Project Description
Mira Gittner
art work / director of photography, editor, actress
Mira Gittner (born 1971 in Munich) began her acting at the age of ten and has since then performed in numerous film and television productions. After finishing her acting school in 1990, she had various engagements at theatres such as the Bavarian State Opera in Munich as acting soloist in La Traviata, with the World Theatre Project in New Delhi or the Theatre Institute in Munich. Since 1998 Mira Gittner is, besides acting, also working as cinematographer and editor. In 2001 she had her debut in directing (besides the cinematography, editing and producing) with the short Call it Love.
In 2003 she was member of the jury at the International Film festival for Children in Cairo.
Mira Gittner was awarded PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 2000 at the Bavarian Film center Geiselgasteig for her acting performance in the psycho thriller The Room, BEST FEMALE ACTOR AWARD 2001 at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival and with the SPECIAL AWARD FOR MONTAGE IN FEATURE FILM 2003 at the Panorama International Film Festival in Thessaloniki for her editing of the satirical comedy Pentamagica.
filmography as actress (excerpt):
2017 Taste of Life (cinema, erotic dramedy), director: Roland Reber
2013 Illusion (cinema, drama), director: Roland Reber
2009/10 Angels with dirty wings (cinema, drama), director: Roland Reber
2007 My Dream or Loneliness never walks alone (cinema, tragedy), director: Roland Reber
2006 24/7 The Passion of Life (cinema, erotic drama), director: Roland Reber
2004 Am Rande der Nacht (cinema), director: Christoph Busche
2003 The Dark Side of our inner Space (cinema, thriller), director: Roland Reber
2002/2003 Pentamagica (cinema, comedy), director: Roland Reber
2002 Gone (cinema, drama), director: Zoltan Paul
1999/2001 The room (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2000 Der schwarze Spiegel (TV), director: Rainer Boldt
2000 Fast ein Gentlemen – Tierisch verliebt (TV), director: Dagmar Damek
1999 Eine Hand schmiert die andere (TV), director: Peter Fratzscher
1999 Alle meine Töchter – 4 episodes (TV), director: Wolfgang Hübner
1998 Der Schandfleck (TV), director: Julian R. Pölsler
1985 Die Kathrin wird Soldat – 4 episodes (TV), director: Peter Deutsch
1982 Rote Erde – 4 episodes (TV), director: Klaus Emmerich
1981 Der verkaufte Geburtstag (TV), director: George Moorse
theater
1997 Theater Institut, Das Schloss / München
Und sie legen den Blumen Handschellen an
role: Imis, director: Roland Reber
1997 /98 Theater Institut, Das Schloss / München, Mistero Buffo
role: Death, Blinde, director: Roland Reber
1994 Musikhochschule München, Commedia di Lasso
role: Lucia, director: J. Hinkel
1994 Welt Theater Projekt (WTP) / Unesco, New Delhi / Indien
I thought you had gone as well
role: Mira, director: Roland Reber
1993/94 Bayerische Staatsoper München, La Traviata
role: Alfredos sister, director: G. Krämer
1993 Schauburg München, Der Polenweiher
role: Anna, director: Peer Boysen
1993 Prinzregententheater München, Yerma
role: Maria, director: J. Hinkel
Filmography as editor and cinematographer (excerpt):
2018 Naked File (short film), see video2018 Nun rap (Nonnen Räp), (music clip) see video2017 Taste of life (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2013 Illusion (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2011 The truth of lie (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2009 Angels with dirty wings (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2007 My Dream or Loneliness never walks alone (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2005 24/7 The Passion of Life (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2003 The Dark Side of our Inner Space (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2002/2003 Pentamagica (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2002 Are Girls Werewolves ..? (short film), director: R. Reber, M. Gittner
2001 Call it Love (short film), director: Mira Gittner
1999/2001 the room (cinema), director: Roland Reber
2000 Highlights (documentary), director: Mira Gittner
- March 2003 jury at the International Filmfestival for Children, Cairo / Egypt
Special Award for Montage in Feature Films 2003 for the editing of the satiric comedie Pentamagica
International Panorama of Independent Filmmakers, Thessaloniki, Greece
Best Female Actor Award 2001 for the lead role „Sophie“, in the internationally awarded feature film das zimmer – the room Melbourne Underground International Filmfestival, Australien
Special Mention by the Jury 2001 for the short film dann nenn es halt Liebe – call it love
director, cinematography, editing and co-production
2001 AFF Alternativa International Filmfestival, Picciano, Italy
Producer of the year 2000
for her acting performance in das zimmer – the room and the Doku-Portrait Highlights Get Together 2000, Bavarian Filmcentre Geiselgasteig, Munich, Germany. „..with Highlights Get Together Mira Gittner has shown once again, that artistic creativity and professional use of camera and editing can lead to outstanding and emotional moving results…”
“Talent & the self”. (Statesman, entire article)
Interviews of Mira Gittner about individual films please go to the respective film website!