Jo Baier
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Born | Munich, Germany | 13 February 1949
Occupation | Film director, writer |
Years active | 1982–present |
Jo Baier (born 13 February 1949) is a German film director and writer. He directed more than twenty films since 1982 and is known for Operation Valkyrie (2004), Henri 4 (2010) and Not All Were Murderers (2006). He is married to Gertrud Baier.
Early life and education[]
Baier was born in Munich. He studied drama, German and English at the Ludwig Maximilians University. He graduated with a doctorate in 1980. Since 1979 he has directed primarily television documentaries and dramas.[1]
As he grew up in a Bavarian village, his movies are often influenced by his childhood experiences.[2]
Awards[]
Baier has received the Grimme-Preis and German Television Award. For Wildfeuer, his debut as a theatrical director, he was nominated for the German Film Award.[1]
Selected filmography[]
- Schiefweg (1986, TV film) — (based on stories by Emerenz Meier)
- Rosse (1989, TV film) — (based on a play by )
- Emerenz Meier) (1991, TV film) — (biographical film about
- Oskar Maria Graf) (1995, TV film) — (based on a novel by
- Erwin Strittmatter) (1998, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by
- Der Weibsteufel (2000, TV film) — (based on a play by Karl Schönherr)
- Walter Sedlmayr) (2001, TV film) — (biographical film about
- (2002, TV film)
- Swabian Children (2003, TV film) — (based on a novel by )
- Stauffenberg (Operation Valkyrie, 2004, TV film)
- Michael Degen) (2006, TV film) — (based on an autobiographical book by
- (2007, TV film)
- Liesl Karlstadt and Karl Valentin) (2007, TV film) — (biographical film about
- Henri 4 (Henry of Navarre, 2010) — (based on novels by Heinrich Mann)
- The End Is My Beginning (2010) — (based on an autobiographical book by Tiziano Terzani)
- Hermann Hesse) (2012, TV film) — (based on a story by
- (2016, TV film)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jo Baier CineEuropa. N.d. Retrieved 28 April 2016
- ^ "Jo Baier". IMDb. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
External links[]
- Jo Baier at IMDb
- Jo Baier Filmportal.de
- Jo Baier im Gespräch mit Carlos Gerstenhauer (German) (PDF, 2009)
Categories:
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Film directors from Munich
- Television people from Munich