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Herwig Kipping was born on 31 March 1948 in Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Das Land hinter dem Regenbogen (1992), Hommage à Hölderlin (1983) and Novalis - Die blaue Blume (1993).germanistic- Director
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Reto Andrea Savoldelli was born on 20 December 1949 in Solothurn, Switzerland. He is a director and actor, known for Hieronymus, Stella da Falla (1972) and Lydia (1969).star- Producer
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Born in Munich in 1961 Oliver Herbrich made at the age of 18 his first full length movie "Mathais Kneissl". A short while later, after completing his secondary education, Herbrich began studies at the Munich Academy of Film and Television. His film education was supplemented by sojourns to Australia and South America, where occasionally shooting under precarious circumstances, he completed his first two documentaries. He graduated from the Academy in 1985.
That same year he was the youngest participant at the Moscow International Filmfestival, his submission: "Wodzeck" his second full length movie. During 1986 Herbrich completed another two non-fiction films in Germany, became a jury member of the Hamburg Film Förderung and the Munich Documentary Filmfestival. Since 1987, he has filmed on location at sites throughout the globe as he continues his series of "Third World" documentaries. His latest movie "Earthbound" ("Erdenschwer", 1989) was awarded international prizes. Another two full length non fiction films shot in Nepal and Irelanf followed then after.
Founder of Licht & Ton GmbH (1980-2014) Founder of Oliver Herbrich Childrens Fund (non profit organization)
Retrospectives: 1985 Filmfest Munich, Germay. 1987 Low Budget Festival Hamburg, Germany .1989 Filmweek Herdecke, Germany. 1990 West Virginia Filmfestival, Cahrelston, USA Award: 1994 Filmpreis Der Landeshauptstadt München, Germanyromanticism- Director
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Philip Werner Sauber was born on 4 April 1947 in Zurich, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for Reisst die Mauern ein - holt die Menschen raus (1971), Der einsame Wanderer (1968) and Sappho (1967). He died on 9 May 1975 in Köln, Germany.revolution- Director
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Hans-Christoph Blumenberg was born on 1 March 1947 in Lychen, Brandenburg, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Planet der Kannibalen (2001), Beim nächsten Kuß knall ich ihn nieder (1996) and Deutschlandspiel (2000).critic- Writer
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Director. Writer. Producer. Has studied germanistics, theatre, psychology and african languages between 1962 and 1967. Has travelled Africa and Asia. In 1971 co-founder of the german Filmverlag der Autoren. 1983 he founded his own production company. Geissendoerfer is producer and partly director of the first real German soap opera Lindenstraße (1985), which nowadays (1995) has had more than 500 episodes on air since December 1984.adaptations- Director
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Helmut Herbst was born on 2 December 1934 in Escherhof, Rhineland, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for John Heartfield, Fotomonteur (1977), Eine deutsche Revolution (1982) and Drei Versuche über Anton Webern: Opus 5 - fünfter Satz. He was married to Renate Merck. He died on 9 October 2021 in Odenwald, Germany.experimental- Director
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Studied theatre science, German philology, art history, and publicism in Munich. Published some poems and short stories during early 1950s, co-edited the literature magazine "Spuren". In 1952, he took acting lessons, co-founded a student theatre which became established as the university's studio stage in 1954. He assisted (camera, editing, production) in several films during mid-50ies, became script adviser in the educational film production company 'Gesellschaft fur bildende Filme (GBF)' in 1957. He started directing his own short documentaries, industrial films, and short films in 1959. In the same year, Edgar Reitz, Herbert Vesely, Haro Senft, Raimund Ruehl, and Franz-Josef Spieker founded 'Doc 59' aka 'Münchener Gruppe' which prepared the 'Oberhausener Manifest' of 1962. From 1962-65, Reitz directed a department at the 'Insel-Film' production company. In 1963, Edgar Reitz and Alexander Kluge initiated the foundation of the film department at 'Hochschule fur Gestaltung' (College for Design) in Ulm. Reitz' first feature, Table for Love (1967), is among the many debuts in the aftermath of the Oberhausener Manifest which shaped the term 'New German Cinema'.epic- Producer
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Rudolf Thome was born on 14 November 1939 in Wallau, Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany. He is a producer and director, known for Berlin Chamissoplatz (1980), The Philosopher (1989) and Tagebuch (1975). He was previously married to Karin Thome.silence- Writer
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Above all, Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a rebel whose life and art was marked by gross contradiction. Openly homosexual, he married twice; one of his wives acted in his films and the other served as his editor. Accused variously by detractors of being anticommunist, male chauvinist, antiSemitic and even antigay, he completed 44 projects between 1966 and 1982, the majority of which can be characterized as highly intelligent social melodramas. His prodigious output was matched by a wild, self-destructive libertinage that earned him a reputation as the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema (as well as its central figure.) Known for his trademark leather jacket and grungy appearance, Fassbinder cruised the bar scene by night, looking for sex and drugs, yet he maintained a flawless work ethic by day. Actors and actresses recount disturbing stories of his brutality toward them, yet his pictures demonstrate his deep sensitivity to social misfits and his hatred of institutionalized violence. Some find his cinema needlessly controversial and avant-garde; others accuse him of surrendering to the Hollywood ethos. It is best said that he drew forth strong emotional reactions from all he encountered, both in his personal and professional lives, and this provocative nature can be experienced posthumously through reviewing his artistic legacy.
