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


Life and career

Born in
Quedlinburg Quedlinburg () is a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the Harz (district), district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. As an influential and prosperous trading centre during the early Middle Ages, Quedlinburg becam ...
, the daughter of a journalist, Ziegler briefly studied law at the
Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period a ...
, before dropping her studies to work at the Sender Freies Berlin as a production assistant. Germany's first female film producer, she started her own independent company Ziegler Films in 1973. She produced about 500 works between cinema and television, including the
Golden Lion The Golden Lion () is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguished prizes. In 1970, a ...
winner film '' A Year of the Quiet Sun'' by
Krzysztof Zanussi Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He ...
, as well as works by
Volker Schlöndorff Volker Schlöndorff (; born 31 March 1939) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He ha ...
,
Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "P ...
,
Ulrich Schamoni Ulrich Schamoni (9 November 1939 – 9 March 1998) was a cinema of Germany, German film director, screenwriter, actor and media proprietor. Biography Schamoni began his career as an assistant director, among others for William Dieterle. He was a ...
and her life-partner Wolf Gremm. During her career Ziegler received various awards and honours, including a
Romy Award The Romy television award in honor of the German-born and naturalized French actress Romy Schneider, born in Vienna, was created in 1990 by the Austrian newspaper ''Kurier'' – or rather their movie reviewer Rudolf John, who also designed t ...
for her career, a Lifetime , and the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class. She served as a juror at the
44th Venice International Film Festival The 44th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 9 September 1987. Greek actress and singer Irene Papas was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was ''Au revoir les enfants'' directed b ...
. In 2006, her career was the subject of a retrospective at the
Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, a ...
in New York.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziegler, Regina 1944 births Living people People from Quedlinburg German film producers German television producers German women film producers German women television producers Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany