The same year, she began a two-year attendance in film studies in the drama department of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.

[1] In 1975, back in Germany, Dörrie began to study at the University of Television and Film Munich.

Subsequently, Dörrie worked as a volunteer for various television stations, and filmed short documentaries.

She has published several novels, short story collections and children's books, and also staged and directed a number of operas.

[7] In 2019, Dörrie served on the jury that chose Pauline Curnier Jardin as winner of the Preis der Nationalgalerie.