Ulrike Ottinger

DirectorWriterCinematographerActorProducer Jun 6 (age 83) Konstanz, Germany 1973–2026 (53 year career)

5.4 avg rating

Biography

Ulrike Ottinger is an avant-garde, contemporary German artist. She is particularly well-known and successful as a filmmaker, painter and photographer.

Known For

Film

Ticket of No Return

Narrator

Film

Twelve Chairs

Director

Film

Freak Orlando

Director

Film

Taiga

Director

Film

Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia

Director

Film

Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press

Director

Film

Seven Women, Seven Sins

Director

Film

Prater

Co-Producer

Filmography

Acting (13)

Movies (13)

Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses

2016

as Self

Chamisso’s Shadow

2016

as Herself (voice)

6.3

Ulrike Ottinger: Nomad from the Lake

2012

as Herself

6.0

Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

2012

as Self

The Korean Wedding Chest

2009

as Narrator

5.0

The Making Of “Superbia”

Audience

as Self

Cinématon XI

as N°104

Ticket of No Return

1979

as Narrator

6.0

Madame X – An Absolute Ruler

as Orlando

Cinématon

as N°104

The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors

1975

as Nymphe der deutschen Romantik

4.5

Laocoon & Sons: The Story of the Transformation of Esmeralda del Rio

1975

as Kakalia Katzen

5.2

Crew (95)

Movies (95)

The Blood Countess

2026 Upcoming

Director

Oct 30

The Blood Countess

2026 Upcoming

Writer

Oct 30

Paris Calligrammes

2020

Director

5.5

Paris Calligrammes

2020

Director of Photography

Paris Calligrammes

Writer

Chamisso’s Shadow

Director

Chamisso’s Shadow

Director of Photography

Chamisso’s Shadow

Writer

Aloha

Director

Aloha

2016

Producer

Aloha

2016

Writer

Under Snow

2011

Director

4.2

Under Snow

2011

Director of Photography

Under Snow

Producer

Under Snow

Writer

The Korean Wedding Chest

2009

Director

5.0

The Korean Wedding Chest

2009

Director of Photography

5.0

The Korean Wedding Chest

2009

Producer

5.0

The Korean Wedding Chest

2009

Writer

5.0

Still Moving

2009

Director

Still Moving

2009

Director of Photography

Still Moving

2009

Writer

Seoul Women Happiness

2008

Director

Seoul Women Happiness

2008

Director of Photography

Seoul Women Happiness

2008

Writer

Prater

Co-Producer

Prater

Director

Prater

Director of Photography

Prater

Writer

Twelve Chairs

Director

Twelve Chairs

Director of Photography

Twelve Chairs

Editor

Twelve Chairs

Writer

The Specimen

Director

The Specimen

2002

Director of Photography

The Specimen

2002

Editor

The Specimen

2002

Writer

Southeast Passage

2002

Director

Southeast Passage

2002

Director of Photography

Southeast Passage

2002

Writer

Ester

2002

Director

Ester

2002

Director of Photography

Ester

2002

Writer

Exile Shanghai

1997

Director

Exile Shanghai

1997

Director of Photography

Exile Shanghai

1997

Producer

Taiga

1992

Director

7.1

Taiga

1992

Director of Photography

Taiga

Writer

Countdown

Director

Countdown

Director of Photography

5.0

Countdown

1990

Writer

5.0

Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia

1989

Director

6.4

Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia

1989

Director of Photography

6.4

Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia

Writer

Superbia – The Pride

Director

Superbia – The Pride

Director of Photography

Superbia – The Pride

Writer

Usinimage

Director

Usinimage

1987

Director of Photography

Usinimage

1987

Writer

Seven Women, Seven Sins

1986

Director

5.3

Seven Women, Seven Sins

1986

Director of Photography

5.3

Seven Women, Seven Sins

1986

Writer

5.3

China. The Arts – The People

1985

Director

China. The Arts – The People

1985

Director of Photography

China. The Arts – The People

1985

Writer