Doris Dörrie

Doris Dörrie
Doris Dörrie at the Frankfurt Book Fair, 2011
Born	(1955-05-26) 26 May 1955 (age 61) Hanover
Occupation	Film director, Film producer, Author
Years active	1976–present
Notable work	Men... Me and Him

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 . 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.

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