Maria Schrader Explained

Maria Schrader
Birth Date:27 September 1965
Birth Place:Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Occupation:Director, screenwriter, actress
Yearsactive:1992–present

Maria Schrader (born 27 September 1965) is a German actress, screenwriter, and director. She directed the award-winning 2007 film Love Life and the 2020 Netflix miniseries Unorthodox, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series. She also starred in the German international hit TV series Deutschland 83 (2015), known for being the first German-language series broadcast on US television.[1]

Early life and career

Schrader was born in Hanover and studied at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, Austria.

She is especially well known from the film Aimée & Jaguar, as well as the acclaimed Liebesleben ("Love life") that she wrote, produced, and in which she acted. She has also written other films: RobbyKallePaul; I Was on Mars; Stille Nacht and Meschugge. She co-directed I Was on Mars with Dani Levy, whom she dated until 1999.

Schrader was part of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2000.

Schrader played the part of Martin Rauch's aunt in Deutschland 83 (2015),[2] an 8 episode TV series, which was the first German-language TV series to be broadcast on US television. It also became popular in the UK, airing in early 2016 on Channel 4.[3]

In 2020 Schrader directed the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series.[4] She directed the 2022 film She Said, starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan.[5]

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.[6]

Awards

Nominations

Selected filmography

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TitleRoleDirectorNotes
1992I Was on MarsSilvaDani Levywith Dani Levy
1994Nobody Loves MeFanny FinkDoris Dörriewith Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Elisabeth Trissenaar
Burning LifeAnnawith Anna Thalbach, Max Tidof
1995One of My Oldest FriendsMarionRainer Kaufmannwith Richy Müller, Peter Lohmeyer
Silent NightJulia Dani Levywith Jürgen Vogel
1997The UnfishSophie MoorRobert Dornhelmwith,,, August Schmölzer, Karl Merkatz, Bibiana Zeller, Rudolf Wessely, Erwin Leder
Katrin MenzelBernd BöhlichTV film, with Jürgen Vogel, Christian Redl, Francis Fulton-Smith
1998MeschuggeLena Katz Dani Levywith Dani Levy
Am I Beautiful?ElkeDoris Dörriewith Senta Berger, Gottfried John, Iris Berben, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Franka Potente, Dietmar Schönherr, Heike Makatsch, Otto Sander, Joachim Król
1999Aimée & JaguarFelice Schragenheim (Jaguar)Max Färberböckwith Juliane Köhler, Heike Makatsch, Johanna Wokalek
2001Viktor Vogel - Commercial ManJohanna von SchulenbergLars Kraumewith Götz George, Alexander Scheer, Chulpan Khamatova, Vadim Glowna
Emil and the DetectivesPastorin HummelFranziska Buchwith Jürgen Vogel
JosephineAlRajko Grlićwith, Giancarlo Esposito
2002Sophie WolfTV film, with Hilmar Thate
Melanie KriegerDani Levywith Sebastian Blomberg, Christiane Paul
2003RosenstrasseHannah WeinsteinMargarethe von Trottawith Katja Riemann
2005SchneelandElisabethHans W. Geißendörferwith Julia Jentsch, Ulrich Mühe, Thomas Kretschmann, Joachim Król, Susanne Lothar
2008Xenia Napolitano-FreitagFranziska BuchTV film, with, Fritz Karl
2011In DarknessPaulina ChigerAgnieszka Hollandwith Robert Więckiewicz
2013Saskia Kerkhoffwith Ursula Werner, Jesper Christensen
2014Lena Ferbenwith Johannes Krisch, Ronald Zehrfeld, Sandra Hüller
2015Deutschland 83Lenora RauchEdward Berger,Samira RadsiTV series, with Jonas Nay, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth, Sonja Gerhardt, Ludwig Trepte, Alexander Beyer, Lisa Tomaschewsky
2018The City and The CitySen. Detective Quissima DhattTom ShanklandTV series, with David Morrissey, Mandeep Dhillon, Lara Pulver
2018Deutschland 86Lenora RauchFlorian Cossen,Arne FeldhusenTV series, with Jonas Nay, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth, Sonja Gerhardt, Ludwig Trepte, Alexander Beyer, Lisa Tomaschewsky
Year! style="background: #CCCCCC;"
TitleStarringNotes
1998MeschuggeDani LevyCo-director Dani Levy
2007Love LifeNetta Garti, Rade Šerbedžija, Tovah Feldshuh
2016Josef Hader, Barbara Sukowa
2020UnorthodoxShira Haas, Amit Rahav, Jeff WilbuschTV miniseries
2021I'm Your ManMaren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller,, Wolfgang Hübsch
2022She SaidCarey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Samantha Morton, Tom Pelphrey

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cast & Characters. 17 February 2016. www.sundance.tv. Sundance TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20170702233037/http://www.sundance.tv/series/deutschland-83/cast. 2 July 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Lenora Rauch – Characters. 17 February 2016. www.sundance.tv. Sundance TV. https://web.archive.org/web/20160731215607/http://www.sundance.tv/series/deutschland-83/cast/lenora-rauch. 31 July 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Deutschland 83 becomes UK's highest rated foreign-language drama. 17 February 2016. www.fremantlemedia.com. Fremantle Media. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315155250/http://www.fremantlemedia.com/d83-highest-rated-foreign-language-drama/. 15 March 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: Emmy-winning 'Unorthodox' director thrilled show didn't 'fly under the radar'. Renee. Ghert-Zand. 21 September 2020. 21 September 2020. The Times of Israel.
  5. News: Erbland . Kate . For 'She Said' Director Maria Schrader, Making a Movie Was Just Another Way to Get to the Truth . 7 February 2023 . Indiewire . 16 November 2022.
  6. Web site: 'His suicide shocked the world': Maria Schrader on her Oscar-nominated film about Stefan Zweig. Stuart. Jeffries. 8 December 2017. 10 June 2021. The Guardian.
  7. Web site: Berlinale: 1999 Prize Winners. 29 January 2012. berlinale.de.
  8. Web site: Vor der Morgenröte. 20 July 2020. Deutscher Filmpreis.

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