Regina Ziegler
Regina Ziegler | |
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| Born | 8 March 1944 Quedlinburg, Germany |
| Occupation | Producer |
Regina Ziegler (born 8 March 1944) is a German film and television producer.
Life and career[edit]
Born in Quedlinburg, the daughter of a journalist, Ziegler briefly studied law at the Free University of Berlin, before dropping her studies to work at the Sender Freies Berlin as a production assistant.[1][2][3] Germany's first female film producer,[4] she started her own independent company Ziegler Films in 1973.[2] She produced about 500 works between cinema and television,[5] including the Golden Lion winner film A Year of the Quiet Sun by Krzysztof Zanussi, as well as works by Volker Schlöndorff, Andrzej Wajda, Ulrich Schamoni and her life-partner Wolf Gremm.[2][5]
During her career Ziegler received various awards and honours, including a Romy Award for her career,[6] a Lifetime Carl Laemmle Produzentenpreis, and the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class.[5] She served as a juror at the 44th Venice International Film Festival.[7] In 2006, her career was the subject of a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.[2][5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Regina Ziegler - Biografie". FilmPortal. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d Kirschbaum, Erik (15 February 2008). "German TV movie producer hits big". Variety. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "Berlin: "Ich wollte Richterin werden"". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 8 July 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ ""Laemmle-Nobelpreis" für Grande Dame der Filmproduzenten". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 16 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Film: Carl Laemmle-Preis für Produzentin Regina Ziegler". T-Online (in German). 15 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "Gala am 16. April: Wer heuer für eine Romy nominiert ist". Kleine Zeitung (in German). 22 February 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "La Mostra di Venezia ha già il suo nuovo look". Corriere della Sera. 20 August 1987. p. 12.
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