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Volker Schlöndorff
Director

Volker Schlöndorff

31 Mar 1939Born
87Age
61Credits
Wiesbaden, Hesse, GermanyBirthplace

Biography

Volker Schlöndorff is a Berlin-based German filmmaker. He won an Oscar as well as the Palme d'or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival for The Tin Drum (1979), the film version of the novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass. In 1991, he was the Head of the Jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Schlöndorff has adapted many literary works for his movies, including some critically well-received US productions, but he is also engaged in post-war German politics. He served as the chief executive for the UFA studio in Babelsberg. Schlöndorff also teaches film and literature at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, where he conducts an Intensive Summer Seminar.

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He was married to fellow film director Margarethe von Trotta from 1971 to 1991. He is currently married to Angelika Schlöndorff, and the couple has one daughter.

Known for

Filmography

  1. TBAAfrikaFilm: Director, Writer
  2. 2026VisitationFilm: Writer, Director
  3. 2026Igor and AfterFilm
  4. 2023German GeniusSeries: Volker Schlöndorff (1 episode)
  5. 2022The Forest MakerFilm: Director, Writer
  6. 2017The Nameless DayFilm: Writer, Director
  7. 2017Return to MontaukFilm: Director, Screenplay
  8. 2015The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on BaalFilm: Interviewer
  9. 2014Henri Langlois vu par...Film: Director
  10. 2014DiplomacyFilm: Director, Screenplay
  11. 2012Calm at SeaFilm: Director, Writer
  12. 2011Nuits transparentesFilm
  13. 2010Cave of Forgotten DreamsFilm: Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
  14. 2010Melville Steps Out of the ShadowsFilm: Interviewee
  15. 2007UlzhanFilm: Director
  16. 2007StrikeFilm: Director
  17. 2006Billy Wilder SpeaksFilm: Director
  18. 2005Enigma – Eine uneingestandene LiebeFilm: Director
  19. 2004The Ninth DayFilm: Director
  20. 2002Ten Minutes Older: The CelloFilm: Director
  21. 2002The EnlightenmentFilm: Director
  22. 2002Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keineFilm: Director
  23. 2000The Legend of RitaFilm: Director, Screenplay
  24. 2000Schrott - Die AtzenposseFilm
  25. 1998PalmettoFilm: Director
  26. 1996The OgreFilm: Director, Screenplay
  27. 1992Billy, How Did You Do It?Series: Director (6 episodes)
  28. 1992The Michael Nyman SongbookFilm: Director
  29. 1992Billy, How Did You Do It?Film: Director
  30. 1991VoyagerFilm: Director, Screenplay
  31. 1990The Handmaid's TaleFilm: Director
  32. 1987A Gathering of Old MenFilm: Director
  33. 1985Death of a SalesmanFilm: Director
  34. 1984Swann in LoveFilm: Director
  35. 1982War and PeaceFilm: Writer, Director
  36. 1981Circle of DeceitFilm: Writer, Director
  37. 1980The CandidateFilm: Director, Writer
  38. 1979The Tin DrumFilm: Screenplay, Director
  39. 1978CinématonFilm: N°572
  40. 1978Germany in AutumnFilm: Screenplay, Director
  41. 1977Portrait of Valeska GertFilm: Director, Writer
  42. 1976Coup de GrâceFilm: Director
  43. 1976Henry James StoriesSeries: Director (1 episode)
  44. 1975Georginas GründeFilm: Director, Writer
  45. 1975The Lost Honor of Katharina BlumFilm: Screenplay, Director
  46. 1974Stayover in TirolFilm: Director, Writer
  47. 1972A Free WomanFilm: Writer, Director
  48. 1972The Morals of Ruth HalbfassFilm: Director, Screenplay
  49. 1971Mathias KneißlFilm
  50. 1971The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of KombachFilm: Director, Writer
  51. 197011 Uhr 20Series: Barkeepeer Henry (3 episodes)
  52. 1970BaalFilm: Director, Screenplay
  53. 1969Michael Kohlhaas - The RebelFilm: Director, Writer
  54. 1967Der PaukenspielerFilm: Director, Writer
  55. 1967Degree of MurderFilm: Director, Writer
  56. 1967Neuer Deutscher Film ReportFilm
  57. 1966Young TörlessFilm: Writer, Director
  58. 1964Chance at LoveFilm: German soldier (segment "Chance du guerrier, La") (uncredited)
  59. 1962Le DoulosFilm: Man in Bar (uncredited)
  60. 1961Léon Morin, PriestFilm: German Soldier (uncredited)
  61. 1960Who Cares...Film: Writer, Director

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