Maria von Heland | |
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 Maria von Heland on set in Hamburg, 2022 | |
| Born | 25 May 1965 Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse | Johnny West (m. 2019) |
| Children | 4 |
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Maria von Heland (born 25 May 1965) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. She works in English, German, Swedish and French and is based in Berlin, Germany.
Maria von Heland (born 25 May 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden) gained a Bachelor of Arts in journalism at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey after finishing high school in Sweden. From 1990 to 1995 she gained a Master of Fine Arts in directing at the California Institute of the Arts, where she studied under Alexander Mackendrick, [1] and at the School of Film and Video in Los Angeles. During this time she was an exchange student at the Konrad Wolf Akademie for Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany.
Since 1997 von Heland has directed or produced over 20 films, TV dramas and series. She has over 50 credits in the IMDB database. [2] She has won 11 industry awards, [3] including the Series Mania International Panorama award 2022 [4] for the upcoming Netflix series Sunshine Eyes, [5] and has been nominated three times for the International Emmys. [6]
From 2010 to 2018 she directed the annual European Film Awards, and is a member of the European Film Academy.
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | Ref. | |
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| 1997 | Chainsmoker | Yes | Yes | [7] | |
| 1998 | Real Men Eat Meat | Yes | No | ||
| 1999 | Recycled | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2000 | England! | Yes | No | ||
| 2002 | Big Girls Don't Cry | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2004 | Orka! Orka! | No | Yes | ||
| 2006 | Sök | Yes | Yes | (Swedish) | [8] |
| 2006 | Den som viskar | Yes | Yes | (Swedish) | [9] |
| 2007 | Suddenly Gina | No | Yes | (German) | |
| 2009 | Hilde | Yes | No | Biopic of the German singer and actress Hildegard Knef | [10] |
| 2011 | Die Sterntaler | No | Yes | ||
| 2013 | Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren | No | Yes | (German) | [11] |
| 2014 | Divine Sparks | No | Yes | [12] | |
| 2014 | Hector and the Search for Happiness | Yes | No | [13] | |
| 2017 | Eltern und andere Wahrheiten | Yes | Yes | [14] | |
| 2018 | Solo für Weiss – Für immer Schweigen | No | Yes | (German) | [15] |
| 2018 | Jung, blond, tot – Julia Durant ermittelt | No | Yes | (German) | |
| 2019 | So Einfach Stirbt Man Nicht | Yes | Yes | (German) | [16] |
| 2020 | Solo für Weiss – Schlaflos | Yes | Yes | (German) | [17] |
| 2020 | Heirs of the Night | Yes | No | [18] | |
| 2021 | Nord Nord Mord – Sievers und der Schönste Tag | No | Yes | (German) | [19] |
| 2022 | Kolleginnen für immer | No | Yes | (German) | [20] |
| 2023 | Sunshine Eyes | Yes | Yes | 10-part series on Netflix | [21] |
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