Jeanine Meerapfel (born 14 June 1943) is a German-Argentine

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and

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. She has directed twenty films since 1966. In 1984, she was a member of the jury at the

34th Berlin International Film Festival The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17–28 February 1984. The festival opened with ''The Noah's Ark Principle'' by Roland Emmerich. The retrospective was dedicated to German-American actor, screenwriter, producer an ...

. She was born in 1943, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and moved to

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in 1964 to study at the Institute for Film at the Academy of Art and Design. In 1981, her debut feature film ''Malou'' was an autobiographical story of a woman's life in Germany, France and Argentina. The film won the

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prize at the

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, as well as awards at the

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. Critics noted that ''Malous style was distinct from other autobiographical feminist films in

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. Her 1987 film '' Days to Remember'' was entered into the

37th Berlin International Film Festival The 37th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February to 3 March 1987. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet film ''The Theme, Tema'', directed by Gleb Panfilov. The retrospective was in honour of Armenian-American fi ...

Selected filmography

* ' (1981) * ' (1985) * '' Days to Remember'' (1987) * '' The Girlfriend'' (1988) * ' (1989) * ''

Amigomío ''Amigomío'' is a 1994 Argentine film directed by Alcides Chiesa and Jeanine Meerapfel. Script written by Alcides Chiesa it was based on a novel by Pablo Bergel. The film was produced in a co-production with Germany. Mario Adorf appears as ...

'' (1994) * '' Mosconi - oder wem gehört die Welt'' (2007) * '' The German Friend'' (2012)

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* 1943 births Living people Argentine film directors Film people from Baden-Württemberg German women film directors Argentine women film directors Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Film people from Buenos Aires {{Germany-film-director-stub