Wiebke von Carolsfeld (born 1966) is a German Canadian film director, writer and editor."German's debut film perfectly Canadian". Vancouver Sun, April 18, 2003. Her debut feature film as a director, Marion Bridge, won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival."Marion Bridge wins prize at Toronto fest". Halifax Daily News, September 16, 2002.
Background Originally from Germany, von Carolsfeld moved to Canada. Despite having degrees in medieval history and literature from the University of Cologne,Jennie Punter, Piecing it all together, The Globe and Mail, April 22, 2003 she was rejected when she applied to Ryerson University's film school for lacking the Ontario-specific thirteenth grade in her high school transcripts. Instead, she volunteered with the local cable community channel to gain experience, before taking a job as an assistant editor on David Cronenberg's M. Butterfly.
Career Her credits as an editor include Eisenstein, Shoemaker, The Five Senses, The Bay of Love and Sorrows, Wrecked, Fugitive Pieces, Angelique's Isle and An Audience of Chairs. As an editor, she was a shortlisted Genie Award nominee for Best Editing at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002 for Eisenstein."Atanarjuat, War Bride lead Genie list". The Globe and Mail, December 13, 2001.
As a writer/director, she followed up with the 2013 film Stay"Director has staying power; Festival prize 'kept me going over the years'". Montreal Gazette, September 5, 2013. and the 2015 film The Saver."Wiebke von Carolsfeld pairs up with Imajyn Cardinal for The Saver film". CBC News, April 17, 2015. At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, she was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Saver.Chris Jancelewicz, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards nominees: ‘Rookie Blue,’ ‘Vikings,’ ‘Big Brother Canada’ nominated". Global News, January 19, 2016.
In 2019 she published Claremont, her first novel.Ian McGillis, "Books: Filmmaker Wiebke von Carolsfeld makes powerful fiction debut". Montreal Gazette, October 4, 2019. In 2020 the book was optioned for a film adaptation by Jeremy Podeswa.Lauren Malyk, "Rebelfilms’ Podeswa options Wiebke von Carolsfeld’s Claremont". Playback, November 27, 2020.
Her film Someone's Daughter premiered at the 30th Fantasia International Film Festival in 2026.Jeremy Kay, "Fantasia second wave includes Jane Schoenbrun, Adams Family, ‘Cape Fear’". Screen Daily, June 4, 2026.
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