Jo Baier
German film director and writer
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| Born | (1949-02-13) 13 February 1949 (age 75) Munich, Germany |
| Occupation(s) | 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 [de] (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 Wildfire [de], 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 Richard Billinger [de])
- Wildfire [de] (1991, TV film) — (biographical film about Emerenz Meier)
- Hölleisengretl [de] (1995, TV film) — (based on a novel by Oskar Maria Graf)
- Der Laden [de] (1998, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Erwin Strittmatter)
- Der Weibsteufel (2000, TV film) — (based on a play by Karl Schönherr)
- Wambo [de] (2001, TV film) — (biographical film about Walter Sedlmayr)
- Verlorenes Land [de] (2002, TV film)
- Swabian Children [de] (2003, TV film) — (based on a novel by Elmar Bereuter [de] about Swabian children)
- Stauffenberg (Operation Valkyrie, 2004, TV film)
- Not All Were Murderers [de] (2006, TV film) — (based on an autobiographical book by Michael Degen)
- Das letzte Stück Himmel [de] (2007, TV film)
- Liesl Karlstadt & Karl Valentin [de] (2008, TV film) — (biographical film about Liesl Karlstadt and Karl Valentin)
- 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)
- Homecoming [de] (2012, TV film) — (based on a story by Hermann Hesse)
- Bergfried [de] (2016, TV film)
References
- ^ a b Jo Baier Cineuropa. 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)
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