Wiebke von Carolsfeld (born 1966) is a German Canadian film director,
writer and editor. Her debut feature film as a director, Marion
Bridge, won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best
Canadian First Feature Film at the 2002 Toronto International Film
Festival.Originally from Germany, von Carolsfeld moved to Canada.
Despite having degrees in medieval history and literature from the
University of Cologne, she was rejected when she applied to Ryerson
University's film school for lacking the Ontario-specific thirteenth
grade in her high school transcripts. Instead, she volunteered with
the local cable community channel to gain experience, before taking a
job as an assistant editor on David Cronenberg's M. Butterfly.Her
credits as an editor include Eisenstein, Shoemaker, The Five Senses,
The Bay of Love and Sorrows, Wrecked, Fugitive Pieces, Angelique's
Isle and An Audience of Chairs. As an editor, she was a shortlisted
Genie Award nominee for Best Editing at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002
for Eisenstein.As a writer/director, she followed up with the 2013
film Stay and the 2015 film The Saver. At the 4th Canadian Screen
Awards in 2016, she was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for The
Saver.
writer and editor. Her debut feature film as a director, Marion
Bridge, won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best
Canadian First Feature Film at the 2002 Toronto International Film
Festival.Originally from Germany, von Carolsfeld moved to Canada.
Despite having degrees in medieval history and literature from the
University of Cologne, she was rejected when she applied to Ryerson
University's film school for lacking the Ontario-specific thirteenth
grade in her high school transcripts. Instead, she volunteered with
the local cable community channel to gain experience, before taking a
job as an assistant editor on David Cronenberg's M. Butterfly.Her
credits as an editor include Eisenstein, Shoemaker, The Five Senses,
The Bay of Love and Sorrows, Wrecked, Fugitive Pieces, Angelique's
Isle and An Audience of Chairs. As an editor, she was a shortlisted
Genie Award nominee for Best Editing at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002
for Eisenstein.As a writer/director, she followed up with the 2013
film Stay and the 2015 film The Saver. At the 4th Canadian Screen
Awards in 2016, she was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for The
Saver.
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