Wiebke von Carolsfeld (born 1966) is a
German Canadian
German Canadians ( or , ) are Canadian citizens of German ancestry or Germans who emigrated to and reside in Canada. According to the 2016 census, there are 3,322,405 Canadians with full or partial German ancestry. Some immigrants came from wh ...
film director, writer and editor.
["German's debut film perfectly Canadian". '']Vancouver Sun
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'', April 18, 2003. Her debut feature film as a director, ''
Marion Bridge'', won the
at the
2002 Toronto International Film Festival
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.
Background
Originally from Germany, von Carolsfeld moved to Canada. Despite having degrees in medieval history and literature from the
University of Cologne
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, she was rejected when she applied to
Ryerson University
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU, or Toronto Met), formerly Ryerson University, is a public research university located in Toronto, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District in downtown Toronto, although i ...
's film school for lacking the Ontario-specific
thirteenth grade
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in her high school transcripts.
Instead, she volunteered with the local cable
community channel to gain experience, before taking a job as an assistant editor on
David Cronenberg
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's ''
M. Butterfly
''M. Butterfly'' is a play by David Henry Hwang. The story, while entwined with that of the opera '' Madama Butterfly'', is based most directly on the relationship between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Beijing opera sin ...
''.
Career
Her credits as an editor include ''
Eisenstein'', ''
Shoemaker
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Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand, often by groups of shoemakers, or '' cordwainers'' (sometimes misidentified as cobblers, who repair shoes rather than make them). In the 18th cen ...
'', ''
The Five Senses'', ''
The Bay of Love and Sorrows'', ''
Wrecked'', ''
Fugitive Pieces'', ''
Angelique's Isle
''Angelique's Isle'' is a 2018 Canadian historical drama film, directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Michelle Derosier. Based on a true story set in 1845, the film stars Julia Jones as Angelique Mott, an Anishinaabe woman who accompanies her v ...
'' and ''
An Audience of Chairs
''An Audience of Chairs'' is a 2018 Canadian drama film directed by Deanne Foley and written by Rosemary House. It is adapted from the book by Joan Clark. It stars Carolina Bartczak as Maura, a beautiful woman suffering from mental illness. The f ...
''. As an editor, she was a shortlisted
Genie Award
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nominee for
Best Editing at the
22nd Genie Awards
The 22nd Genie Awards were held in 2002 to honour films released in 2001. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Linehan.
In advance of the Genie Award ceremony on February 7, all of the Best Picture nominees were screened at the Bloor Cinema in the we ...
in 2002 for ''Eisenstein''.
As a writer/director, she followed up with the 2013 film ''
Stay
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Places
* Stay, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the US
Law
* Stay of execution, a ruling to temporarily suspend the enforcement of a court judgment
* Stay of proceedings, a ruling halting further legal process in a tr ...
'' and the 2015 film ''
The Saver
''The Saver'' is a 2015 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Wiebke von Carolsfeld.
Based on a novel by Edeet Ravel, the film stars Imajyn Cardinal as Fern, a young girl who is determined to assert her independence after the death of he ...
''. At the
4th Canadian Screen Awards
The 4th Canadian Screen Awards was held on March 13, 2016, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2015.
Nominations were announced on January 19, 2016. Throughout the week before the main ceremony, aw ...
in 2016, she was nominated for
Best Adapted Screenplay for ''The Saver''.
In 2019 she published ''Claremont'', her first novel. In 2020 the book was optioned for a film adaptation by
Jeremy Podeswa
Jeremy Podeswa (born 1962) is a Canadian film and television director. He is best known for directing the films '' The Five Senses'' (1999) and '' Fugitive Pieces'' (2007). He has also worked as director on the television shows '' Six Feet Unde ...
.
[Lauren Malyk]
"Rebelfilms’ Podeswa options Wiebke von Carolsfeld’s Claremont"
'' Playback'', November 27, 2020.
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
Canadian women film directors
Canadian film editors
German emigrants to Canada
Canadian women novelists
Canadian women screenwriters
Carolsfeld, Wiebke
Canadian women film editors
21st-century Canadian screenwriters
21st-century Canadian novelists
21st-century Canadian women writers