Fassbinder was born into a bourgeois Bavarian family in 1945. His father was a doctor and his mother a translator. In order to have time for her work, his mother frequently sent him the movies, a practice that gave birth to his obsession with the medium. Later in life, he would claim that he saw a film nearly every day and sometimes as many as three or four. At the age of 15, Fassbinder defiantly declared his homosexuality, soon after which he left school and took a job. He studied theater in the mid-sixties at the Fridl-Leonhard Studio in Munich and joined the Action Theater (aka, Anti-Theater) in 1967. Unlike the other major auteurs of the New German Cinema (e.g., Schlöndorff, Herzog and Wenders) who started out making movies, Fassbinder acquired an extensive stage background that is evident throughout his work. Additionally, he learned how to handle all phases of production, from writing and acting to direction and theater management. This versatility later surfaced in his films where, in addition to some of the aforementioned responsibilities, Fassbinder served as composer, production designer, cinematographer, producer and editor. [So boundless was his energy, in fact, that he appeared in 30 projects of other directors.] In his theater years, he also developed a repertory company that included his mother, two of his wives and various male and female lovers. Coupled with his ability to serve in nearly any crew capacity, this gave him the ability to produce his films quickly and on extremely low budgets.
Success was not immediate for Fassbinder. His first feature length film, a gangster movie called Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) was greeted by catcalls at the Berlin Film Festival. His next piece, Katzelmacher (1969), was a minor critical success, garnering five prizes after its debut at Mannheim. It featured Jorgos, an emigrant from Greece, who encounters violent xenophobic slackers in moving into an all-German neighborhood. This kind of social criticism, featuring alienated characters unable to escape the forces of oppression, is a constant throughout Fassbinder's diverse oeuvre. In subsequent years, he made such controversial films about human savagery such as Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971) and Whity (1971) before scoring his first domestic commercial success with The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972). This moving portrait of a street vendor crushed by the betrayal and his own futility is considered a masterpiece, as is his first international success Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) (Fear Eats the Soul). With a wider audience for his efforts, however, some critics contend that Fassbinder began to sell out with big budget projects such as Despair (1978), Lili Marleen (1981) and Lola (1981). In retrospect, however, it seems that the added fame simply enabled Fassbinder to explore various kinds of filmmaking, including such "private" works as In a Year with 13 Moons (1978) and The Third Generation (1979), two films about individual experience and feelings. His greatest success came with The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) (The Marriage of Maria Braun), chronicling the rise and fall of a German woman in the wake of World War II. Other notable movies include The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972), Fox and His Friends (1975), Satan's Brew (1976) and Querelle (1982), all focused on gay and lesbian themes and frequently with a strongly pornographic edge.
His death is a perfect picture of the man and his legend. On the night of June 10, 1982, Fassbinder took an overdose of cocaine and sleeping pills. When he was found, the unfinished script for a version of Rosa Luxemburg was lying next to him. So boundless was his drive and creativity that, throughout his downward spiral and even in the moment of his death, Fassbinder never ceased to be productive.abyss- Director
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Haro Senft was born on 27 September 1928 in Ceské Budejovice/Budweis, Czechoslovakia [now Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Auto, Auto (1964), Ein Tag mit dem Wind (1979) and Fegefeuer (1971). He died on 4 February 2016.oberhausen- Director
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Willi Hengstler was born on 3 January 1944 in Graz, Austria. She is a director and writer, known for Fegefeuer (1988), Tief oben (1995) and Hanns durch die Zeit (2007).austria- Director
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Philip Gröning was born on 7 April 1959 in Düsseldorf, West Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Into Great Silence (2005), Love, Money, Love (2000) and The Police Officer's Wife (2013).musical- Director
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Thomas Mitscherlich was born on 11 December 1942 in Heidelberg, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Die Denunziantin (1993), Der Kampf um 11 % (1972) and ...nur noch die Hälfte wert (1978). He died on 18 March 1998 in Hamburg, Germany.communism- Director
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George Moorse was born on 1 May 1936 in Bellmore, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Inki (1974), 'In Side Out' (1964) and Schnelles Geld (1983). He was married to Barbara Moorse. He died on 30 July 1999 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.usa- Director
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Daniel Schmid was born on 26 December 1941 in Flims-Waldhaus, Graubünden, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for Tosca's Kiss (1984), Jenatsch (1987) and Shadow of Angels (1976). He died on 5 August 2006 in Flims Waldhaus, Graubünden, Switzerland.poison- Writer
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Handke spent part of his childhood in Carinthia and Berlin. He stayed in Tanzenberg as a boarding school student. In 1961, Handke completed his high school diploma in Klagenfurt. After school he began studying law in Graz. There he got to know the Graz group "Forum Stadtpark". This was followed by publications of prose texts and work on radio. His first novel "The Hornets" was published in 1966. Handke dropped out of his studies. Since then he has lived as a professional writer. Handke changed his residence between Germany, Austria and France. He has lived in Chaville near Paris since 1991. Handke played a key role in the discussion about the war in Kosovo and the dissolution of Yugoslavia. His political opinion on this sparked a public, controversial discussion. Peter Handke's early work is dedicated to language-critical considerations, including Berthold Brecht and contemporary playwrights.
