Jo Baier
{{short description|German film director and writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| occupation = Film director, writer
| years active = 1982–present
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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 {{Ill|Not All Were Murderers|de|Nicht alle waren Mörder (Film)}} (2006). He is married to Gertrud Baier.
Early life and education
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.[http://cineuropa.org/id.aspx?t=filmography&l=en&did=24104 Jo Baier] Cineuropa. N.d. Retrieved 28 April 2016
As he grew up in a Bavarian village, his movies are often influenced by his childhood experiences.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047047/bio|title=Jo Baier|publisher=IMDb|access-date=20 July 2018}}
Awards
Baier has received the Grimme-Preis and German Television Award. For {{Ill|Wildfire (1991 film)|de|3=Wildfeuer|lt=Wildfire}}, his debut as a theatrical director, he was nominated for the German Film Award.
Selected filmography
- Schiefweg (1986, TV film) — (based on stories by Emerenz Meier)
- Rosse (1989, TV film) — (based on a play by {{Ill|Richard Billinger|de}})
- {{Ill|Wildfire (1991 film)|de|3=Wildfeuer|lt=Wildfire}} (1991, TV film) — (biographical film about Emerenz Meier)
- {{Ill|Hölleisengretl|de}} (1995, TV film) — (based on a novel by Oskar Maria Graf)
- {{Ill|Der Laden|de|Der Laden (Film)}} (1998, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Erwin Strittmatter)
- Der Weibsteufel (2000, TV film) — (based on a play by Karl Schönherr)
- {{Ill|Wambo|de}} (2001, TV film) — (biographical film about Walter Sedlmayr)
- {{Ill|Verlorenes Land|de}} (2002, TV film)
- {{ill|Swabian Children (film)|de|3=Schwabenkinder (Film)|lt=Swabian Children}} (2003, TV film) — (based on a novel by {{Ill|Elmar Bereuter|de}} about Swabian children)
- Stauffenberg (Operation Valkyrie, 2004, TV film)
- {{Ill|Not All Were Murderers|de|Nicht alle waren Mörder (Film)}} (2006, TV film) — (based on an autobiographical book by Michael Degen)
- {{Ill|Das letzte Stück Himmel|de}} (2007, TV film)
- {{ill|Liesl Karlstadt & Karl Valentin|de|Liesl Karlstadt und 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)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Homecoming (2012 film)|de|3=Die Heimkehr (2012)|lt=Homecoming}} (2012, TV film) — (based on a story by Hermann Hesse)
- {{Ill|Bergfried (film)|de|3=Bergfried (Film)|lt=Bergfried}} (2016, TV film)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|47047}}
- [http://www.filmportal.de/person/jo-baier_4a851356e4074dd5b6f1026f034cba44 Jo Baier] Filmportal.de
- [http://www.br.de/fernsehen/br-alpha/sendungen/alpha-forum/jo-baier-gespraech102.html Jo Baier im Gespräch mit Carlos Gerstenhauer] (German) (PDF, 2009)
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