Margarethe von Trotta (born 21 February 1942) is a German film director who has been referred to as a "leading force" of the New German Cinema movement.[1][2] Von Trotta's extensive body of work has won awards internationally.[1] She was married to and collaborated with director Volker Schl?ndorff. Although they made a successful team, von Trotta felt she was seen as secondary to Schl?ndorff.[3] Subsequently, she established a solo career for herself and became "Germany’s foremost female film director, who has offered the most sustained and successful female variant of Autorenkino in postwar German film history".[4] Certain aspects of von Trotta's work have been compared to Ingmar Bergman's features from the 1960s and 1970s.[5] Margarethe von Trotta TROTTA1.jpg von Trotta in 2007 Born 21 February 1942 (age 76) Berlin, Germany Occupation Film director, screenwriter, actress Years active 1968 - present Spouse(s) (First Husband) 1964-1968 (one son Felix Moeller) Volker Schl?ndorff 1971-1991 Von Trotta has been called "the world’s leading feminist filmmaker."[6] The predominant aim of her films is to create new representations of women.[7] Her films are concerned with relationships between and among women (sisters, best friends, etc.), as well as with relationships between women and men, and involve political setting. Nevertheless, she rejects the suggestion that she makes "women’s films".[8]
