Jeanine Meerapfel

1961 - 1964 School for Journalism, Buenos Aires. Editor and Journalist
1964 - 1968 Study at the Film Institute, Hochschule für Gestaltung, Ulm. Diploma.
since 1968 Filmdirector and Scriptwriter
1970 - 1980 Film critic for different newspapers and magazines
since 1990 Professor at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, Film Department
- Member of the Academy of the Arts, Berlin
- Member of the European Film Academy
2000 Art Award for the body of her work, Ministry of Culture, NRW.

Films

1966 Distance - Short Feature- 35 mm.-10 Min. (Studentfilm)
Script, Direction, Editing: J.M.

1967 Regional Newspaper - Documentary- 16 mm.- 60 Min. (Studentfilm)
Script, Direction, Editing: J.M.

1968 - 97 Zwickel auf Bizyckel (edited 1997) - Feature Film - 35 mm - 85 Min.
Hesse-Film Award 1997
Direction: J. M. and others

1981 Malou - Feature Film - 35 mm - 95 Min.
FIPRESCI-Award Cannes 1981 - 1. Prize San Sebastián 1981
1. Prize Chicago 1981
Script and Direction: J. M.

1981 In the Country of my Parents (Im Land meiner Eltern) - Full Length Documentary - 16 mm - 93 Min.
Golden Ducat Award- Mannheim Festival 1981
Script and Direction: J. M.



1983 As long as Europe exists - Questions about Peace
Script and Direction: J.M. with Peter Schäfer - Videofilm - 53 Min.



1985 Melek leaves (Die Kümmeltürkin geht) - Full Length Documentary - 16 mm - 88 Min.
Interfilm-Award Berlinale 1985
German Film Critic's Award 1985
Script and Direction: J. M.

1987 Days to Remember (Die Verliebten) - Feature Film - 35 mm - 88 Min.
Script and Direction: J. M.

1986 - 89 Desembarcos - When Memory Speaks - Full Length Documentary-16 mm-74 Min.
City of Straßbourg - Award 1990
Prize of "El caimán barbudo" Havanna 1990
Script: J.M. Direction: J. M. and A. Chiesa

1988 La Amiga - Feature Film - 35 mm - 106 Min.
German Federal Award 1989 - Best Actress for Liv Ullmann San Sebastián 1988
Award OCIC Havanna 1988 - Oscar-Nomination from Argentina 1989
Award in Filmfest Nürnberg 1990
Script: J. M. and A. Chiesa Direction: J.M.

1995 Amigomío - Feature Film - 35 mm - 114 Min.
Saarland-Award 1990 for the Best Script -
William-Dieterle-Film Award 1996
Script and Direction: J. M. and A. Chiesa.

2001 "Anna´s Summer" - Feature Film - 35 mm - 107 Min.
German- Greek- Spanish Co- Production
with Angela Molina, Herbert Knaup, Dimitris Katalifos
Script and Direction: Jeanine Meerapfel

2003 „Fictional lies on right occasions“ - film diary - DV - 54 Min.
Script and Direction: Jeanine Meerapfel



2003 „Topos“, script for a Feature Film
together with Ingo Haeb, subsidised by BKM

2007 „MOSCONI – OR TO WHOM THE WORLD BELONGS“ – Documentary, HDV, 79 min
Script and Direction: Jeanine Meerapfel

2008 „YOU CANNOT WIN WITHOUT FIGHTING “ – Documentary, 53 min
Script and Direction: Jeanine Meerapfel



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