Doris Dörrie

Doris Dörrie (German: [ˈdœri̯ə]; born 26 May 1955) is a German film director, producer and author.

Born in Hanover, Dörrie completed her secondary education there in 1973. The same year, she began a two-year attendance in film studies in the drama department of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. She then studied at the New School of Social Research in New York. She worked odd jobs in cafés and as film presenter in New York's Goethe House.

In 1975, back in Germany, she began to study at the University of Television and Film Munich. She wrote film reviews for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, where she was also assistant editor. Subsequently Dörrie worked as a volunteer for various television stations, and filmed short documentaries. She has published several novels, short story collections and children's books, and also staged and directed a number of operas.

• 1999 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Screenplay
• 1999 German Film Award in Gold for Am I Beautiful?
• 2012 Bavarian Film Award, Best Director

• List of prize winners Archived 19 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
• IMDb. Bavarian Film Awards. Munich, Bavaria. Awards for 2012

• 1983: Straight Through the Heart (Mitten ins Herz)
• 1985: Im Innern des Wals
• 1985: Men... (Männer...)
• 1986: Paradise (Paradies)
• 1988: Me and Him (Ich und Er), starring Griffin Dunne, Ellen Greene, Kelly Bishop, Carey Lowell
• 1989: Money (de) (Geld)
• 1992: Happy Birthday, Türke! (de), starring Hansa Czypionka, Meret Becker, Joachim Król
• 1994: Nobody Loves Me (de) (Keiner liebt mich)
• 1997: Augenblick
• 1998: Am I Beautiful? (Bin ich schön?), starring Franka Potente, Uwe Ochsenknecht
• 2002: Enlightenment Guaranteed (Erleuchtung garantiert)
• 2002: Naked (de) (Nackt)
• 2007: How to Cook Your Life (de), a documentary about Zen chef Edward Espe Brown
• 2008: Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten – Hanami)
• 2010: The Hairdresser (de) (Die Friseuse)
• 2012: Bliss (de) (Glück)
• 2014: All inclusive (de) (Alles inklusive)
• 2016: Greetings from Fukushima