Ulrike Ottinger

is an internationally renowned film director, author, and visual artist. She studied etching techniques with Johnny Friedlaender in Paris.

Films (selection): The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors (1975), Madame X – An Absolute Ruler (1978), Ticket of No Return (1979), Freak Orlando (1981), Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press (1984), Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia (1988), The Korean Wedding Chest (2008), Paris Calligrammes (2019), The Blood Countess (2026).

Her multifaceted oeuvre has been exhibited worldwide, including at the Venice Biennale, documenta, the Berlin Biennale, the David Zwirner Gallery and MoMA in New York, the Centre Pompidou and the Cinémathèque française in Paris, the Deutsche Kinemathek, the KW Institute for Contemporary Art and the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, the Witte de With – Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam, and the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

She has received numerous awards for her artistic work, including the Hannah Höch Prize of the State of Berlin (2011), the Hans Thoma Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg (2012), and the Award for Avant-Garde Achievements in Film at EnergaCAMERIMAGE (2022).

Ottinger has been a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin since 1997 and a member of the Bavarian Academy of Arts in Munich since 2020. She has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which presents the Academy Awards annually, since 2019.