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Biography

Margaret von Schiller was born in December 1956  in South Germany. After finishing college, her family emmigrated to Spain while she completed an apprenticeship in cabinet making back in Munich. Following this, she spent several years in France, the UK and Spain, intensifying her skills in restoring antique furniture.
Returning to Germany in 1983 she opened her own workshop, but also created short programs in radio broadcasting, storytelling her travels, thereby exploring a whole new talent.
Soon thereafter she began with theatre festival co-ordination and also served as assistant director on International film productions which drew her interest increasingly towards producing and directing culture-related TV films. She travelled the South American Continent and later developed a special passion for the South Pacific, due to her family links with the island of Tahiti.

In 1990 the director of the Panorama section within the Berlin Film Festival, Manfred Salzgeber, invited her to join his then small team with Wieland Speck, where she remained for sixteen very fruitful years. Several months per year were dedicated to helping grow the reputation of the Panorama section and included deputy responsibilities. In 2006 she left the Berlinale.
She then dedicated herself to Mingusfilm Media Production & Postproduction (also TV &Educational &Industrial) together with her longtime partner Florian Koehler (editor and photographer). But they split in 2009.

Margaret von Schiller keeps offering her long time skills in the film industry, after 20 years of working in the Industry and in 2010 she was appointed Industry Co-ordinator at the Sevilla Film Festival (www.festivaldesevilla.com). She also is responsible for programming for the Cuenca Film Festival in Spain , a small festival dedicated to films made by female directors (www.mujeresendireccion.es).

She is spending a lot of her time in Almeria, Spain Writing on a project about Tahiti in the mid-nineteenth century. She practices Taiji in the Yang form of 85 sequences with greatest respect for her teacher Honghao Wang and she loves the nature of the desert and the beaches of Almeria. Her property in the oasis of Los Baños de Sierra Alhamilla allows her to host guests, who need to Dream, Relax & Reconnect, serving friends as well as writers and other creatives.

December 2011

 

Filmografie

1986-2002

Autorin und Regie:

  • Reisefieber NDR Rundfunk Magazinsendung
  • Mein Taschengeld 45′ P: N3 Michael Krey /Familie / Serie Kindsein ist kein Kinderspiel ausgezeichnet mit dem Grimmepreis /Serie 1987 Autorin/ Co-Regie Manfred Waffender
  • Alles und Nichts 1987 P: N 3 Heinz Glässgen für die Reihe Augenblicke
  • Lichtblick 1988 P: N 3 Heinz Glässgen für die Reihe Augenblicke
  • Rhythmus einer Großstadt 1988 P: N 3 Heinz Glässgen für die Reihe Augenblicke

Kino und Fernsehen – eine Auswahl :

  • Drachenfutter R Jan Schütte Casting, Regieassistenz, Script/Continuity
  • Höchste Zeit R Manfred Waffender, Satire-Magazin 13×30 – ARD Regieassistenz, Prod. Assitenz
  • Reise ohne Auftrag R Friedeman Schulz (Dreh in D/Frankreich /Spanien), Regieassistenz
  • Weg durch Zeit R Manfred Waffender, ZDF ARTE Dokumentar, Regieassistenz
  • Der Fall Boran mit Jean Pierre Léaud und René Soutendijk, Regieassistenz /Dialogcoach
  • Schlafende Hunde R Max Färberböck , ZDF Regieassistenz
  • Tödliches Geld mit Michel Piccoli 2 x 90 min., Regieassistenz
  • Herzschlag der Kontinente ZDFARTE Themenabend, Regie: M. Waffender, Recherche
  • Ohrenzeugen für ZDF/ARTE, Regie Manfred Waffender Recherche/Produktionsleitung
  • Silent Heroes P: Comtel/Boston Doku Line producer
  • Germany Today P: Comtel/Boston, Lernmittelvideo, Line producer
  • Wie geht’s P: VPG/ Boston, Lernmittelvideo, Autor, Line producer

Festivals – eine Auswahl:

  • Theater der Welt, 1989, Mitarbeit
  • Hammoniale, Festival der Frauen, Hamburg, 1995-1999
  • Berlinale, 1986-2006

1991-2006

  • Panorama der Berlinale, Programmkoordination / Stellvertretende Leitung
  • Auswahl der Kurzfilme im Panorama und Wettbewerb
  • Teddy Award, Queer Film Award auf der Berlinale (Gründungsmitglied des Teddy Vereins),  Moderation der Preisverleihung 2005 und 2006

2006-2008 – eine Auswahl: