Nationality German/Canadian | Years active 1990s-present | |
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Born 1966 Germany Occupation film director, writer, editor Notable work Marion Bridge, The Saver Nominations Canadian Screen Award for Adapted Screenplay, Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing Movies Stay, The Saver, Marion Bridge, Bangs Similar Imajyn Cardinal, Aislinn Hunter, Nika McGuigan, Pascale Montpetit, Barry Keoghan | ||
Filmmaker wiebke von carolsfeld talks about her latest film the saver
Wiebke von Carolsfeld (born 1966) is a German-Canadian film director, writer and editor. Her debut feature film as a director, Marion Bridge, won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film 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 a German university, she was rejected when she applied to Ryerson University's film school for lacking the Ontario-specific Grade 13 in her high school transcripts. Instead, she volunteered with the local cable community channel to gain experience, before taking a job as an assistant to David Cronenberg on M. Butterfly.
Career
Her credits as an editor include Eisenstein, Shoemaker, The Five Senses, The Bay of Love and Sorrows, Wrecked and Fugitive Pieces. As an editor, she was a shortlisted Genie Award nominee for Best Editing at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002 for Eisenstein.
As a writer/director, she followed up with the 2013 film Stay and the 2015 film The Saver. At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, she was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Saver.
She is based in Montreal, Quebec.