German actress, screenwriter and director
This article is about the filmmaker. For the
Breaking Bad character, see
Marie Schrader .
Maria Schrader
Born (1965-09-27 ) 27 September 1965 (age 60) Occupations Director, screenwriter, actress Years active 1992–present
Maria Schrader (born 27 September 1965) is a German actress, screenwriter, and director. She directed the award-winning 2007 filmLove Life Netflix miniseriesUnorthodox Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series . She also starred in the German international hit TV seriesDeutschland 83 [ 1]
Early life and career [ edit ] Schrader was born inHanover and studied at theMax Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, Austria.
She is especially well known from the filmAimée & Jaguar Liebesleben ("Love life") that she wrote, produced, and in which she acted. She has also written other films:RobbyKallePaul [de ] I Was on Mars ;Stille Nacht Meschugge I Was on Mars withDani Levy , whom she dated until 1999.
Schrader was part of the jury at theBerlin International Film Festival in 2000 and is again in the 2025jury .[ 2]
Schrader played the part of Martin Rauch's aunt inDeutschland 83 [ 3] Channel 4 .[ 4]
In 2020 Schrader directed theNetflix miniseriesUnorthodox Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series .[ 5] She Said Carey Mulligan andZoe Kazan .[ 6]
Though Schrader's most popular roles as an actor are of the Jewish faith, and many of her films as a screenwriter and director include Jewish characters and revolve around Jewish struggles, Schrader herself is not Jewish.[ 7]
1992 Max Ophüls Festival, Best Young Actress forI Was on Mars 1995 Mystfest, Best Actress forBurning Life 1995Bavarian Film Awards , Best Actress forNobody Loves Me, Burning Life 1995German Film Awards , Best Leading Actress forNobody Loves Me, Burning Life, Einer meiner altesten Freunde 199949th Berlin International Film Festival ,Silver Bear for Best Actress (shared withJuliane Köhler ) forAimée & Jaguar [ 8] 1999German Film Awards , Best Leading Actress forAimée & Jaguar, The Giraffe 1999Bavarian Film Awards , Best Actress forAimée & Jaguar 2020Primetime Emmy Award ,Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special forUnorthodox Selected filmography [ edit ] Actress Year Title Role Director Notes 1992 I Was on Mars Silva Dani Levy withDani Levy 1994 Nobody Loves Me Fanny Fink Doris Dörrie withPierre Sanoussi-Bliss ,Elisabeth Trissenaar Burning Life Anna Peter Welz withAnna Thalbach ,Max Tidof 1995 One of My Oldest Friends Marion Rainer Kaufmann withRichy Müller ,Peter Lohmeyer Silent Night Julia Dani Levy withJürgen Vogel 1997 The Unfish Sophie Moor Robert Dornhelm withEva Herzig ,Andreas Lust ,Georges Kern ,August Schmölzer ,Karl Merkatz ,Bibiana Zeller ,Rudolf Wessely ,Erwin Leder Child Murder Katrin Menzel Bernd Böhlich TV film, withJürgen Vogel ,Christian Redl ,Francis Fulton-Smith 1998 Meschugge Lena Katz Dani Levy withDani Levy Am I Beautiful? Elke Doris Dörrie withSenta Berger ,Gottfried John ,Iris Berben ,Uwe Ochsenknecht ,Franka Potente ,Dietmar Schönherr ,Heike Makatsch ,Otto Sander ,Joachim Król 1999 Aimée & Jaguar Felice Schragenheim (Jaguar) Max Färberböck withJuliane Köhler ,Heike Makatsch ,Johanna Wokalek 2001 Viktor Vogel - Commercial Man Johanna von Schulenberg Lars Kraume withGötz George ,Alexander Scheer ,Chulpan Khamatova ,Vadim Glowna Emil and the Detectives Pastorin Hummel Franziska Buch withJürgen Vogel Josephine Al Rajko Grlić withMiroslav Vladyka ,Giancarlo Esposito 2002 Operation Rubikon Sophie Wolf Thomas Berger TV film, withHilmar Thate I'm the Father Melanie Krieger Dani Levy withSebastian Blomberg ,Christiane Paul 2003 Rosenstrasse Hannah Weinstein Margarethe von Trotta withKatja Riemann 2005 Schneeland Elisabeth Hans W. Geißendörfer withJulia Jentsch ,Ulrich Mühe ,Thomas Kretschmann ,Joachim Król ,Susanne Lothar 2008 Patchwork Xenia Napolitano-Freitag Franziska Buch TV film, withGabriela Maria Schmeide ,Fritz Karl 2011 In Darkness Paulina Chiger Agnieszka Holland withRobert Więckiewicz 2013 Sisters Saskia Kerkhoff Anne Wild withUrsula Werner ,Jesper Christensen 2014 Lose My Self Lena Ferben Jan Schomburg withJohannes Krisch ,Ronald Zehrfeld ,Sandra Hüller 2015 Deutschland 83 Lenora Rauch Edward Berger ,Samira Radsi
TV series, withJonas Nay ,Ulrich Noethen ,Sylvester Groth ,Sonja Gerhardt ,Ludwig Trepte ,Alexander Beyer ,Lisa Tomaschewsky 2018 The City and The City Sen. Detective Quissima Dhatt Tom Shankland TV series, withDavid Morrissey ,Mandeep Dhillon ,Lara Pulver 2018 Deutschland 86 Lenora Rauch Florian Cossen,Arne Feldhusen
TV series, withJonas Nay ,Ulrich Noethen ,Sylvester Groth ,Sonja Gerhardt ,Ludwig Trepte ,Alexander Beyer ,Lisa Tomaschewsky
Director Year Title Starring Notes 1998 Meschugge Dani Levy Co-directorDani Levy 2007 Love Life Netta Garti ,Rade Šerbedžija ,Tovah Feldshuh 2016 Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe Josef Hader ,Barbara Sukowa 2020 Unorthodox Shira Haas ,Amit Rahav ,Jeff Wilbusch TV miniseries 2021 I'm Your Man Maren Eggert ,Dan Stevens ,Sandra Hüller ,Hans Löw , Wolfgang Hübsch2022 She Said Carey Mulligan ,Zoe Kazan ,Patricia Clarkson ,Andre Braugher ,Samantha Morton ,Tom Pelphrey
Awards for Maria Schrader
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