Bettina Böhler

Bettina Böhler (born 1960 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German film editor.

Career Böhler began her professional journey at the age of nineteen as an assistant editor working with 35-mm film.

Working as an editor since 1985, Böhler has edited more than 90 feature films, documentaries, and television movies. Many of these films have received acclaim at international film festivals such as Cannes, Venice, and Berlin.

She has been nominated several times for the German Lola Award: 2012 for her collaboration with director Christian Petzold on Barbara, 2017 for Wild (director Nicolette Krebitz), 2020 for her own documentary „Schlingensief - A Voice that shook the Silence“ and 2022 for Krebitz’ AEIOU.

Selected filmography 1986: Du mich auch - director: Dani Levy 1991: The Blue Hour - director: Marcel Gisler 1991: Taiga (documentary film) - director: Ulrike Ottinger 1992: Langer Gang - director: Yılmaz Arslan 1992: Terror 2000 - director: Christoph Schlingensief 1994: The Blue One - director: Lienhard Wawrzyn 1995: Cuba Libre - director: Christian Petzold 1996: Gefährliche Freundin - director: Hermine Huntgeburth 1997: F. est un salaud - director: Marcel Gisler 1998: Drachenland - director: Florian Gärtner 1998: Places in Cities - director: Angela Schanelec 2000: The State I Am In - director: Christian Petzold 2002: Khamosh Pani - Silent Waters - director: Sabiha Sumar 2002: Wolfsburg - director: Christian Petzold 2003: Marseille - director: Angela Schanelec 2003: My Friend Henry - director: Auli Mantila 2004: Ghosts - director: Christian Petzold 2005: Fremde Haut - director: Angelina Maccarone 2006: Sehnsucht - director: Valeska Grisebach 2006: It Started Well (documentary film) - Director: Susanna Salonen 2006: Yella - director: Christian Petzold 2008: Germany 09 - "The Unfinished" - director: Nicolette Krebitz 2008: Jerichow - director: Christian Petzold 2008: Pomegranates and Myrrh (Al mor wa al rumman) - director: Najwa Najjar 2009: Lulu & Jimi - Director: Oskar Roehler 2010: Jew Suss: Rise and Fall - director: Oskar Roehler 2011: The Look - Charlotte Rampling (cinema documentary) - director: Angelina Maccarone 2012: Barbara - director: Christian Petzold 2012: Hannah Arendt - director: Margarethe von Trotta 2013: Gold - director: Thomas Arslan 2013: Rosie - director: Marcel Gisler 2014: Patong Girl - director: Susanna Salonen 2014: Phoenix - director: Christian Petzold 2017: Axolotl Overkill - director: Helene Hegemann 2018: Transit - director: Christian Petzold 2019: A Regular Woman - director: Sherry Hormann 2020: Undine - director: Christian Petzold 2023: Afire - director: Christian Petzold 2024: September Says - director: Ariane Labed 2025: Miroirs No. 3 - director: Christian Petzold

As director and editor 2020: Schlingensief - A Voice that Shook the Silence (cinema documentary)

Awards and honours

2000: German Editing Award for The State I Am In 2001: German Film Critics' Award for The State I Am In 2007: Femina Film Award for Yella 2012: Nomination for the German Film Award in the category Best Editing for Barbara" 2021: Bavarian Film Award for Schlingensief - A Voice that Shook the Silence 2021: German Camera Award for Schlingensief - A Voice that Shook the Silence ''