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Angelina Maccarone is a talented German film director and writer. She creates movies and documentaries that explore interesting stories and characters.
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About Angelina Maccarone
Angelina Maccarone was born in Pulheim, Germany, in 1965. Her father was from Italy and moved to Germany in the 1960s. Her mother was German. Angelina first wanted to be a musician. She played electric guitar and wrote songs when she was 14. In 1985, she studied German and American topics at the University of Hamburg. Today, Maccarone lives in Berlin.
Angelina Maccarone's Career in Film
Angelina Maccarone started writing screenplays in 1992. A screenplay is the script for a movie. In 1992, she won an award for a screenplay idea. This award helped her begin her film career.
Early Films and Awards
In 1995, Maccarone wrote and directed her first movie. It was a comedy called Is Mausi Coming Out?. She was nominated for an award for this film. In 1998, she directed Everything Will Be Fine. This movie won Audience Awards in cities like Los Angeles and Toronto.
Exploring Important Themes
In 2005, Maccarone released her film Fremde Haut (Unveiled). This movie tells the story of a person seeking safety in Germany. It explores ideas about identity and belonging. The film won several awards, including the Jury Grand Prize at a festival in Montreal. It also won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at a film festival in Seattle.
The next year, Maccarone directed Verfolgt (Hounded). This film was completed in Hamburg. In 2011, Maccarone wrote and directed a documentary. It was called Charlotte Rampling: The Look. This film shares the life story of British actress Charlotte Rampling. It shows her career and personal thoughts. The documentary was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011.
Angelina Maccarone's Filmography
Here are some of the films Angelina Maccarone has worked on:
- Is Mausi Coming Out?, 1995
- Everything Will Be Fine, 1998
- An Angel's Revenge, 1998
- Fremde Haut (Unveiled), 2005
- Verfolgt (Hounded), 2006
- Tatort: Wem Ehre gebührt, 2007
- Vivere, 2007
- Ein Mann, ein Fjord!, 2009
- The Look, 2011
- Polizeiruf 110: Hexenjagd, 2014
Awards and Nominations for Angelina Maccarone
Angelina Maccarone has received many awards and nominations for her work:
- 1992: Screenplay Treatment Award of the Hamburg Department of Culture - Is Mausi Coming Out?
- 1995: Nominated for the Telestar Award - Is Mausi Coming Out?
- 1997: Audience Awards in New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Paris - Everything Will Be Fine
- 1998: Honored at the Cologne Conference - An Angel's Revenge
- 2005: Hessian film award as "Best feature film" - Fremde Haut
- 2005: Jury Grand Prize at the International LGBT Festival in Montreal - Fremde Haut
- 2005: Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Seattle L & G Film Festival - Fremde Haut
- 2006: Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival - Verfolgt
- 2006: Best Feature Film at the Paris Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival - Fremde Haut
- 2007: Nominated for Best Narrative Feature at Tribeca Film Festival - Vivere
- 2012: Nominated for Best Documentary at German Film Awards - The Look
Charlotte Rampling: The Look (2011) Documentary
Charlotte Rampling: The Look is a documentary film from 2011. It is about the life of English actress Charlotte Rampling. The film explores Rampling's work and experiences. She talks about how challenging it was to act in films in languages other than English. She became fluent in French by performing in many French movies.
Maccarone shared why she wanted to make this documentary. She said she had great respect for Charlotte Rampling. Maccarone created the film "as a gift" to Rampling. She wanted to understand Rampling's work and courage better.
See also
- List of female film and television directors
- List of lesbian filmmakers
- List of LGBT-related films directed by women
