Corinna Belz

Corinna Belz is a German documentary filmmaker. She is known for the films Gerhard Richter Painting (2011), Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late (2016) and Inside the Uffizi (2021).

Corinna Belz and the producer Thomas Kufus, 2017

Life and career

Corinna Belz studied philosophy, art history and media studies in Cologne and Berlin.[1]

After her first film about Gerhard Richter's Cologne Cathedral Window (2007), Belz made the feature length documentary Gerhard Richter Painting (2011). In 2017, Richter and Belz developed the abstract film Moving Picture (946-3), for which Steve Reich wrote the composition "Reich/Richter".[2] The piece was performed in New York City in 2019 by Ensemble Signal, at the Barbican Centre in London, Philharmonie de Paris and other European venues. Performances at the Walker Art Center, Soundstream Festival Toronto, Walt Disney Concert Hall and by the London Sinfonietta[3] to follow in 2023. For an exhibition in Kyoto summer 2019, the British composer Rebecca Saunders created the composition "Moving Picture (946-3) Kyoto Version" in collaboration with trumpeter Marco Blaauw.[4] The project was performed at the Musikfest Berlin 2021 and at Tholey Abbey for the inauguration of Richter's new church windows.[5]

Belz worked as a director on the TV series 24 Hours Berlin,[6] 24h Jerusalem,[7] and 24h Bayern[8] produced by the Berlin production company zero one.

From 2019 to 2020 Belz made the feature length documentary Inside the Uffizi in Florence, Italy.

Accolades

Belz received the 2012 German Film Award for Best Documentary Film for Gerhard Richter Painting.[9] She received the 2017 Filmpreis NRW and was nominated for the 2018 Grimme-Preis for Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late, about the writer Peter Handke.[10][11]

Personal life

Belz has a son and a daughter and lives in Cologne and Berlin.[12]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Corinna Belz". filmportal.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. "Reich/Richter". stevereich.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  3. "REICH/RICHTER". londonsinfonietta.org.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  4. "Moving Picture 946-3 (2019/20)". rebeccasaunders.net. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  5. "A Stained-Glass Gift, From God and Gerhard Richter". nytimes.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  6. "24h Berlin". zeroone.de. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  7. "24h Jerusalem". zeroone.de. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  8. "24h Bayern - Ein Tag Heimat". zeroone.de. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  9. "Krebsdrama gewinnt Deutschen Filmpreis". Der Spiegel. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  10. "Zwei Regisseurinnen erhalten Filmpreis NRW". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  11. "Grimme-Preis: Netflix-Serie "Dark" und Österreicher im Rennen". Der Standard. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  12. "Corinna Belz Beckett". Berliner Festspiele. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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