Katja Eichinger (' Hofmann; born 20 April 1971) is a German author and journalist.

Early life and education

Born in

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...

, Eichinger graduated from the

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's MA programme in 1995.

Career

Early in her career, Eichinger worked as a journalist specializing in film and popular culture writing, amongst others, for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''The Independent on Sunday'', '' Dazed & Confused'' and German ''

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''. In 2008, she published ''Der Baader Meinhof Komplex. Das Buch zum Film'' a book about the making of the Oscar-nominated film ''The Baader Meinhof Complex'' written and produced by her husband

Bernd Eichinger Bernd Eichinger (; 11 April 194924 January 2011) was a German film producer, screenwriter, and director. Life and career Eichinger was born in Neuburg an der Donau. He attended the University of Television and Film Munich in the 1970s and b ...

and directed by

Uli Edel Ulrich "Uli" Edel (; born 11 April 1947) is a German film and television director, best known for his work on films such as ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'', '' Body of Evidence'' and '' The Baader Meinhof Complex.'' His '' Rasputin: Dark Servant of ...

. Following her husband’s fatal heart attack in January 2011, Eichinger wrote his biography ''BE''. The book features interviews with many of Bernd Eichinger’s friends and collaborators, including

Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and photographer, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Venice International Film ...

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Tom Tykwer Tom Tykwer (; born 23 May 1965) is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing the thriller films ''Run Lola Run'' (1998), ''Heaven (2002 film), Heaven'' (2002), ''Perfume: The Sto ...

and Uli Edel. It also contains interviews with

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founder

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and

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, detailing the story of the original Fantastic Four film, which Bernd Eichinger had produced for $1 million in order not to lose the film rights for the Marvel comic. In March 2014, Eichinger's first novel (German title ''Amerikanisches Solo'' ) was published by Metrolit Verlag, Berlin. It tells the story of Harry Cubs, a famous musician, who develops a fixation on his new neighbour and eventually locks her up in the panic room of his Hollywood mansion. Eichinger is also producing the

film ''Vernon God Little'' based on the booker prize-winning novel of the same title by

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Other activities

* Bernd Eichinger Prize, Member of the Jury *

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, Member of the Advisory BoardAdvisory Board

Bibliography

* Katja Eichinger: ''Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex, Das Buch zum Film''. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2008, . * Katja Eichinger: ''BE''. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2012, . * Katja Eichinger: ''Amerikanisches Solo''. Metrolit, 2014, .

References

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