Maria Schrader

Maria Schrader fascinates me as a rare double talent. A Silver Bear-winning actress who reinvented herself behind the camera, she crowned that pivot with an Emmy for directing Unorthodox, one of the most quietly powerful miniseries of recent years. Directors who have lived the actor's vulnerability tend to draw truer performances, and her work bears that out, full of breathing, fully human characters. I admire how she innovates without spectacle, trusting restraint and intimacy over noise. Coming out of Hanover and the German film tradition, she has become an international voice on her own terms, and I will watch whatever she makes next.

Name (English)

Maria Schrader

Name (Japanese)

マリア・シュラーダー

Reading

まりあ・しゅらーだー

Born

September 27, 1965 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

Origin

Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / film actor / voice actor

Awards & achievements

• Silver Bear for Best Actress
• 2017 European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
• 2020 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
• 2018 Berliner Bär
• 2021 Romy
• 2021 German Film Award for Best Direction
• 2021 German Film Award for Best Screenplay
• 2023 Romy

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Lower Saxony
• film director
• screenwriter
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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