Anne-Kathrin Peitz

{{Short description|German film director and producer (born 1972)}}

{{Multiple issues| {{External links|date=March 2025}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2025}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Anne-Kathrin Peitz | image = Anne-Kathrin Peitz.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|03|05|mf=y}} | birth_place = Germany | occupation = Director, screenwriter, producer | years_active = 1995–present }}

'''Anne-Kathrin Peitz''' ({{IPAc-en|p|aɪ|t|s}}; {{IPA|de|paɪts|lang}}; born March 5, 1972) is a German documentary screenwriter, director and producer. She primarily works on classical music-related documentaries and television specials.

==Education and early career== Anne-Kathrin Peitz studied English literature and Theatre in Leeds (Bachelor of Arts at University of Leeds) and Berlin (Master's degree at the Technische und Freie Universität Berlin). She resides in Leipzig.

Peitz initially worked as a journalist for the Berliner Zeitung, the Leipziger Volkzeitung and other German publications as well as English language newspapers. She later became the product manager for WERGO, the recording label for new music at Schott Music publishers. She combined her love of music and writing to serve as head of Public Relations at the state opera houses in Leipzig and Stuttgart.<ref name ="ANNE">[http://accentus.com/anne-kathrin-peitz Bio for Anne-Kathrin Peitz, Accentus Music]</ref>

==Film, television and documentary work== While working at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, Peitz was the production manager for ''The Singing City'', a cinema documentary about the everyday life of a German opera house. The film won the Basler Filmpreis in 2011.

Since 2011 Peitz has beem a producer and writer for works including the multiple award-winning documentary ''John Cage – Journeys in Sound'' (WDR). Her debut as a director came in 2012 with her documentary series ''Sounds of the Sidewalk – On the Road with Buskers'' (ZDF/Arte).<ref>[https://www.fernsehserien.de/pflasterklaenge/episodenguide/0/25739 Review: “Plasterklänge“, Fernsehserien.de, 2013]</ref>

Peitz has directed numerous award-winning productions for television (ZDF/Arte/WDR). Her music documentaries have been viewed throughout the world at film festivals and on numerous broadcast stations (e.g. YLE, Svt, NRK, NHK, EVT, Brava, RAI, SF). She has directed documentaries on subject matter of classical music and Avant-garde trends in the genre. Peitz's primary work has been for the German production company Accentus Music (GmbH); most of her films have been released on DVD under the label Accentus Music.<ref>[http://observer.com/2017/04/montreal-art-fim-festival-review-pavlensky-almodovar/ “Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole Thrill, Charge and Fascinate in ‘War Paint’, Observer, July 4, 2017]</ref><ref>Round table discussion including Anne-Kathrin Peitz. [http://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/themenabend-musik-musikalische-avantgarde-im-zeichen-der.1091.de.html?dram:article_id=399074 Musikalische Avantgarde im Zeichen der Oktoberrevolution, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, November 4, 2017]</ref><ref>[https://www.ica.art/whats-on/fifa-john-cage-journeys-sound-extended-introduction-and-qa-susan-stenger-0 “FIFA: John Cage – Journeys in Sound”, ICA, September 27, 2013]</ref><ref>[http://www.musik-heute.de/4728/john-cage-der-klangtourist/ “John Cage: Der Klangtourist”, Musik heute, April 15, 2013]</ref><ref>[http://www.lvz.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Wichtiger-Preis-schlichte-Zeremonie-In-Mailand-wurde-der-ICMA-vergeben.-Auch-an-etliche-Leipziger “Wichtiger Preis, schlichte Zeremonie: In Mailand wurde der ICMA vergeben. Auch an etliche Leipziger”], Leipziger Volkszeitung, March 21, 2013</ref>

Her directorial work on ''Satiesfictions – Promenades with Erik Satie'' (WDR/Arte) earned her a nomination for the Grimme-Preis in 2016 and also received the ARD television programming award.<ref>[https://news.imz.at/news/accentus-music-receives-prestigious-ard-award-2316100/ Program - “Ausgezeichnet: Die Preise und Bestenlisten 2015/2016”, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik“, September 2015]</ref> ”Befitting its extraordinary subject, Anne-Kathrin Peitz and Youlian Tabakov’s brilliant film about the French composer and hardline agent provocateur Erik Satie aims at more than a standard life-and-works biography”, notes Philip Clark from Gramophone magazine.<ref>[https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/satiesfictions Clark, Philip. Satiesfictions. Review, Gramophone magazine online, November 2015]</ref>

Peitz's 2016 film ''Silenced – Composers in Revolutionary Russia'' (WDR/Arte) won the 2017 Czech Crystal for “Best Documentary” at Golden Prague Festival.<ref>[https://www.pressreader.com/germany/leipziger-volkszeitung/20171002/283102774254211 Award for music documentary from Leipzig, Leipziger Volkszeitung, 2 Oct 2017]</ref> The film looks at Russian composers of the early twentieth century, such as Arthur Lourié, Nikolai Roslavets, Alexander Mosolov, Sergei Prokofiev, Leon Theremin and Arseny Avraamov.

