Jeanne Stern
Writing
Known For

A new world full of excitement and temptation opens up for 18-year-old Erika when her father flees from KrĂĽselin, a small village in Brandenburg, to West Berlin, taking his daughter with him. Her uncle's luxurious house, the turbulence of life in the big city, and her cousin's progressive thinking and quick wit all turn her head at first. But behind all this glitter and tinsel lurks the cold, hard world of money and Erika begins to feel homesick for the town where she grew up and for Rolf, her first real boyfriend.
Life Begins

The story of a resistance fighter in the Nazi era: Communist Hans Löning was arrested in 1933, imprisoned in a concentration camp and tortured. The Gestapo plans to smash the resistance group around Löning. Despite the imminent threat to his life, Löning, together with his wife, organized the passive resistance of the Hamburg workers against the Hitler regime. In 1944, Löning was again taken and killed.
Stronger Than the Night

East German propaganda film about an American army base trying to take away land from a West German village.
The Condemned Village

Documentary film about the Spanish Civil War.
Unbändiges Spanien
The story of Siamese brother and sister, Zut and Alors, and their quest for love. Uses clock-work puppetry. Materials include book covers, crepe paper, bicycle bells, party blowers and more.
Les Malaventures de Zut-Alors
A fantastical animated world assembled out of plastic bits found on the side of the road in Austin, Texas. Act I: Magnetic Attraction Act II: Sneaker Toss Act III: Arcade Chicken