Britta Wauer is an award winning director and producer with a number of noteworthy documentaries on her credit. In 2005 she founded Britzka Film as an independent production company for cinema, exhibitions and new media. Britzka Film stands for carefully researched documentaries with a high standard of filmmaking.
BRITTA WAUER
Britta Wauer's work focuses mainly on contemporary history, current affairs and biographies and has been screened at film festivals worldwide. These includes her 2011 feature documentary IN HEAVEN, UNDERGROUND about the Berlin Jewish cemetery, which was invited to festivals in Berlin, Toronto, Jerusalem, San Francisco, Beijing, Cape Town, Sydney and many more. Britta Wauer has received numerous awards, including the GRIMME prize, the highest distinction in the German television industry. In 2013, she was honored by a retrospective of her work in Berlin.
Britta Wauer is also known for her commissioned works made for museums and exhibitions. In 2007 her collaboration with SC Exhibitions starts with TUTANKHAMUN – HIS TOMB AND HIS TREASURES, seen by more than six million visitors on its worldwide tour. In 2018, she produced the introductory movie for MARVEL – UNIVERSE OF SUPER HEROES for the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle.
Britta Wauer studied film directing at the DFFB from 1997 to 2003, after completing the Berlin School of Journalism in 1995. She was born and raised in Berlin at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, where she still lives and works.
Britta Wauer is a member of the German Film Academy.
AWARDS
| 2018 | ADELE – BEST DOCUMENTARY German Audio Description Award for RABBI WOLFF |
| 2016 | ACHTUNG BERLIN Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for RABBI WOLFF |
| 2016 | DIVERSITY AWARD Filmkunstfest Schwerin for RABBI WOLFF |
| 2013 | RETROSPECTIVE BRITTA WAUER Klepper-Saal, Berlin-Nikolassee |
| 2011 | DEFA FOUNDATION AWARD Artistic Talent for BRITTA WAUER |
| 2011 | HONORABLE MENTION Jerusalem Film Festival for IN HEAVEN, UNDERGROUND |
| 2011 | PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD Berlin Int'l Film Festival for IN HEAVEN, UNDERGROUND |
| 2009 | BEST DOCUMENTARY Filmkunstfest Schwerin for GERDA'S SILENCE |
| 2007 | AXEL SRINGER PRIZE (Outstanding Achievement) for JUSTICE NOW! |
| 2007 | MoMA NYC Special Screening of THE RAPOPORTS |
| 2005 | GOLD REMI AWARD Worldfest Houston for THE RAPOPORTS |
| 2005 | GRIMME PRIZE for THE RAPOPORTS |
| 2005 | BANFF ROCKIE AWARD (Nomination) for THE RAPOPORTS |
| 2003 | PLATINIUM AWARD Worldfest Houston for A HERO'S DEATH |
| 2002 | PRIX ITALIA (Nomination) for A HERO'S DEATH |
| 2001 | GOLDEN GONG for A HERO'S DEATH |
| 2001 | GERMAN TELEVISION AWARD New Generation Grant Prize for A HERO'S DEATH |