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Helga Reidemeister (b. 1940)

Birthplace:
Halle an der Saale, Germany

Born:
February 4, 1940

Biography from TheMovieDB

Helga Reidemeister was one of the most renowned documentary film directors of her generation and was very active in education. Reidemeister initially studied free painting at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin. She then worked as a social worker in the Märkisches Viertel in Berlin from 1968 to 1973, which had a great impact on her. There she met working-class women who did not feel properly represented in the documentaries she showed them. These women motivated her to study film herself. She made several films about working-class families and the role of women. Her work also focuses on Afghanistan and the city of Berlin. She has taught at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy since 1994 and, as a senior lecturer, was instrumental in establishing the documentary film specialization. Helga Reidemeister has also lectured at numerous other universities in Germany and abroad.

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Director:
1975  Lokomotive Kreuzberg
1977  The Bought Dream
1979  Is This Fate?
1980  Aufrecht gehen. Rudi Dutschke - Spuren
1982  Karola Bloch - Dann nimmt die Frau die Geschicke in die Hand
1983  Mit starrem Blick aufs Geld
1987  DrehOrt Berlin
1992  Rodina heißt Heimat
1997  Women in Black
1998  Lights from Afar
2001  Gotteszell – Ein Frauengefängnis
2004  Texas - Kabul
2009  Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz - Eine Liebe in Kabul
2015  Splitter Afghanistan

Editor:
1975  Lokomotive Kreuzberg
1977  The Bought Dream
1979  Is This Fate?
1980  Aufrecht gehen. Rudi Dutschke - Spuren
1982  Karola Bloch - Dann nimmt die Frau die Geschicke in die Hand
1983  Mit starrem Blick aufs Geld
1987  DrehOrt Berlin
1992  Rodina heißt Heimat
1997  Women in Black
1998  Lights from Afar
2001  Gotteszell – Ein Frauengefängnis
2004  Texas - Kabul
2009  Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz - Eine Liebe in Kabul
2015  Splitter Afghanistan

Producer:
1975  Lokomotive Kreuzberg
1977  The Bought Dream
1979  Is This Fate?
1980  Aufrecht gehen. Rudi Dutschke - Spuren
1982  Karola Bloch - Dann nimmt die Frau die Geschicke in die Hand
1983  Mit starrem Blick aufs Geld
1987  DrehOrt Berlin
1992  Rodina heißt Heimat
1997  Women in Black
1998  Lights from Afar
2001  Gotteszell – Ein Frauengefängnis
2004  Texas - Kabul
2009  Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz - Eine Liebe in Kabul
2015  Splitter Afghanistan

Still Photographer:
1975  Lokomotive Kreuzberg
1977  The Bought Dream
1979  Is This Fate?
1980  Aufrecht gehen. Rudi Dutschke - Spuren
1982  Karola Bloch - Dann nimmt die Frau die Geschicke in die Hand
1983  Mit starrem Blick aufs Geld
1987  DrehOrt Berlin
1992  Rodina heißt Heimat
1997  Women in Black
1998  Lights from Afar
2001  Gotteszell – Ein Frauengefängnis
2004  Texas - Kabul
2009  Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz - Eine Liebe in Kabul
2015  Splitter Afghanistan

Writer:
1973  The Wollands
1975  Lokomotive Kreuzberg
1977  The Bought Dream
1979  Is This Fate?
1980  Aufrecht gehen. Rudi Dutschke - Spuren
1982  Karola Bloch - Dann nimmt die Frau die Geschicke in die Hand
1983  Mit starrem Blick aufs Geld
1987  DrehOrt Berlin
1992  Rodina heißt Heimat
1997  Women in Black
1998  Lights from Afar
2001  Gotteszell – Ein Frauengefängnis
2004  Texas - Kabul
2009  Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz - Eine Liebe in Kabul
2015  Splitter Afghanistan

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