Ariela Bogenberger

Ariela Bogenberger (born February 27, 1962, in Munich) is a German screenwriter, producer, cabaret director and journalist.

Career
Bogenberger is the daughter of Veronika Fitz and the actor Willi Anders.

Bogenberger worked as a journalist for the Badische Zeitung, the Münchner Merkur, the Münchner Theaterzeitung and BR-Hörfunk. She was responsible for several episodes of the cabaret television series Das Brettl as author and producer. She also worked as a cabaret director and as an author for the BR productions Live aus dem Schlachthof and Frauensache. In 2000 she was a scholarship holder of the Celle School. In 2002/2003 she completed the Drehbuchwerkstatt München, since then she has been active as a screenwriter. Her first book was the basis for Rainer Kaufmann's multi-award-winning television film Maria's Last Journey.

In 2017, she reported on her 18-year membership (1997–2015) in the sect-like Kirschblütengemeinschaft of the guru Samuel Widmer in Petra K. Wagner's documentary film Aussteigen.

Private life
She lives with her husband, the composer and crime novelist ("Chiemsee Blues") Thomas Bogenberger, and their three children in Prien am Chiemsee.

Filmography

 * 2005: Marias letzte Reise – TV movie/tragicomedy, directed by Rainer Kaufmann
 * 2007: Späte Aussicht – TV movie, directed by Sylvia Hoffmann
 * 2010: In aller Stille – TV movie, directed by Rainer Kaufmann: Rainer Kaufmann
 * 2012: Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder – TV movie, director: Xaver Schwarzenberger
 * 2012: Mittlere Reife – TV movie, director: Martin Enlen
 * 2013: Hattinger und die kalte Hand – Ein Chiemseekrimi – TV movie, director: Hans Steinbichler
 * 2014: Die Frau aus dem Moor – TV movie, director: Christoph Stark
 * 2017: Polizeiruf 110: Nachtdienst

Awards

 * Karl-Buchrucker-Preis for the screenplay of Marias letzte Reise
 * Adolf-Grimme-Preis in Gold for the screenplay of Marias letzte Reise
 * Banff Rockie Award for Marias letzte Reise as Best Television Film at the 27th Banff World Television Festival. Banff World Television Festival 2006
 * Nomination for the Prix Europa 2005 (best screenplay) for Maria's Last Journey
 * Special award for the screenplay of In aller Stille at the Fernsehfilm-Festival Baden-Baden 2010
 * Grimme Prize 2011 for the screenplay of In aller Stille