Helma Sanders-Brahms
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Helma Sanders-Brahms is a German film director
, screenwriter
, producer
and actress.
She studied acting then German and English. She first worked in TV and then trained as a film director with Sergio Corbucci
and Pier Paolo Pasolini
making a large number of films often commissioned by German television. She came to prominence during the period of 'New German Cinema
' In Britain she is perhaps best known for Shirin's Wedding. She was also involved in the collaborative Lumière and Company
. Her 1980 film Germany, Pale Mother was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival
. In 1982, she was a member of the jury at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and actress.
She studied acting then German and English. She first worked in TV and then trained as a film director with Sergio Corbucci
Sergio Corbucci
Sergio Corbucci was an Italian film director. He is best known for his very violent yet intelligent spaghetti westerns...
and Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...
making a large number of films often commissioned by German television. She came to prominence during the period of 'New German Cinema
New German Cinema
New German cinema is a period in German cinema which lasted from the late 1960s into the 1980s. It saw the emergence of a new generation of directors...
' In Britain she is perhaps best known for Shirin's Wedding. She was also involved in the collaborative Lumière and Company
Lumière and Company
Lumière and Company was a collaboration between 41 international film directors in which each made a short film using the original Cinématographe camera invented by the Lumière brothers....
. Her 1980 film Germany, Pale Mother was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival
30th Berlin International Film Festival
The 30th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 18 to February 29, 1980.-Jury:* Ingrid Thulin * Betsy Blair* Mathieu Carrière* Alberto Isaac* Peter Kern* Károly Makk* Alexander Mitta* Alexandre Trauner...
. In 1982, she was a member of the jury at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival
32nd Berlin International Film Festival
The 32nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 12 to February 23, 1982.-Jury:* Joan Fontaine * Vladimir Baskakov* Brigitte Fossey* Joe Hembus* László Lugossy* Gian Luigi Rondi* Helma Sanders-Brahms...
.
Selected filmography
- Germany, Pale Mother (1980)
- LaputaLaputa (film)Laputa is a 1986 German drama film directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival....
(1986) - Apple TreesApple TreesApple Trees is a 1992 German drama film directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Johanna Schall - Lena* Thomas Büchel - Heinz* Udo Kroschwald - Sienks...
(1992)
Literature
- Helma Sanders-Brahms Bibliography (via UC Berkeley)
- Brigitte Tast Helma Sanders-Brahms (Düsseldorf 1980) ISBN 3-88842-108-X.
- Knight Julia Women and the New German Cinema (London 1992: Verso) ISBN 0-86091-352-X