Rideaux is currently getting ready to shoot the feature film Project Hammer in Johannesburg, South Africa, a political suspense thriller based on her true story as a war-correspondent.
FRIENDS offers personalized ceremonies and funerals of all kinds, End-of-Life Celebrations, Death Midwifing, teaches the ancient art and wisdom of dying well – and is a strong promoter of Advanced Care Directives for everyone over 18 years of age. In 2012, Rideaux started the first alternative funeral home in the U.S. PicturePerfect is today one of the top 20 celebrity photo agency worldwide and operates in over 40 countries. In 2002, Rideaux started the photo Agency "PicturePerfect", a red carpet celebrity photo agency. In 2001, Rideaux wrote, directed and produced Backgammon, a futuristic Arthouse feature that won critical acclaim at festivals in Berlin, London and Cannes, where it received the Cannes Film Festival Independent Award – handed to Rideaux by Albert II, Prince of Monaco. Other documentaries like Tornadoes, Curlers Against Misery, Burning Man as well as her TV-series Cowgirls were broadcast on TV-stations all over the world. Her documentary Treewoman about Julia Butterfly Hill won international acclaim and various awards (among others, the prestigious International Documentary Association/Pare Lorentz Award). Her company Zirius Film Productions produces hard-hitting documentaries and feature films. In September 1996 Rideaux moved to Los Angeles.
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In 1992 she left Germany to embark on a multiple year journey around the world, working as a foreign TV correspondent in places like Spain, Bosnia, Colombia, India, Afghanistan, Iraq, Australia, South Africa, Rwanda, Somalia, etc.ĭuring those years, Rideaux worked extensively as a war correspondent and investigative journalist for various international TV stations like the BBC, British Channel 4, Dutch and German TV, ABC New York, ABC Australia, Nippon TV NHK, Reuters News agency, etc.During this time, Rideaux got "increasingly frustrated with the amount of censorship and propaganda we are exposed to in our daily media intake". 1991 she co-hosted the TV show "Voll Drauf" (initially with Cherno Jobatey). She covered highlights of the German Reunification like the opening of the Brandenburg Gate. In 1989 Rideaux moved to Berlin where she worked as a TV news reporter and show host for German Television ARD (broadcaster). Rideaux moved to Munich, where she worked for German broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (Radio and Television). She then moved on to become editor in chief of the local TV Station Regionalfernsehen Ingolstadt at age 20 where she hosted the daily news hour. Rideaux started writing for newspapers at age 15 and started publishing the local political magazine Schanzer Journal at age 18.
She graduated with the German Abitur 1986 and finished her studies at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich with two Masters in International Politics and Journalism in 1991. Most of her childhood years were spent in Bavaria ( Wettstetten/ Ingolstadt). From an early age, Rideaux was encouraged to compete in various sports like horseback riding, gymnastic, athletics, fencing, volleyball and skiing among others. Born as Ziri Barbara Wagner in Esslingen/Germany, Rideaux grew up with her parents Wolf and Renate Wagner and her younger sister Maia.