Ina Weisse

Ina Weisse is a German actress, screenwriter and film director. She is especially well known for her roles as the distant and ambivalent blonde. She became apparent with roles in films like Tatort und Polizeiruf 110. She won several awards with her films, regarding acting and directing films in Germany. Even though that the movies she directed have been successful, she is still better known as an actress than as a director. Her most famous film, which she directed is The Architect.

Ina Weisse
Weisse in 2015
Born (1968-06-12) 12 June 1968
NationalityGerman
Occupations
  • Actress
  • film director
  • screenwriter

Life and education

Ina Weisse was born on 12 June 1968 in West Berlin and is the daughter of a respected architect and an art mistress, which influenced her very early to choose an artistic life journey. But it was her uncle, who introduced her to the theater, as he took her to the Berliner Schaubühne.[1]

After she finished her degree at the acting school Otto-Falckenberg-Schule in Munich, received Ina Weisse her first engagement at the National Theatre Mannheim. Afterwards she started to study philosophy in Heidelberg in 1992. In 2002 she finished her second degree at the University of Hamburg, where she studied film direction and production by Hark Bohm.[2] Her graduation movie Alles anders was honored with the First Steps Award First Steps Award.[3]

Ina Weisse is married to the German Film director Matti Geschonneck, with whom she worked together for the TV-films Duell in der Nacht (2007), Tod in Istanbul (2009), Der Verdacht (2010) und Das Ende einer Nacht (2011).

Career

Her first theater debut was with the comedy movie called Echte Kerle (1996). Henceforth she was seen in many TV- productions and several times in the German crime series Tatort. Weisse started in 2001 with making short movies, which have been successful and can be seen as her start for TV productions. The Architect (2008) was her debut as a film director, for which she had been writing the script together with Daphne Charizani.[4] Matthias Schweighöfer, Josef Bierbichler and Sandra Hüller, famous German actors, played the main roles in the drama. The movie was screened at the Berlinale and Max-Ophüls-Filmfestival in 2009 and was priced for the best screenplay. The film critic Stefanie Rufle wrote: ”It's a mature direction debut, which Ina Weisse handled stabile and confident".[5]

Filmography

As actress

YearTitleNotes
1994Verliebt, verlobt, verheiratet (In Love, Engaged, Married)TV series
1995Brüder auf Leben und Tod (Brothers in Life and Death)TV film
1996Regular Guys
1996Tatort – Heilig Blut (Tatort - Holy Blood)TV series
1997Ein Vater unter Verdacht (Suspicious father)TV film
1997Trügerische Nähe (Illusive Closeness)TV film
1997Die Sexfalle (Honeytrap)TV film
1997Weihnachten mit Willy Wuff – Mama braucht einen Millionär (Christmas with Willy Wuff - Mother needs a Millionaire)TV film
1998Single sucht Nachwuchs (Single on the Look for Offspring)TV film
1998Der dreckige Tod (Dirty Death)TV film
1999Das Verflixte Babyjahr – Nie wieder Sex?! (The Tricky Maternity Year - Never Sex Again?)TV film
2000Liebestod (Love Death)TV film
2002Zwei Affären und eine Hochzeit (Two Affairs and One Wedding)TV film
2002Der Elefant – Mord verjährt nie (Unsolved)TV film
2003Ausgeliefert (Delivered)TV film
2003Katzenzungen (Tongues of Cats)TV film
2003Sams in Gefahr (Sams in Danger)
2005Die Patriarchin (Paternalist)TV miniseries
2005Schneeland (Land of Snow)
2005Der Ermittler (Investigator)TV series, one episode
2005Kanzleramt (Chancellery)TV series, one episode
2006Blackout – Die Erinnerung ist tödlich (Blackout - The Memory is Deadly)TV series, four episodes
2006Nichts als Gespenster (Nothing but Ghosts)
2007Im Namen des Gesetzes – Tote auf Urlaub (In the Name of Justice - Death on Vacation)TV series
2007Duell in der Nacht (Duel at Night)TV film
2007Tatort – Bevor es dunkel wird (Tatort - Before It Gets Dark)TV series
2007Doktor MartinTV series
2008Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – Alles anders (Brave into the New Time - Everything Changes)TV film
2008Die Weisheit der Wolken (The Wisdom of the Clouds)TV film
2009Polizeiruf 110 – Falscher Vater (Wrong Father)
2009Tatort – Schiffe versenken (Tatort - Sinking Ships)
2010Tod in Istanbul (Death in Istanbul)TV film
2010Im Dschungel (In the Jungle)TV film
2010AmigoTV film
2011Der Verdacht (Suspicion)TV film
2012Mord in Ludwigslust (Murder in Ludwigslust)TV film
2012Das Ende einer Nacht (The End of a Night)TV film
2012Der Teufel von Mailand (The Devil from Milan)TV film
2012TatortDinge, die noch zu tun sind (Tatort - Things Which are Still to Do)
2013Tod an der Ostsee (Death at the Baltic Sea)TV film
2014Die Flut ist pünktlich (High Tide Is Dead on Time)TV film
2014Ich will dich (Unexpected)TV film
2015A Grand FarewellTV film
2018Never Look Away

As director

YearTitleNotes
1999LünowShort film
2001SonntagsShort film
2002Alles andersShort film
2004KlaraShort film
2008The Architect
2017Die neue NationalgalerieDocumentary
2019The AuditionFeature film

Awards

YearAssociationCategory
2002First Steps Award[3]Regie for Alles anders
2002Studio Hamburg Junior AwardRegie for Alles anders
2008German Television AwardMinor Part for Duell in der Nacht
2009Max Ophüls AwardBest Skript for The Architect
2012German Television AwardBest actress in Das Ende einer Nacht
2012Actor Award of Günter-RohrbachRole in Das Ende einer Nacht
2013Grimme- PriceRole in Das Ende einer Nacht
2013Nomination for the Golden CameraBest Actress for Das Ende einer Nacht

2015 Preis der deutschen Fernsehakademie. Best actress for "ich will dich"

2016 German television award. Best actress for " Der große Aufbruch" und " Ich will dich"

Further reading

References

  1. David Denk (28 February 2011). "Porträt Ina Weisse: Die kluge Menschenleserin - taz.de". Die Tageszeitung: Taz. taz.de. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  2. "Ina Weisse | filmportal.de". filmportal.de. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  3. "Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis verliehen: FIRST STEPS". firststeps.de. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  4. ""Gebenedeit unter den Weibern" - Ina Weisse - FOCUS Online - Nachrichten". focus.de. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  5. "Der Architekt: Kritik und Info zum Film moviesection.de". moviesection.de. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
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