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Monika Treut
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Monika Treut in 2009
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| Born | April 6, 1954 Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Known for | Queer Films, Documentaries |
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Notable work
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Annie, My Father is Coming, Encounter with Werner Schroeter |
Monika Treut was born on April 6, 1954, in Mönchengladbach, Germany. She is a talented German filmmaker. Monika Treut has created more than 20 films. These include short documentaries like Annie and My Father is Coming. She is involved in many parts of filmmaking. Monika Treut writes, directs, edits, and even acts in her movies.
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Monika Treut's Journey in Film
Monika Treut went to an all-girls high school. Later, she studied literature and political science at Philipps-University in Marburg. She finished her studies in 1978.
In the mid-1970s, while at university, she started working with video. She worked with media in Marburg, Frankfurt, and Berlin.
In 1984, Treut earned her special degree in philology (the study of language and literature) from the University of Marburg. In the same year, she started a film company called Hyena Filmproduktion with Elfi Mikesch. Together, they began making independent movies.
Monika Treut also spent time in America during the 1980s. She traveled and worked in San Francisco and New York City. There, she met and worked with people like Annie Sprinkle and Werner Schroeter. These experiences led to films such as Annie (a short documentary), My Father is Coming, and Encounter with Werner Schroeter (another short documentary).
Throughout her career, Monika Treut has done many jobs in filmmaking. She has acted, directed, produced, written, filmed, and edited. Her list of films includes over 20 movies. She has made them in both German, her native language, and English.
Her Films
Monika Treut has created many different films. Here are some of her works:
- How Does the Camel Go Through the Needle's Eye? (Wie Geht das Kamel durchs Nadelöhr?, 1981)
- Unknown Gender. Das Dritte Geschlecht (1983)
- Bondage (1983)
- Virgin Machine (Die Jungfrauenmaschine, 1988)
- Annie (1989)
- My Father is Coming (1991)
- Dr. Paglia (1992)
- Max (1992)
- Female Misbehavior (1992)
- Didn't Do It For Love (1998)
- Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities (1999)
- Warrior of Light (Kriegerin des Lichts, 2001)
- Encounter with Werner Schroeter (Begegnung mit Werner Schroeter, 2003)
- Tigerwomen Grow Wings (Den Tigerfrauen wachsen Flügel, 2004)
- Jumpcut: A Travel Diary (Axensprung: Ein Reisetagebuch, 2004)
- Made in Taiwan (2005)
- Ghosted (2008)
- Lesbian Nation (2009)
- The Raw and the Cooked (Das Rohe und das Gekochte, 2012)
- Of Girls and Horses (2014)
- Zona Norte (2016)
- Genderation (2021)
Awards and Recognition
Monika Treut has received many awards for her excellent filmmaking. Here are some of them:
- 1991 Best Feature Film for "My Father is Coming" at the Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- 1999 Best Documentary Film for "Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities" at the Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- 1999 Audience Award for "Gendernauts" at the São Paulo International Film Festival
- 2002 Audience Award for "Warrior of Light" at the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
- 2007 Judges Award for "Tigerwomen Grow Wings" at the San Diego Women Film Festival
- 2016 Teddy Best Documentary Film Award for "Zona Norte" at the Berlin International Film Festival
- 2017 Teddy Award for lifetime achievement at the Berlin Film Festival
- 2017 Honorary Award for lifetime achievement at the Tel Aviv LBGT Film Festival
- 2024 Nino Gennaro Award at the Sicilia Queer filmfest
Helping Others
Monika Treut has also been involved with "PROJETO UERE". This is an organization started by Yvonne Bezzerra de Mello. Yvonne is the main person in Treut's film Warrior of Light. "PROJETO UERE" is a special program. It helps children who live on the streets of Rio de Janeiro.
Latest Films
Her most recent film is Genderation. It is a documentary that revisits the people from her earlier film, Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities, 20 years later. The film shows how the city of San Francisco has changed. It looks at how the city's diverse communities have been affected by new developments. Genderation was released in Germany in 2021.
Zona Norte also revisits Yvonne Bezerra de Mello. Yvonne is a human rights activist who works with children who have experienced difficult situations in Rio. This film was made 15 years after the 2001 documentary, Warrior of the Light. Zona Norte checks in on the lives of the children from the first film. It shows how they have grown into young adults. This movie premiered in Germany in February 2016.
Of Girls and Horses focuses on a friendship. It develops between 16-year-old Alex, who left high school, and Kathy, who comes from a wealthy family. They meet at a horse farm. Alex works there for a school internship. She is supervised by a riding instructor named Nina. Monika Treut shared her goals for the movie in an interview. She said she wanted to show the challenges young people face as they discover who they are. She hoped the film would help them find a way to overcome these challenges.
In The Raw and the Cooked, Treut travels around Taiwan. She explores the island's rich food traditions. She also looks at how these traditions connect to Taiwan's unique culture. The film also features people who are trying to create a sustainable food system. They do this through new and creative projects. The film first showed at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 12, 2012.
Monika Treut also teaches. Since 1990, she has given lectures and shown her films at many colleges. These include Vasser, Hollins, Dartmouth, and universities like IU Bloomington and Cornell U.
See also
In Spanish: Monika Treut para niños
- List of female film and television directors
- List of lesbian filmmakers
- List of LGBT-related films directed by women
