Bettina Böhler

Bettina Böhler (born 1960 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German film editor.^[1]

Career

Böhler began her professional journey at the age of nineteen as an assistant editor working with 35-mm film.^[2]

Working as an editor since 1985, Böhler has edited more than 90 feature films, documentaries, and television movies. Many of these films have received acclaim at international film festivals such as Cannes, Venice, and Berlin.^[3]

She has been nominated several times for the German Lola Award: 2012 for her collaboration with director Christian Petzold on Barbara, 2017 for Wild (director Nicolette Krebitz), 2020 for her own documentary „Schlingensief - A Voice that shook the Silence“ and 2022 for Krebitz’ AEIOU.^[2]

In recognition of her outstanding contributions to European film, she was awarded the Bremen Film Prize in 2007.

Böhler is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the European Film Academy and the Academy of Arts, Berlin.^[4]^[5]

Selected filmography

1986: Du mich auch - director: Dani Levy
1991: The Blue Hour - director: Marcel Gisler
1991: Taiga (documentary film) - director: Ulrike Ottinger
1992: Langer Gang - director: Yılmaz Arslan
1992: Terror 2000 - director: Christoph Schlingensief
1994: The Blue One - director: Lienhard Wawrzyn
1995: Cuba Libre - director: Christian Petzold
1996: Gefährliche Freundin - director: Hermine Huntgeburth
1997: F. est un salaud - director: Marcel Gisler
1998: Drachenland - director: Florian Gärtner
1998: Places in Cities - director: Angela Schanelec
2000: The State I Am In - director: Christian Petzold
2002: Khamosh Pani - Silent Waters - director: Sabiha Sumar
2002: Wolfsburg - director: Christian Petzold
2003: Marseille - director: Angela Schanelec
2003: My Friend Henry - director: Auli Mantila
2004: Ghosts - director: Christian Petzold
2005: Fremde Haut - director: Angelina Maccarone
2006: Sehnsucht - director: Valeska Grisebach
2006: It Started Well (documentary film) - Director: Susanna Salonen
2006: Yella - director: Christian Petzold
2008: Germany 09 - "The Unfinished" - director: Nicolette Krebitz
2008: Jerichow - director: Christian Petzold
2008: Pomegranates and Myrrh (Al mor wa al rumman) - director: Najwa Najjar
2009: Lulu & Jimi - Director: Oskar Roehler
2010: Jew Suss: Rise and Fall - director: Oskar Roehler
2011: The Look - Charlotte Rampling (cinema documentary) - director: Angelina Maccarone
2012: Barbara - director: Christian Petzold
2012: Hannah Arendt - director: Margarethe von Trotta
2013: Gold - director: Thomas Arslan
2013: Rosie - director: Marcel Gisler
2014: Patong Girl - director: Susanna Salonen
2014: Phoenix - director: Christian Petzold
2017: Axolotl Overkill - director: Helene Hegemann
2018: Transit - director: Christian Petzold
2019: A Regular Woman - director: Sherry Hormann
2020: Undine - director: Christian Petzold
2023: Afire - director: Christian Petzold
2024: September Says - director: Ariane Labed

As director and editor

2020: Schlingensief - A Voice that Shook the Silence (cinema documentary)^[6]

Awards and honours

2000: German Editing Award for The State I Am In ^[7]
2001: German Film Critics' Award for The State I Am In^[7]
2007: Bremen Film Prize for Yella ^[8]
2007: Femina Film Award for Yella^[8]
2012: German Film Critics' Award for Barbara ^[9]
2012: Nomination for the German Film Award in the category Best Editing for Barbara"^[9]
2017: Nomination for the German Film Award in the category Best Editing for Wild ^[10]
2021: Bavarian Film Award for Schlingensief - A Voice that Shook the Silence ^[11]
2021: German Camera Award for Schlingensief - A Voice that Shook the Silence ^[11]

References

^ "Bettina Böhler | Viennale". www.viennale.at. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
^ ^a ^b "Bettina Böhler". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
^ "BÖHLER, BETTINA – Edited By". “Women. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
^ "NEW MEMBERS 2016: ACADEMY INVITES 683 TO MEMBERSHIP | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". www.oscars.org. 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
^ "Böhler". www.adk.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-28.
^ "Schlingensief – In das Schweigen hineinschreien | Schlingensief – A Voice that Shook the Silence - Panorama Dokumente 2020". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
^ ^a ^b "Die innere Sicherheit | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
^ ^a ^b "Yella | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
^ ^a ^b "Barbara | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
^ "Wild • Deutscher Filmpreis". Deutscher Filmpreis (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-28.
^ ^a ^b "Schlingensief - In das Schweigen hineinschreien | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 2023-11-28.