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Ina Weisse
Born 12 June 1968 in Berlin
Occupation Actress Screenwriter
Film director
Nationality German

Ina Weisse is a German actress, screenwriter and film director. She is especially well known for her roles as the distant and ambivalent blonde, that usually plays the minor parts in films. She became apparent with roles in films like Tatort und Polizeiruf 110. She won several awards with her films, regarding acting and directing films in Germany. Even though that the movies she directed have been successful, she is still better known as an actress than as a director. Her most famous film, which she directed is Der Architekt.

Life and education

Ina Weisse was born June 12, 1968 in Berlin and is the daughter of a respected architect and an art mistress, which influenced her very early to choose an artistic life journey. But it was her uncle, who introduced her to the theater, as he took her to the Berliner Schaubühne.[1]

After she finished her degree at the acting school Otto-Falckenberg-Schule in Munich, received Ina Weisse her first engagement at the National Theatre Mannheim. Afterwards she started to study philosophy in Heidelberg in 1992. In 2002 she finished her second degree at the University of Hamburg, where she studied film direction and production by Hark Bohm.[2] Her graduation movie Alles anders was honored with the First Steps Award First Steps Award.[3]

Ina Weisse is married to the German Film director Matti Geschonneck, with whom she worked together for the TV-films Duell in der Nacht (2007), Tod in Istanbul (2009), Der Verdacht (2010) und Das Ende einer Nacht (2011).

Career

Her first theater debut was with the comedy movie called Echte Kerle (1996). Henceforth she was seen in many TV- productions and several times in the German crime series Tatort. Weisse started in 2001 with making short movies, which have been successful and can be seen as her start for TV productions. Der Architekt (2008) was her debut as a film director, for which she had been writing the script together with Daphne Charizani.[4] Matthias Schweighöfer, Josef Bierbichler and Sandra Hüller, famous German actors, played the main roles in the drama. The movie was screened at the Berlinale and Max-Ophüls-Filmfestival in 2009 and was priced for the best screenplay. The film critic Stefanie Rufle wrote: ”It's a mature direction debut, which Ina Weisse handled stabile and confident".[5]

Filmography

As Actress [edit]

Year Title Notes
1994 Verliebt, verlobt, verheiratet (In love, engaged, married) TV series
1995 Brüder auf Leben und Tod (Brothers in Life and Death) TV film
1996 Echte Kerle (Real Guys)
1996 Tatort – Heilig Blut (Holy Blood) TV series
1997 Ein Vater unter Verdacht (Suspicious father) TV film
1997 Trügerische Nähe (Illusive Closeness) TV film
1997 Die Sexfalle (Honeytrap)
1997 Weihnachten mit Willy Wuff – Mama braucht einen Millionär (Christmas with Willy Wuff - Mother needs a Millionaire) TV film
1998 Single sucht Nachwuchs (Single on the Look for Offspring) TV film
1998 Der dreckige Tod (Dirrty Death) TV film
1999 Das Verflixte Babyjahr – Nie wieder Sex?! (The tricky maternity Year - Never Sex again?) TV film
2000 Liebestod (Love Death) TV film
2002 Zwei Affären und eine Hochzeit (Two Affairs and one Wedding) TV film
2002 Der Elefant – Mord verjährt nie (The elephant - Murder never prescribes) TV film
2003 Ausgeliefert (Delivered) TV-film
2003 Katzenzungen (Tongues of Cats) TV film
2003 Sams in Gefahr (Sams in Danger)
2005 Die Patriarchin (Paternalist) TV Miniseries
2005 Schneeland (Land of Snow)
2005 Der Ermittler (Investigator) TV series, one episode
2005 Kanzleramt (Chancellery) TV series, one episode
2006 Blackout – Die Erinnerung ist tödlich (Blackout - The Memory is deadly) TV-serie, four episodes
2006 Nichts als Gespenster (Nothing but Ghosts)
2007 Im Namen des Gesetzes – Tote auf Urlaub (In the Name of Justice - Death on Vacation) TV series
2007 Duell in der Nacht (Duell at Night) TV film
2007 Tatort – Bevor es dunkel wird (Before it gets dark) TV series)
2007 Doktor Martin TV series
2008 Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – Alles anders (Brave in the new Time - Everything changes) TV film
2008 de [Die Weisheit der Wolken] (The Wisdom of the Clouds) TV film
2009 Polizeiruf 110 – Falscher Vater (Wrong Father)
2009 Tatort – Schiffe versenken (Tatort - Sinking Ships)
2010 Tod in Istanbul (Death in Istanbul) TV film
2010 Im Dschungel (In the Jungle) TV film
2010 Amigo – Bei Ankunft Tod (Death by Arrival) TV film
2011 Der Verdacht (Suspicion) TV film
2012 Mord in Ludwigslust (Murder in Ludwigslust) TV film
2012 Das Ende einer Nacht (The End of a Night) TV film
2012 Der Teufel von Mailand (The Devil of Mailand) TV film
2012 Tatort – Dinge, die noch zu tun sind (Tatort - Things, which are still to do)
2013 Tod an der Ostsee (Death at the Baltic Sea) TV film
2013 Die Flut ist pünktlich (The Tidal is punctual) TV film
2014 Ich will dich (I want you) TV film

As Director [edit]

Year Title Notes
2001 Sonntags Short film
2002 Alles anders Short film
2004 Klara Short film
2008 Der Architekt TV film

Awards

Year Association Category
2002 First Steps Award[3] Regie for Alles anders
2002 Studio Hamburg Junior Award Regie for Alles anders
2008 German Television Award Minor Part for Duell in der Nacht
2009 Max Ophüls Award Best Skript for Der Architekt
2012 German Television Award Best actress in Das Ende einer Nacht
2012 Actor Award of Günter-Rohrbach Role in Das Ende einer Nacht
2013 Grimme- Price Role in Das Ende einer Nacht
2013 Nomination for the Golden Camera Best Actress for Das Ende einer Nacht

Further reading

References

  1. ^ David Denk. "Porträt Ina Weisse: Die kluge Menschenleserin - taz.de". taz.de. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  2. ^ "Ina Weisse | filmportal.de". filmportal.de. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  3. ^ a b "Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis verliehen: FIRST STEPS". firststeps.de. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  4. ^ ""Gebenedeit unter den Weibern" - Ina Weisse - FOCUS Online - Nachrichten". focus.de. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  5. ^ "Der Architekt: Kritik und Info zum Film – moviesection.de". moviesection.de. Retrieved 2014-03-19.

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