Leading figure in the New German Cinema movement as well as in feminist cinema. She directed the film Marianne and Juliane.
She co-directed short films and worked as an Actress in films such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
She won the Italian Golden Globe Award for Best European Film for Rosentrasse in 2003.
She was married to fellow Director Volker Schlöndorff.
Her films were often compared to those made during the 1960s and 1970s by renowned Swedish Director Ingmar Bergman.