''The Unanswered Ives – Pioneer in American Music (WDR/Arte)'' is about Charles Ives (1874-1954). The film won the Czech Crystal for “Best Documentary” at Golden Prague Festival in 2019.

Peitz's ''Arthur Rubinstein – Farewell to Chopin'' from 2020 is dedicated to the pianist and part of the ZDF/Arte series ''Magic Moments in Music''.

In 2022 Peitz directed another 2022 episode for "Magic Moments in Music", on Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Ramallah. Also in 2022, Peitz explored a new music trend called Neo-Classical with the documentary ''The Sound Weavers: Ludovico Einaudi, Hauschka, Joep Beving, Hania Rani''.

==Filmography== ===as producer, production manager=== *2011 ''Die Singende Stadt'' *2014 ''A Tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki''

===as producer, writer=== *2012 ''John Cage – Journeys in Sound''

===as director, writer=== *2012 ''Sounds of the Sidewalk – On the Road with Buskers'' *2014 ''Satiesfictions – Promenades with Erik Satie'' *2016 ''Silenced – Composers in Revolutionary Russia'' *2018 ''The Unanswered Ives -- American Pioneer of Music'' *2020 ''From the Depths of the Soul – Foray through the Musical Landscape of Armenia'' *2021 ''Arthur Rubinstein – Farewell to Chopin'' *2021 ''The Sound Weavers: Ludovico Einaudi, Hauschka, Joep Beving, Hania Rani'' *2022 ''Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Ramallah'' *2023 ''Paul Dessau: Let's Hope For The Best'' *2023 ''Great Moments in Music - Rudolf Nureyev's 'Swan Lake''' (T.V. episode) *2024 ''Bugatti-Step''

==Documentary filmography/Awards== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Genre: length ! Credits ! Notes ! Awards earned |- |2022 |''Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Ramallah'' |Documentary: 43 min. |Director, writer |Produced for ZDF/Arte by Sounding Images | |- |2022 |''The Sound Weavers: Ludovico Einaudi, Hauschka, Joep Beving, Hania Rani'' |Documentary: 52 min. |Director, writer |Produced for ZDF/Arte by EuroArts | |- |2021 |''Arthur Rubinstein – Farewell to Chopin'' |Documentary: 43 min. |Director, writer |Produced for ZDF/Arte by Sounding Images | |- |2020 |''From the Depths of the Soul – Foray through the Musical Landscape of Armenia'' |Documentary: 56 min. |Director, writer |Produced for MDR/Arte by EuroArts | |- |2018 |''The Unanswered Ives -- American Pioneer of Music'' |Documentary: 56 min. |Director, writer |Produced for WDR/Arte by Accentus Music | *Golden Prague Film Festival 2019: Czech Crystal – Best Documentary |- |2016 |''Silenced - Composers in Revolutionary Russia'' |Documentary: 56 min. |Director, writer |Produced for WDR/Arte by Accentus Music | *Golden Prague Film Festival 2017: Czech Crystal – Best Documentary |- |2014 |''Satiesfictions – Promenades with Erik Satie'' |Documentary: 56 min. |Director, writer, producer |Produced for WDR/Arte by Accentus Music Available on DVD | *Nominated: Grimme-Preis 2016 *Diapason d’or Arte 2016 *Documentary and Short International Movie Awards (DSIMA) Jakarta 2015: Platin Award – Best European Documentary *Vierteljahresbestenliste der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2015 |- |rowspan="2"|2012 |''Sounds of the Sidewalk – On the Road with Buskers'' |4 part documentary series: 4 x 26 min. |Director, writer, producer |Produced for ZDF/Arte by Accentus Music | |- |''John Cage – Journeys in Sound'' |Documentary: 56 min. |Writer, producer |Produced for WDR by Accentus Music Available on DVD & Blu-ray | *International Television & Film Awards 2014: The Arts, Bronze Medaille *Echo Klassik 2013 – Musik-DVD Produktion des Jahres *Chicago International Film Festival 2013: Silver Hugo *International Classical Music Awards 2013 (ICMA): DVD Documentaries *Festival International du Film sur l’art (Fifa) 2013: Best Educational Film *Golden Prague Festival 2012: Czech Crystal – Best Documentary |- |2011 |''Singing City'' |Cinema Documentary: 90 min. |Production manager |Produced for 3sat by Filmtank Available on DVD | *Basler Filmpreis 2011 |- |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://accentus.com/anne-kathrin-peitz Anne-Kathrin Peitz] at ''ACCENTUS Music'' * {{IMDb name|4312759}} * {{Vimeo | user= peitzfilms | title= Anne-Kathrin Peitz }} *[http://english.crew-united.com/?show=memberdetail&ID=328694 Anne-Kathrin Peitz] at Crew United *{{Discogs artist|artist=2710025|name=Anne-Kathrin Peitz}} *[http://www.filmportal.de/person/anne-kathrin-peitz_681cdbfa28fc4056b13ef10902a82cba Anne-Kathrin Peitz] on Filmportal.de *{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0001708536}} *[https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/anne_kathrin_peitz Anne-Kathrin Peitz] at Rate Your Music

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