Known for
Directing
Born
October 5, 1953 (age 72)
Birthplace
Berlin, Germany
Sibylle Schönemann (born 1953, East Berlin, East Germany) is a German filmmaker and former DEFA assistant director known for the autobiographical documentary Locked-Up Time (1990). After studying directing at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen in Potsdam-Babelsberg, she worked at the DEFA Studio for Feature Films. In 1984, after applying for permission to leave East Germany, she and her husband were arrested by the Stasi and sentenced to prison. Following her release and expulsion to West Germany in 1985, she later returned after the fall of the Berlin Wall to make Locked-Up Time, a documentary confronting those responsible for her imprisonment. The film received international recognition...
1997
Director, Writer
1991
as Self, Director, Writer
1990
Dramaturgy
1989
1980
Director
1976
Director