Jo Baier
Jo Baier (born 13 February 1949) is a German film director and writer. He directed more than twenty films since 1982 and is known for Operation Valkyrie (2004), Henri 4 (2010) and Not All Were Murderers (2006). He is married to Gertrud Baier.
Jo Baier
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- Name
- Jo Baier
- Born
- 13 February 1949
- Birthplace
- Munich, Germany
- Education
- LMU Munich
- Occupation
- Film director, writer
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- Bavarian Order of Merit · Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · Romy · Bayerischer Poetentaler · Bavarian TV Awards
- Languages
- German
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• Name — Jo Baier • Born — 13 February 1949 • Birthplace — Munich, Germany • Education — LMU Munich • Occupation — Film director, writer • Years Active — 1982–present
Early life and education
Early life and education
Baier was born in Munich. He studied drama, German and English at LMU Munich. He graduated with a doctorate in 1980. Since 1979 he has directed primarily television documentaries and dramas. As he grew up in a Bavarian village, his movies are often influenced by his childhood experiences.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Schiefweg (1986, TV film) — (based on stories by Emerenz Meier) • Rosse (1989, TV film) — (based on a play by Richard Billinger) • Wildfire (1991 film) (1991, TV film) — (biographical film about Emerenz Meier) • Hölleisengretl (1995, TV film) — (based on a novel by Oskar Maria Graf) • Der Laden (1998, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Erwin Strittmatter) • Der Weibsteufel (2000, TV film) — (based on a play by Karl Schönherr) • Wambo (2001, TV film) — (biographical film about Walter Sedlmayr) • Verlorenes Land (2002, TV film) • Swabian Children (film) (2003, TV film) — (based on a novel by Elmar Bereuter about Swabian children) • Stauffenberg (Operation Valkyrie, 2004, TV film) • Not All Were Murderers (2006, TV film) — (based on an autobiographical book by Michael Degen) • Das letzte Stück Himmel (2007, TV film) • Liesl Karlstadt & Karl Valentin (2008, TV film) — (biographical film about Liesl Karlstadt and Karl Valentin) • Henri 4 (Henry of Navarre, 2010) — (based on novels by Heinrich Mann) • The End Is My Beginning (2010) — (based on an autobiographical book by Tiziano Terzani) • Homecoming (2012 film) (2012, TV film) — (based on a story by Hermann Hesse) • Bergfried (film) (2016, TV film)
Awards
Baier has received the Grimme-Preis and German Television Award. For Wildfire (1991 film), his debut as a theatrical director, he was nominated for the German Film Award.
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