Margarethe von Trotta

In this German name, the surname is von Trotta, not Trotta.
Margarethe von Trotta
von Trotta in 2007
Born21 February 1942[1]
Berlin, Germany
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • actress
Years active1968–present
MovementNew German Cinema
Spouse(s)Jürgen Moeller (1964–1968)
Volker Schlöndorff (1971–1991)
ChildrenFelix Moeller

Margarethe von Trotta (German: [maʁɡaˈʁeːtə fɔn ˈtʁɔta] ⓘ) (born 21 February 1942, Berlin, Germany)[1] is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been referred to as a "leading force" of the New German Cinema movement.[2][3] Von Trotta's extensive body of work has won awards internationally.[2] She was married to and collaborated with director Volker Schlöndorff. Although they made a successful team, von Trotta felt she was seen as secondary to Schlöndorff.[4] Subsequently, she established a solo career for herself and became "Germany's foremost female film director, who has offered the most sustained and successful female variant of Autorenkino in postwar German film history".[5] Certain aspects of von Trotta's work have been compared to Ingmar Bergman's features from the 1960s and 1970s.[6]

Von Trotta has been called "the world's leading feminist filmmaker".[7] The predominant aim of her films is to create new representations of women.[8] Her films are concerned with relationships between and among women (sisters, best friends, etc.), as well as with relationships between women and men, and include political settings. Nevertheless, she rejects the suggestion that she makes "women's films".[9]

She is a recipient of one Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, two David di Donatello Awards, Gold Hugo Award at Chicago International Film Festival, Lifetime Achievement Award at European Film Award, Lifetime Achievement Award at German Film Awards, two Palme d'Or nominations at Cannes Film Festival, and numerous other awards and nominations.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

  1. ^ a b Hans Helmut Prinzler, Chronik des deutschen Films, 1895–1994 (Stuttgart and Weimar: Verlag J. B. Metzler, 1995), p. 149.
  2. ^ a b "Birds Eye View : Filmmaker Focus: Margarethe von Trotta : Margarethe von Trotta". Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012. "Birds Eye View: Filmmaker Focus: Margarethe Von Trotta." 2011 Film Festival: Celebrating Women Filmmakers. Birds Eye View. Web. 2 May 2012.
  3. ^ Margarethe von Trotta Archived 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine at European Graduate School. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
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  8. ^ JSTOR 3252242 Eifler, Margret. "Margarethe Von Trotta as Filmmaker: Biographical Retrospectives." The German Quarterly 76.4 (2003): 443–48.
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  11. ^ Roxborough, Scott (23 August 2022). "Margarethe von Trotta to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Accademia del Cinema Italiano - Premi David di Donatello". www.daviddidonatello.it. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  13. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (15 April 2004). "Italo telepic wins six Davids". Variety. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  14. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (23 August 2022). "Margarethe von Trotta to Receive European Film Awards' Lifetime Achievement Prize". Variety. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  15. ^ Roxborough, Scott (6 March 2019). "Margarethe von Trotta to Receive Lifetime Honor at German Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Margarethe VON TROTTA - Festival de Cannes 2023". www.festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 26 December 2022.