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.
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| Born | 13 February 1949 Munich, Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, writer |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Early life and education edit
Baier was born in Munich. He studied drama, German and English at the Ludwig Maximilians University. He graduated with a doctorate in 1980. Since 1979 he has directed primarily television documentaries and dramas.[1]
As he grew up in a Bavarian village, his movies are often influenced by his childhood experiences.[2]
Awards edit
Baier has received the Grimme-Preis and German Television Award. For Wildfire, his debut as a theatrical director, he was nominated for the German Film Award.[1]
Selected filmography edit
- Schiefweg (1986, TV film) — (based on stories by Emerenz Meier)
- Rosse (1989, TV film) — (based on a play by Richard Billinger)
- Wildfire (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 (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, TV film) — (based on a story by Hermann Hesse)
- Bergfried (2016, TV film)
References edit
External links edit
- Jo Baier at IMDb
- Jo Baier Filmportal.de
- Jo Baier im Gespräch mit Carlos Gerstenhauer (German) (PDF, 2009)