Kotte, Gabriele
Biography:
Gabriele Kotte joined the DEFA Studio for Feature Films as a scriptwriter and dramaturg in 1976. She made her debut as the co-author of Iris Gusner’s hit movie, Alle meine Mädchen (1979, All My Girls), and then worked on the important films Bürgschaft für ein Jahr (1981, On Probation) and Dein unbekannter Bruder (1981, Your Unknown Brother). After unification, she continued working as a scriptwriter and with film funding associations, for which she received the 2002 Cultural Award for the German state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. For more, see Kotte’s page on the DEFA Film Library website.
Festivals & Awards:
| 1982 | Best Scenario, GDR National Feature Film Festival, Karl-Marx-Stadt, for Bürgschaft für ein Jahr |
| 1980 | Art Prize of the Free German Trade Union Federation for Alle meine Mädchen |
Filmography:
(S = Scriptwriter | D = Dramaturg)
| 1999 | Timpe TE (animation, S) |
| 1998 | Polizeiruf 110: Warum immer ich (Police Call 110: Why Always Me, TV series, S) |
| 1995 | Unter einem Dach (Under One Roof, doc., S, co-director) |
| 1990 | Biologie! (Biology!, S) |
| 1990 | Der Hut (The Hat, D) |
| 1982 | Schwierig sich zu verloben (Hard to Get Engaged, D) |
| 1981 | Dein unbekannter Bruder (Your Unknown Brother, D) |
| 1981 | Der Dicke und ich (Fatty and Me, D) |
| 1981 | Bürgschaft für ein Jahr (On Probation, S) |
| 1979 | Alle meine Mädchen (All My Girls, S) |
| 1974 | Greta Heckenrose (TV, S) |