Ariane Riecker (born in 1969) is a German author and director of documentaries and reports.
She published various non-fiction books, including Stasi intim with Dirk Schneider and Annett Schwarz.
Gespräche mit ehemaligen MfS-Angehörigen (Talking to former MfS officials) (1990)[2] and Laienspieler : sechs Politikerporträts (Amateur players: six political portraits) : Peter-Michael Diestel, Gregor Gysi, Regine Hildebrandt, Günther Krause, Wolfgang Thierse, Konrad Weiss : and an interview with Friedrich Schorlemmer (1991).
Her work during this time includes the documentary Dennis Hopper – Create Or Die,[4] which premiered at the Berlinale in 2003.
Riecker has worked for ARD, ZDF, MDR, Arte and other broadcasters as a documentary and report director and scriptwriter since 2001.