Nora Fingscheidt

Directing

Born: February 17, 1983

Birthplace: Braunschweig, Germany

Nora Fingscheidt (/ˈfɪŋʃaɪt/ FING-shyte born 17 February 1983) is a German director and screenwriter. She has been a participant of the Max Ophüls Preis film festival since 2011 for her short films, winning the prize in 2017 for Without This World (Ohne diese Welt). She became widely known for her critically acclaimed film System Crasher, which premiered at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival in 2019 and for which she won the Alfred Bauer Prize, as well as other awards. In 2020, her film also won eight awards at the German Film Awards, including for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Director. She directed The Unforgivable, featuring Sandra Bullock, based on the 2009 series Unforgiven. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nora Fingscheidt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.