Regina Ziegler: key obituary facts
Is Regina Ziegler dead? Yes. Regina Ziegler died on November 1, 2026, at age 82.
Cause of death: Regina Ziegler's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Regina Ziegler known for?
She was a German film producer.
More about Regina Ziegler
Born: 8 March 1944.
Place of birth: Quedlinburg.
Gender: female.
Occupation: film producer, university teacher, film director.
Nationality: Germany.
Awards: Order of Merit of Berlin, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Romy, Deutscher Filmpreis 2016, Berliner Bär.
Spouse: Wolf Gremm.
Children: Tanja Ziegler.
German film and television producer Regina Ziegler died November 1, 2026, aged 82.
Born in Quedlinburg, she briefly studied law at the Free University of Berlin before leaving her studies to take a production-assistant job at Sender Freies Berlin. In 1973, she established the independent company Ziegler Films, becoming Germany’s first female film producer.
Over the course of her career, she produced about 500 works for cinema and television. Ziegler’s honors included the Order of Merit of Berlin, the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, a Romy Award and the German Film Award in 2016. She also received the Berliner Bär and a Lifetime Carl Laemmle Producers Award, and was appointed to the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class. Her work and career received an international retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2006. Ziegler also served on the jury of the 44th Venice International Film Festival. She was married to director Wolf Gremm, and her daughter is Tanja Ziegler. Alongside producing, her listed professional roles included university teacher and film director.