
Directing
Born February 4, 1940 · Halle an der Saale, Germany
Helga Reidemeister was one of the most renowned documentary film directors of her generation and was very active in education. Reidemeister initially studied free painting at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin. She then worked as a social worker in the Märkisches Viertel in Berlin from 1968 to 1973, which had a great impact on her. There she met working-class women who did not feel properly represented in the documentaries she showed them. These women motivated her to study film herself. She made several films about working-class families and the role of women. Her work also focuses on Afghanistan and the city of Berlin. She has taught at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy since 1994 and, as a senior lecturer, was instrumental in establishing the documentary film specialization. Helga Reidemeister has also lectured at numerous other universities in Germany and abroad.

Splitter Afghanistan
2015

Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz - Eine Liebe in Kabul
2009

Texas - Kabul
2004

Gotteszell – Ein Frauengefängnis
2001

Lights from Afar
1998

Women in Black
1997

Rodina heißt Heimat
1992

In the Splendour of Happiness
1990

DrehOrt Berlin
1987

Mit starrem Blick aufs Geld
1983

Karola Bloch - Dann nimmt die Frau die Geschicke in die Hand
1982

Aufrecht gehen. Rudi Dutschke - Spuren
1980

Is This Fate?
1979

The Bought Dream
1977

Lokomotive Kreuzberg
1975