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Volker Schlöndorff

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 03/31/1939 (84) | Wiesbaden, Hesse (Germany)
Volker Schlöndorff (German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlkɐ ˈʃløːndɔʁf] ; born 31 March 1939) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He has 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. ()

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. 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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Talk-Shows

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Awards & Nominations for Volker Schlöndorff

Officer of The Legion of Honour Bavarian Order of Merit Order of Merit of Brandenburg Konrad Wolf Prize Romy (TV award) Carl Zuckmayer Medal Brothers Grimm Poetics Professorship Commander's Cross of The Order of Merit of The Federal Republic of Germany Berliner Bär Palme d'Or German Film Awards/honorary Award European Film Award for Best Film
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Movies with Volker Schlöndorff as Actor(47)

as himself2022 Merkel
as Self - Narrator (voice)2020 Last Year in Dachau
as himself2019 Fuck the Message
as himself2015 Fassbinder
as Self - Filmmaker2015 From Caligari to Hitler
as Self - Filmmaker2015 Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
as Himself - Narrator2010 Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
as himself2008 Malle's Fire Within
as himself2008 Code Name: Melville
as himself2006 Filmmakers in Action
as Self - Filmmaker / Interviewer2006 Billy Wilder Speaks
as himself2005 Von Sex bis Simmel
as himself2003 Die Verhoevens
as himself1991 Filmstunde
as German Film Director1981 Hands Up!
as N°5721978 Cinématon
as Un soldat allemand (uncredited)1961 Léon Morin, Priest

TV Shows/Series with Volker Schlöndorff as Actor(27)

as himself2011 Günther Jauch
as himself2011 Was wurde aus...?
as himself2010 Westpol: Eins zu eins
as himself2000 Abendschau
as himself1999 Beckmann
as himself1999 Maybrit Illner
as himself1999 Volle Kanne
as himself1998 Alpha Forum
as himself1997 Im Dialog
as himself1997 Nachtstudio
as himself1990 Zeil um Zehn
as himself1989 ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
as himself1987 Nachtcafé
as himself1986 American Masters
as himself1982 Champs-Elysées
as himself1979 NDR Talk Show
as himself1976 Kölner Treff
as himself1974 III nach neun
as himself1973 Je später der Abend

Movies with Volker Schlöndorff as Crew(80)

Directing/Director2017 The Nameless Day
Writing/Writer2017 The Nameless Day
Directing/Director2017 Return to Montauk
Writing/Screenplay2017 Return to Montauk
Directing/Director2014 Diplomacy
Writing/Screenplay2014 Diplomacy
Directing/Director2012 Calm at Sea
Writing/Writer2012 Calm at Sea
Production/Producer2010 Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
Directing/Director2007 Ulzhan
Directing/Director2007 Strike
Directing/Director2006 Billy Wilder Speaks
Editing/Editor2006 Billy Wilder Speaks
Directing/Director2004 The Ninth Day
Directing/Director2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Production/Producer2002 Everyman's Feast
Directing/Director2000 The Legend of Rita
Writing/Screenplay2000 The Legend of Rita
Directing/Director1998 Palmetto
Directing/Director1996 The Ogre
Writing/Screenplay1996 The Ogre
Directing/Director1992 Billy, How Did You Do It?
Directing/Director1991 Voyager
Writing/Screenplay1991 Voyager
Directing/Director1990 The Handmaid's Tale
Directing/Director1987 A Gathering of Old Men
Directing/Director1985 Death of a Salesman
Directing/Director1984 Swann in Love
Directing/Director1982 Krieg und Frieden
Writing/Writer1982 Krieg und Frieden
Directing/Director1981 Circle of Deceit
Writing/Writer1981 Circle of Deceit
Directing/Director1980 The Candidate
Writing/Writer1980 The Candidate
Directing/Director1979 The Tin Drum
Writing/Screenplay1979 The Tin Drum
Directing/Director1978 Germany in Autumn
Writing/Screenplay1978 Germany in Autumn
Production/Associate Producer1978 Beto Nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas
Directing/Director1977 Nur zum Spaß, nur zum Spiel
Writing/Writer1977 Nur zum Spaß, nur zum Spiel
Directing/Director1976 Coup de Grâce
Directing/Director1975 The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Writing/Screenplay1975 The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Directing/Director1975 Georginas Gründe
Writing/Writer1975 Georginas Gründe
Directing/Director1974 Übernachtung in Tirol
Production/Producer1974 Übernachtung in Tirol
Writing/Writer1974 Übernachtung in Tirol
Directing/Director1972 The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
Writing/Screenplay1972 The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
Directing/Director1972 A Free Woman
Production/Producer1972 A Free Woman
Writing/Writer1972 A Free Woman
Directing/Director1970 Baal
Production/Producer1970 Baal
Writing/Screenplay1970 Baal
Directing/Director1969 Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
Writing/Writer1969 Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
Directing/Director1967 Der Paukenspieler
Writing/Writer1967 Der Paukenspieler
Directing/Director1967 A Degree of Murder
Writing/Writer1967 A Degree of Murder
Directing/Director1966 Young Törless
Writing/Writer1966 Young Törless
Directing/Assistant Director1965 Viva Maria!
Directing/Co-Director1963 Méditerranée
Directing/Assistant Director1963 The Fire Within
Directing/Assistant Director1962 A Very Private Affair
Directing/Assistant Director1962 Le Doulos
Directing/Second Assistant Director1961 Last Year at Marienbad
Directing/Assistant Director1961 Léon Morin, Priest
Directing/Director1960 Wen kümmert's?
Editing/Editor1960 Wen kümmert's?
Writing/Writer1960 Wen kümmert's?

TV Shows/Series with Volker Schlöndorff as Crew(3)

Directing/Director1976 Nouvelles d'Henry James
Writing/Adaptation1976 Nouvelles d'Henry James
Writing/Writer1976 Nouvelles d'Henry James

Full Name: Volker Schlöndorff
Citizenship: Germany
Born: Friday, 03/31 1939 (March) in Wiesbaden, Hesse (Germany) (current age: 84 years + 364 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: German (DE, native language), English (EN), French (FR)
Educated at: Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, University of Paris
Employer: European Graduate School
Member of: Academy of Arts, Berlin, Deutsche Filmakademie
Spouses (current/former): Margarethe von Trotta
Volker Schlöndorff frequently works together with these people:
Margarethe von Trotta (22x, Actress)
Reinhold Messner (16x, Actor)
Wolfgang Niedecken (15x, Actor)
Senta Berger (14x, Actress)
Mario Adorf (14x, Actor)
Iris Berben (14x, Actress)
Uschi Glas (13x, Actress)
Marianne Koch (13x, Actress)
Gregor Gysi (13x, Actor)
Alice Schwarzer (13x, Actress)
Ulrich Wickert (13x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:59815, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024