Regina Ziegler

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Regina Ziegler
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Ziegler in 2007
Born (1944-03-08) 8 March 1944 (age 81)
Quedlinburg, Germany
OccupationProducer

Regina Ziegler (born 8 March 1944) is a German film and television producer.

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Life and career

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  [ de ], 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

  1. ↑ "Regina Ziegler - Biografie". FilmPortal . Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kirschbaum, Erik (15 February 2008). "German TV movie producer hits big". Variety . Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Berlin: "Ich wollte Richterin werden"". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 8 July 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  4. ↑ ""Laemmle-Nobelpreis" für Grande Dame der Filmproduzenten". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 16 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Film: Carl Laemmle-Preis für Produzentin Regina Ziegler". T-Online (in German). 15 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Gala am 16. April: Wer heuer für eine Romy nominiert ist". Kleine Zeitung (in German). 22 February 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "La Mostra di Venezia ha già il suo nuovo look". Corriere della Sera . 20 August 1987. p. 12.
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