Zeug: Vier Geschichten'' (1987); Eng. tr. ''Love, Pain and the Whole Damn Thing: Four Stories'' (1989) *''"Was wollen Sie von Mir?" und 15 andere Geschichten'' (1989); Eng. tr. ''What Do You Want From Me?'' (1993) *''Der Mann meiner Träume'' (1991) *''Für immer und ewig: eine Art Reigen'' (1991) *''Bin ich schön? Erzählungen'' (1994)

References

Citations

Bibliography

*Breitenstein, Andreas. "Alptraum vom Traummann: Doris Dörries Erzählung ''Der Mann meiner Träume''." ''

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'' (22 July 1991). *Elss, Karin. "Doris Dörrie als Erzählerin." '' Saarbrücker Zeitung'' (24 August 1989). *Görtz, Franz Josef. "Beiläufige Tragödien: Geschichten von der Filmemacherin Doris Dörrie." ''

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'' (14 March 1989). *Joglekar, Yogini. "Ethnic Noir in Post-Wall Germany: ''Happy Birthday, Türke!'' (Dörrie 1991)." ''Clues: A Journal of Detection'' 24.2 (Winter 2006): 17–29. *Jurczyk, Günther. "Brav Geschmollt: Doris Dörrie erzählt." ''

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'' (11 October 1989). *Phillips, Klaus. "A Conversation with Doris Dörrie." In: ''Straight Through the Heart: Doris Dörrie, German Filmmaker and Author'', ed. Franz Birgel, Klaus Phillips and Christian-Albrecht Gollub. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2004. pp. 1–16. *Steuhl, Wolfgang. "Antonia und der Dreckspatz: Wenn ein Mannequin den Mann ihrer Träume findet." ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (13 April 1991). *Utz, Richard. "Reflecting Love at Quite Its Natural Size: Doris Dörrie as a Writer." In: ''Straight Through the Heart: Doris Dörrie, German Filmmaker and Author'', ed. Franz Birgel, Klaus Phillips and Christian-Albrecht Gollub. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2004. pp. 177–87.

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