Doris Dörrie

Doris Dörrie (German: [ˈdoː.ʁɪs ˈdœ.ri̯ə] ^ⓘ; born 26 May 1955) is a German film director, producer and author.

Doris Dörrie
Doris Dörrie at the Frankfurt Book Fair, 2011
Born	(1955-05-26) 26 May 1955 (age 70) Hanover, West Germany
Occupation(s)	Film director, Film producer, Author
Years active	1976–present
Notable work	Men... Me and Him

Early life and education

Born in Hanover, 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 University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. She then studied at the New School of Social Research in New York. She worked odd jobs in cafés and as a film presenter in New York's Goethe-Institut.^[1]

In 1975, back in West Germany, Dörrie began to study at the University of Television and Film Munich.

Career

Dörrie wrote film reviews for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, 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.^[2]

Awards

• 1999 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Screenplay^[3]
• 1999 German Film Award in Gold for Am I Beautiful?
• 2012 Bavarian Film Award, Best Director^[4]
• 2022 Brothers Grimm Poetics Professorship^[5]

Filmography

• 1983: Straight Through the Heart (Mitten ins Herz)
• 1985: In the Belly of the Whale [de] (Im Innern des Wals)
• 1985: Men... (Männer...)
• 1986: Paradise [de] (Paradies)
• 1988: Me and Him (Ich und Er), starring Griffin Dunne, Ellen Greene, Kelly Bishop, Carey Lowell
• 1989: Money [de] (Geld)
• 1992: Happy Birthday, Turk! [de] (Happy Birthday, Türke!), starring Hansa Czypionka [de]
• 1994: Nobody Loves Me (Keiner liebt mich)
• 1998: Denk ich an Deutschland … [de] – Augenblick (TV documentary series episode)
• 1998: Am I Beautiful? (Bin ich schön?), starring Franka Potente, Senta Berger, Heike Makatsch, Iris Berben
• 2000: Enlightenment Guaranteed (Erleuchtung garantiert)
• 2002: Naked (Nackt)
• 2005: The Fisherman and His Wife [de] (Der Fischer und seine Frau)
• 2007: How to Cook Your Life [de], a documentary about Zen chef Edward Espe Brown
• 2008: Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten – Hanami)
• 2010: The Hairdresser (Die Friseuse)
• 2012: Bliss [de] (Glück)
• 2014: The Whole Shebang [de] (Alles inklusive)
• 2016: Greetings from Fukushima
• 2019: Cherry Blossoms and Demons [de] (Kirschblüten & Dämonen)

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)

Personal life

Dörrie is a member of the PEN Centre Germany and the German Film Academy. She was a member of the jury for the 2019 Prize of the National Gallery.^[6] Since 2019, she has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^[7]

In 2019, Dörrie served on the jury that chose Pauline Curnier Jardin as winner of the Preis der Nationalgalerie.^[8]