Regina Ziegler

Regina Ziegler (born 8 March 1944) is a German film and television producer.

Not to be confused with Regina G. Ziegler.
Regina Ziegler
Ziegler in 2007
Born (1944-03-08) 8 March 1944
Quedlinburg, Germany
OccupationProducer

Life and career

Born in Quedlinburg, the daughter of a journalist, Ziegler briefly studied law at the Free University of Berlin, before dropping her studies to work at the Sender Freies Berlin as a production assistant.[1][2][3] Germany's first female film producer,[4] she started her own independent company Ziegler Films in 1973.[2] She produced about 500 works between cinema and television,[5] including the Golden Lion winner film A Year of the Quiet Sun by Krzysztof Zanussi, as well as works by Volker Schlöndorff, Andrzej Wajda, Ulrich Schamoni and her life-partner Wolf Gremm.[2][5]

During her career Ziegler received various awards and honours, including a Romy Award for her career,[6] a Lifetime Carl Laemmle Produzentenpreis, and the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class.[5] She served as a juror at the 44th Venice International Film Festival.[7] In 2006, her career was the subject of a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.[2][5]

References
  1. "Regina Ziegler - Biografie". FilmPortal. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. Kirschbaum, Erik (15 February 2008). "German TV movie producer hits big". Variety. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. "Berlin: "Ich wollte Richterin werden"". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 8 July 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  4. ""Laemmle-Nobelpreis" für Grande Dame der Filmproduzenten". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 16 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  5. "Film: Carl Laemmle-Preis für Produzentin Regina Ziegler". T-Online (in German). 15 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  6. "Gala am 16. April: Wer heuer für eine Romy nominiert ist". Kleine Zeitung (in German). 22 February 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  7. "La Mostra di Venezia ha già il suo nuovo look". Corriere della Sera. 20 August 1987. p. 12.
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