Director
Helga Reidemeister
86 years · Halle an der Saale, Germany · 16 films
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 taught at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy since 1994 and, as a senior lecturer, was instrumental in establishing the documentary film specialization. Helga Reidemeister has also lectured at numerous other universities in Germany and abroad.
Best known for
Filmography 16
Splitter Afghanistan
2015 · Director, Writer
Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz - Eine Liebe in Kabul
2009 · Director
On myfilmfriend
Texas - Kabul
2004 · Director, Producer
On myfilmfriend
Gotteszell – Ein Frauengefängnis
2001 · Director
Lights from Afar
1998 · Writer, Producer
On myfilmfriend
Women in Black
1997 · Writer, Director
Rodina heißt Heimat
1992 · Director
In the Splendour of Happiness
1990 · Director
DrehOrt Berlin
1987 · Director, Writer
On myfilmfriend
Mit starrem Blick aufs Geld
1983 · Director
Karola Bloch - Dann nimmt die Frau die Geschicke in die Hand
1982 · Director
Aufrecht gehen. Rudi Dutschke - Spuren
1980 · Writer, Director
Is This Fate?
1979 · Writer, Director
On myfilmfriend
The Bought Dream
1977 · Director, Editor
Lokomotive Kreuzberg
1975 · Director
The Wollands
1973 · Writer