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Anne-Kathrin Peitz (/paɪts/; German: [paɪts]; born March 5, 1972) is a German documentary screenwriter, director and producer. She primarily works on classical music-related documentaries and television specials.

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Anne-Kathrin Peitz
Born	(1972-03-05) March 5, 1972 (age 50) Germany
Occupation	Director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1995–present

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 currently 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.[1]

Film, television and documentary work

While working at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, Peitz was to first delve into documentary making by initiating The Singing City, a cinema documentary about the everyday life of a German opera house (she was the production manager for the film). The film won the Basler Filmpreis in 2011.

Since 2011 Peitz works as 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).[2]

Anne-Kathrin 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). Her expertise has been recognized in directing 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.[3][4][5][6][7]

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.[8] ”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.[9]

Peitz's 2016 film Silenced – Composers in Revolutionary Russia (WDR/Arte) won the 2017 Czech Crystal for “Best Documentary” at Golden Prague Festival.[10] The film looks at Russian composers of the early twentieth century: The fates of young rebels such as Arthur Lourié, Nikolai Roslavets, Alexander Mosolov, Sergei Prokofiev and Leon Theremin or Arseny Avraamov reveal much about the early Soviet Union's cultural life, the hopeful and then tragic entanglement of art and politics to which so many artists fell victim during the First World War, the October Revolution, and the rule of Joseph Stalin. Peitz's film seeks to rediscover composers long banished and forgotten.

The Unanswered Ives – Pioneer in American Music (WDR/Arte) features perhaps the most famous “weekend composer” of musical history. Having been a businessman in the insurance sector and composing revolutionary twelve-tone music Charles Ives (1874-1954) is regarded today as the first composer of the modern age in America. Peitz's profound exploration of this extraordinary, multi-faceted personality is awarded again the Czech Crystal for “Best Documentary” at Golden Prague Festival in 2019.

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

Documentary filmography/Awards

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
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

External links

• Anne-Kathrin Peitz at ACCENTUS Music
• Anne-Kathrin Peitz at IMDb
• Anne-Kathrin Peitz's channel on Vimeo
• Anne-Kathrin Peitz at Crew United
• Anne-Kathrin Peitz discography at Discogs
• Anne-Kathrin Peitz on Filmportal.de
• Anne-Kathrin Peitz at AllMusic
• Anne-Kathrin Peitz at Rate Your Music

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