Person
Ulrike Koch
Writing · Birkenfeld
Biography
Ulrike Koch was born in Birkenfeld/Nahe, Germany. She studied sinology, Japanology and ethnology at the University of Zurich as well as Chinese literature and philosophy at Beijing University/China. Her journalistic activities include writing articles and film reviews for various publications, e.g., Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Weltwoche, Positif (Paris), as well as project consulting and lecturing on China, Tibet and Buddhism. Before directing her own films she worked as casting director for The Last Emperor and Little Buddha, both by Bernardo Bertolucci; and as assistant director for Johanna d'Arc of Mongolia by Ulrike Ottinger and Urga by Nikita Mikhalkov. She lives and works as an independent filmmaker in Zollikon near Zurich.
Known for

Little Buddha
Casting

Close to Eden
Assistant Director
Regilaul - Songs of the Ancient Sea
Writer

The Saltmen of Tibet
Writer
Ässhäk - Geschichten aus der Sahara
Director
Filmography
- 2011Regilaul - Songs of the Ancient SeaWriter
- 2003Ässhäk - Geschichten aus der SaharaDirector
- 1997The Saltmen of TibetWriter
- 1993Little BuddhaCasting
- 1991Close to EdenAssistant Director
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