
Known for
Directing
Born
February 4, 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
Halle an der Saale, Germany
Helga Reidemeister was one of the most renowned documentary film directors of her generation and was very active in education. Reidemeister initially studied free painting at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin. She then worked as a social worker in the Märkisches Viertel in Berlin from 1968 to 1973, which had a great impact on her. There she met working-class women who did not feel properly represented in the documentaries she showed them. These women motivated her to study film herself. She made several films about working-class families and the role of women. Her work also focuses on Afghanistan and the city of Berlin. She has taught at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy since 19...
2015
Director, Writer
2009
2005
as Self
2004
Director, Producer
2001
Director
1998
Producer, Writer, Director
1997
Writer, Director
1994
Dramaturgy
1992
Director
1990
Director
1987
Director, Writer
1983
Director
1982
1980
Director, Writer
1979
Still Photographer, Writer, Director
1977
Director, Editor
1975
Director
1973
Writer
1964