FOUNDER & CEO

Dr. Frauke Schlieckau

Frauke Schlieckau  is founder and managing director of Bottega Berlin Productions. For Bottega Berlin Productions Frauke Schlieckau regularly produces magazine features for ZDF aspekte and 3Sat Kulturzeit as executive producer.  As a director, writer and executive producer, she has made numerous documentaries for broadcasters such as Arte, SRF and 3sat. Most recently “Frans Hals. Master of Joy” for Arte/ZDF.

Before she founded BBP she has been working in the cultural editorial department of  a large Berlin-based production company since 2013, most recently as editor-in-chief for Arte’s european cultural magazine Metropolis.

She also used to work as a cultural editor at the Second German Television ZDF where she worked on the the literary programme “Das blaue Sofa” amongst others. During this time, she moderated a series of talks  for the ZDF / 3Sat specials The Blue Sofa and The Long Night of the Blue Sofa at the book fairs in Frankfurt and Leipzig.

Frauke Schlieckau studied art history, German literature and theatre studies at the Freie Universität Berlin and the International University of San Servolo in Venice and was awared a PhD in Berlin. She holds an MBA Essentials Certificate from the London School of Economics (LSE), a Yale Female Leadership Certificate and an Arts & Heritage Management Certificate from the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi. 

During her many years as a journalist, Frauke Schlieckau has succeeded in building up an extensive and international network of artists, creative people, and cultural and media professionals.

She is a member of the German Journalists Association and the Documentary Association of Europe, of the AG DOK and the German Association of Journalists.

Interviews (selection):

Culture: Willem Dafoe, Isabella Rossellini, Siri Hustvedt, Wim Wenders, Liam Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Jamie Hince & Alison Mosshart, Moderat, Bob Geldof, Ebony Bones, Eric Burdon, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jérôme Bel, Sharon Eyal, Naomi Klein, Adam Green, August Diehl

Art: Ai Weiwei, Olafur Eliasson, Katharina Grosse, Tino Sehgal, Elmgreen & Dragset, Douglas Gordon, Germano Celant, Ragnar Kjartansson, Michael Armitage, El Anatsui, Harland Miller, Yinka Shonibare, Massimiliano Gioni, Ralph Rugoff, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Neil Beloufa, Pamela Rosenkranz, Oda Jaune, Julian Charrière, Julius von Bismarck, Christopher Rothko, Lee Ufan, Glenn Brown

FILMOGRAPHY:

Executive Producer:

Frans Hals. Master of Joy. Script and Direction: Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin Production. 53 Min. Arte/ZDF, 2024

Music of the future. How the classical music scene is reinventing itself. Script and Direction: Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin Production. 30 min. SRF, 3Sat, NZZ, 2022

The “I in Art”. The history of the self-portrait.  Script and Direction: Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin Production. 10 min. ZDF aspekte, 2021

Alexander Calder. Minimal. Maximal. Script and Direction: Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin Production.4.30 min. ZDF aspekte, 2021

Porträt Mirna Funk. Script and Direction: Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin Production.5 min. ZDF aspekte, 2021

Porträt Amina Aziz. Script and Direction: Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin Production. 4.30 min. 3sat Kulturzeit, 2021

Rembrandt, habibi! Script and Direction: Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin Production.4.30 min. ZDF aspekte, 2021

Documentaries (Script & Direction):

How Artificial Intelligence and robotics are revolutionizing art. Script and direction: Frauke Schlieckau 52 min. Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). 53 min, 2021

Caspar David Friedrich. A wanderer between the worlds. A film by Nicola Graef and Frauke Schlieckau. A Lona Media Production. 52 min. Arte

Reload for the art world. How robotics and AI changing creativity. Script and Direction: Frauke Schlieckau. A Lona Media Production, 37 min. 3sat, 2021

Climate change in the arts. Script and Direction. 37 min. 3sat, 2020