Ariela Bogenberger (born February 27, 1962, in Munich) is a German screenwriter,[1] producer, cabaret director and journalist.

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Bogenberger is the daughter of Veronika Fitz[2] and the actor Willi Anders.

Bogenberger worked as a journalist for the Badische Zeitung, the Münchner Merkur, the Münchner Theaterzeitung and BR-Hörfunk. She was responsible for several episodes of the cabaret television series Das Brettl as author and producer. She also worked as a cabaret director and as an author for the BR productions Live aus dem Schlachthof and Frauensache. In 2000 she was a scholarship holder of the Celle School. In 2002/2003 she completed the Drehbuchwerkstatt München, since then she has been active as a screenwriter. Her first book was the basis for Rainer Kaufmann's multi-award-winning television film Maria's Last Journey.[3]

In 2017, she reported on her 18-year membership (1997–2015) in the sect-like Kirschblütengemeinschaft of the guru Samuel Widmer in Petra K. Wagner's documentary film Aussteigen.[4][5]

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She lives with her husband, the composer and crime novelist ("Chiemsee Blues") Thomas Bogenberger, and their three children in Prien am Chiemsee.

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  1. ^ Stamm, Hugo (November 17, 2020). "Aussteigerin bei den Kirschblütlern packt aus: "Drogen und Tantra sind toxische Kombination"". Solothurner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  2. ^ Rundfunk, Bayerischer (June 2, 2023). "Unter unserem Himmel: Veronika Fitz – Volksschauspielerin". BR.de (in German). Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "Filme". Kino in Trier (in German). Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  4. ^ sueddeutsche.de: Dem Sekten-Guru verfallen
  5. ^ stuttgarter-zeitung.de: Gefangen in der „Kirschblütengemeinschaft“

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