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Doris Dörrie

ドリス・デーリエ

Doris Dörrie

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1955-05-26 (Hanover)
Nationality
German
Languages
German, English
Residence History
Hanover → Munich → New York → Stockton

Career

Occupations
Film director, Film producer, Author
Active Years
1976-2024
Affiliations
Cobra Filmproduktions GmbH
Memberships
PEN Centre Germany, German Film Academy, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Education

University of Television and Film Munich
Film Department / Directing
Degree: Diploma
Period: 1975-1978
Year of Graduation: 1978
Country: Germany
Diploma in directing
University of the Pacific
Drama Department / Film Studies
Period: 1973-1975
Country: United States
Two-year attendance
New School for Social Research
Semantics, Psychology, Philosophy
Country: United States
Studied in New York

Awards

Bavarian Film Award
2012
Category: 最優秀監督賞
Organization: Free State of Bavaria
Result: 受賞
Bavarian Film Award
1999
Category: 最優秀脚本賞
Organization: Free State of Bavaria
Result: 受賞
German Film Award
1999
Work: Am I Beautiful?
Result: 金賞
German Book Award
2003
Work: The Blue Dress
Result: 受賞
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
2021
Organization: Free State of Bavaria
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Men...

1985 Comedy

A feminist satire about a man who tries to remake his wife's lover in his own image after discovering her infidelity.

Gender relationsSocial criticism

Nobody Loves Me

1994 Comedy

Story of a woman who has everything but is discontent, isolating herself.

LonelinessMulticulturalism

The Blue Dress

2004 Novel

Bibliography

  • Love, Pain and the Whole Damn Thing: Four Stories
  • What Do You Want From Me?
  • The Man of my Dreams
  • Forever and Always: A Kind of Round Dance
  • Am I Beautiful? Stories
  • Lotte Wants to be a Princess
  • Happy
  • The Blue Dress

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Social commentaryHumourSatirical toneLighthearted comedy
Recurring Motifs
Differing perspectives of men and womenGender roles

Legacy

Known for comedic and socially critical films and literary works, receiving several awards and contributing to the new wave of German comedies.

Trivia

  • Made the film Cherry Blossoms about her husband's death.
  • Directed documentary How to Cook Your Life about Zen chef Edward Espe Brown.