Ariela Bogenberger

German screenwriter, producer, cabaret director and journalist.

Ariela Bogenberger (born February 27, 1962, in Munich) is a German screenwriter,^[1] producer, cabaret director and journalist.

Career

Bogenberger is the daughter of Veronika Fitz^[2] and the actor Willi Anders.

Bogenberger worked as a journalist for the Badische Zeitung, the Münchner Merkur, the Münchner Theaterzeitung and BR-Hörfunk. She was responsible for several episodes of the cabaret television series Das Brettl as author and producer. She also worked as a cabaret director and as an author for the BR productions Live aus dem Schlachthof and Frauensache. In 2000 she was a scholarship holder of the Celle School. In 2002/2003 she completed the Drehbuchwerkstatt München, since then she has been active as a screenwriter. Her first book was the basis for Rainer Kaufmann's multi-award-winning television film Maria's Last Journey.^[3]

In 2017, she reported on her 18-year membership (1997–2015) in the sect-like Kirschblütengemeinschaft of the guru Samuel Widmer in Petra K. Wagner's documentary film Aussteigen.^[4]^[5]

Private life

She lives with her husband, the composer and crime novelist ("Chiemsee Blues") Thomas Bogenberger, and their three children in Prien am Chiemsee.

Filmography

2005: Marias letzte Reise – TV movie/tragicomedy, directed by Rainer Kaufmann
2007: Späte Aussicht – TV movie, directed by Sylvia Hoffmann
2010: In aller Stille – TV movie, directed by Rainer Kaufmann: Rainer Kaufmann
2012: Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder – TV movie, director: Xaver Schwarzenberger
2012: Mittlere Reife – TV movie, director: Martin Enlen
2013: Hattinger und die kalte Hand – Ein Chiemseekrimi – TV movie, director: Hans Steinbichler
2014: Die Frau aus dem Moor – TV movie, director: Christoph Stark
2017: Polizeiruf 110: Nachtdienst

Awards

Karl-Buchrucker-Preis for the screenplay of Marias letzte Reise
Adolf-Grimme-Preis in Gold for the screenplay of Marias letzte Reise
Banff Rockie Award for Marias letzte Reise as Best Television Film at the 27th Banff World Television Festival. Banff World Television Festival 2006
Nomination for the Prix Europa 2005 (best screenplay) for Maria's Last Journey
Special award for the screenplay of In aller Stille at the Fernsehfilm-Festival Baden-Baden 2010
Grimme Prize 2011 for the screenplay of In aller Stille

References

^ Stamm, Hugo (November 17, 2020). "Aussteigerin bei den Kirschblütlern packt aus: "Drogen und Tantra sind toxische Kombination"". Solothurner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved March 16, 2024.
^ Rundfunk, Bayerischer (June 2, 2023). "Unter unserem Himmel: Veronika Fitz – Volksschauspielerin". BR.de (in German). Retrieved March 16, 2024.
^ "Filme". Kino in Trier (in German). Retrieved March 16, 2024.
^ sueddeutsche.de: Dem Sekten-Guru verfallen
^ stuttgarter-zeitung.de: Gefangen in der „Kirschblütengemeinschaft“