Doris Dörrie

Doris Dörrie

Doris Dörrie at the Frankfurt Book Fair, 2011
Born (1955-05-26) 26 May 1955
Hanover
Occupation Film director, Film producer, Author
Years active 1976–present
Known for the production of two successful comedy films in the 1980s
Notable work Men...
Me and Him

Doris Dörrie (German: [ˈdœri̯ə]; born 26 May 1955, Hanover) is a German film director, producer and author.

Life and work

Dörrie completed her secondary education ("Abitur") at a humanist Gymnasium. In 1973 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 film presenter in New York's Goethe House.

In 1975, back in Germany, she began to study at the University of Television and Film Munich. She 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.[1]

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