Helga Reidemeister

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1940-02-04 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Halle an der Saale, Germany

Helga Reidemeister

Biography

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 tau...

Acting

Production

1975

2015

2004

Texas - Kabul

as Director

1997

1998

1998

Lights from Afar

as Producer

2004

Texas - Kabul

as Producer

1997

Women in Black

as Director

1987

DrehOrt Berlin

as Director

1979

Is This Fate?

as Writer

1979

Is This Fate?

as Still Photographer

1979

Is This Fate?

as Director

1992

1998

Lights from Afar

as Director

1987

1977

The Bought Dream

as Director

1977

1973

The Wollands

as Writer

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