Mareike Wegener

PETROLIO FILM GmbH

BIOGRAPHIE

Mareike Wegener is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and producer who studied directing at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and the New School in New York as well as philosophy at the European Graduate School in Switzerland. She made her directorial debut with the feature-length documentary „Mark Lombardi – Death-defying Acts of Art and Conspiracy“(2012) which premiered theatrically in Germany and at the MoMA in New York. In addition to this, Mareike Wegener co-wrote the non-fiction films „PEAK“ (2011), „I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER“ (2014), and „RIAFN“ (2019) with director Hannes Lang. The company PETROLIO is a filmmakers’ cooperative she co-founded with fellow filmmakers Carmen Losmann and Hannes Lang. Their latest production „OECONOMIA“ (2020) premiered at the 70th Berlinale in the Forum section.

FILMOGRAPHIE