Maria von Heland

Maria von Heland
Maria von Heland on set in Hamburg, 2022
Born (1965-05-25) 25 May 1965 (age 59)
Stockholm, Sweden
Citizenship
  • Swedish
Alma materCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • director
Years active1997–present
Spouse
Johnny West
​
(m. 2019)​
Children4

Maria von Heland (born 25 May 1965) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. She works in English, German, Swedish and French and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Early life

Maria von Heland (born 25 May 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden) gained a Bachelor of Arts in journalism at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey after finishing high school in Sweden. From 1990 to 1995 she gained a Master of Fine Arts in directing at the California Institute of the Arts, where she studied under Alexander Mackendrick,[1] and at the School of Film and Video in Los Angeles. During this time she was an exchange student at the Konrad Wolf Akademie for Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany.

Career

Since 1997 von Heland has directed or produced over 20 films, TV dramas and series. She has over 50 credits in the IMDB database.[2] She has won 11 industry awards,[3] including the Series Mania International Panorama award 2022[4] for the upcoming Netflix series Sunshine Eyes,[5] and has been nominated three times for the International Emmys.[6]

From 2010 to 2018 she directed the annual European Film Awards, and is a member of the European Film Academy.

Filmography

Year Title Credited as Notes Ref.
Writer Director
1997 Chainsmoker Yes Yes [7]
1998 Real Men Eat Meat Yes No
1999 Recycled Yes Yes
2000 England! Yes No
2002 Big Girls Don't Cry Yes Yes
2004 Orka! Orka! No Yes
2006 Sök Yes Yes (Swedish) [8]
2006 Den som viskar Yes Yes (Swedish) [9]
2007 Suddenly Gina [de] No Yes (German)
2009 Hilde Yes No Biopic of the German singer and actress Hildegard Knef [10]
2011 Die Sterntaler No Yes
2013 Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren No Yes (German) [11]
2014 Divine Sparks [de] No Yes [12]
2014 Hector and the Search for Happiness Yes No [13]
2017 Eltern und andere Wahrheiten Yes Yes [14]
2018 Solo für Weiss – Für immer Schweigen No Yes (German) [15]
2018 Jung, blond, tot – Julia Durant ermittelt No Yes (German)
2019 It's Not That Easy to Die [de] Yes Yes (German) [16]
2020 Solo für Weiss – Schlaflos Yes Yes (German) [17]
2020 Heirs of the Night Yes No [18]
2021 Nord Nord Mord – Sievers und der Schönste Tag No Yes (German) [19]
2022 Kolleginnen für immer No Yes (German) [20]
2023 Sunshine Eyes Yes Yes 10-part series on Netflix [21]

References

  1. ^ "'About Maria von Heland'". 20 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. ^ "'Maria von Heland' (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. ^ "'Maria von Heland - Awards' (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. ^ "'Sunshnie Eyes'". Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  5. ^ "'Sunshine Eyes' (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  6. ^ "'International Emmys (2021)' (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  7. ^ "'Chainsmoker' (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Sök (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Den som viskar (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Hilde (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Göttliche Funken (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Hector and the Search for Happiness (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Parents are the better liars (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Für immer Schweigen (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  16. ^ "So Einfach Stirbt Man Nicht (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Solo für Weiss – Schlaflos (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  18. ^ "Heirs of the Night (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  19. ^ "Sievers und der Schönste Tag (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  20. ^ "Kolleginnen für immer (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  21. ^ "Sunshine Eyes (IMDB)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 January 2023.