Eva Weber is a London-based, German filmmaker working in both documentary and fiction. Weber's multi-award-winning films have screened at more than 100 festivals, including Sundance, Telluride, Edinburgh, and London, amongst others. She has found acclaim with films like the feature documentary Merkel, the 27-minute documentary The Solitary Life of Cranes, and the mid-length documentary Black Out. Her film The Solitary Life of Cranes was described as “one of the most absorbing documentaries of the year” by The Observer, and selected as one of the top five films of the year in Sight & Sound’s annual film review. Her fiction short Field Study was nominated for the 2015 European Film Award.
She is the recipient of a Sundance Institute Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award and is a Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Lab Fellow. She is also a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
At MacDowell in 2016, Weber worked on a screenplay of her feature film Ghost Wives, which is being supported by the Danish Film Institute and Creative Europe. Set in China, the film is inspired by a true story and combines fiction and documentary elements. She also developed a number of other feature projects while in residence.
Portrait by Oliver Oettli