He also commented on this at a meeting of "Group 47" in 1966. His most important thematic work is "Kaspar" (1968). The title already refers to the foundling Kaspar Hauser. In this work, Handke draws attention to the determinability and influence of language. In other works, Handke also turned critically to the conventionalized ways of perceiving and experiencing through language. He demanded that literature dissolve conventionalized meanings. He denied this ability to descriptive literature with its claim to realism. From 1969 to 1970 Handke lived in Paris. He then returned to Germany. In his story "The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty Kick" (1970), Handke himself used traditional narrative methods and broke away from the abstract nature of his reflective work on language and storytelling. Nevertheless, the piece is about perception influenced by language.
In his subsequent story "The Short Letter to the Long Farewell" (1972) begins a thematic series about the relationship between the self and the world and the individual self-discovery process. These thematic works include titles such as "Wishless Misfortune" (1972), "The Hour of True Sensation" (1975) or "The Left-Handed Woman" (1976), some of which are interspersed with autobiographical parts. Some of these works have a high level of writing style or mythicization, which gives them a special quality - for example the works "Long Homecoming" (1979), "The Teaching of Sainte-Victoire" (1980), "Children's Story" (1981) and "About the villages. Dramatic poem" (1981) of the tetralogy "Long Homecoming". Peter Handke reflects on writing in his short story "The Repetition" (1986) and in other works. His most extensive work is entitled "My Year in Nobody's Bay. A Fairy Tale from the New Times" (1994). In it, the writer describes the creation of the work "My Year in Nobody's Bay. A fairy tale from the new time". But themes and scenes from Handke's earlier work are also repeatedly included.
The title "On a dark night I left my quiet house" (1997) also contains a review of Handke's activities. His other works include "Audience Insults and Other Speech Pieces" (1966), "The Peddler" (1967), "The Inner World of the Outer World of the Inner World" (1969), "Chronicle of Current Events" (1971), "The Edge of Words, Stories, Poems, Pieces" (1975), and "The Weight of the World. A Journal" from 1977. Works such as "The Story of the Pencil" (1982), "Afternoon of a Writer" followed in the 1980s. (1987), "The hour when we knew nothing about each other" (1992), "A winter journey to the rivers Danube, Sava Morawa and Drina or Justice for Serbia" (1996), "Lucie in the forest with the Thingsda" (1999) or "Questioning through tears. Subsequent notes from two wartime crossings of Yugoslavia, March and April 1999" (2000). Literary critics discuss the author Peter Handke and his works controversially. The spectrum of judgment extends from admiration to polemic. On the one hand, his literary individualism and the precision of his linguistic expression are praised, but on the other hand, there are accusations of being unrealistic and of false pathos.
In 2004, Handke visited Slobodan Milosevic in prison in The Hague, which once again sparked critical discussions in the media. He also appeared as a speaker at Milosevic's funeral on March 18, 2006. In May 2006, the renowned Comédie Française in Paris removed Handke's play "Game of Questions" from its program. Meanwhile, there were numerous arguments because Handke was nominated for the Heinrich Heine Prize. On June 8, 2006, he announced his renunciation of the literature prize, which was endowed with 50,000 euros. At the time of its founding, Handke declared that he did not want to see his person or his work continue to be exposed to the "harassment" of local politicians. Handke's award, which was decided by the jury and questioned again by the Düsseldorf city council, was heavily criticized internationally because of his advocacy for Serbian politics and his participation in the funeral of the former ruler Slobodan Milosevic.
In 2018, Handke received the Nestroy Theater Prize for his life's work and in 2019 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.literatur- Director
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Walter Bockmayer was born on 4 July 1948 in Fehrbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Flaming Hearts (1978), Looping (1981) and Rivalinnen unter griechischer Sonne (1974). He died on 7 October 2014 in Cologne, Germany.perversion- Director
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The key person of the New German Cinema of the '70s. His works, mostly shot in 16mm, combine an intense interest and knowledge of German history and personal dramatic and emotional investigations. Malina (1991) which stars Isabelle Huppert is one of the great classics of modern cinema and deals with a perpetually burning apartment, a crazed love affair, and the definitions of the soul. A rare treat.oper- Director
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Klaus Wyborny was born on 5 June 1945. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Das szenische Opfer (1981), Bartleby (1976) and Blond! (1978).- Director
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Michael Meert was born on 6 November 1953 in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Der junge Beethoven (2007), The Flamenco Clan (2005) and Same Old Song (1997).kraut- Director
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Klaus Lemke was born on 13 October 1940 in Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany [now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubuskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Amore (1978), Liebe, so schön wie Liebe (1972) and Bibo's Männer (1986). He died on 7 July 2022 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.punk- Cinematographer
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Niklaus Schilling was born on 23 April 1944 in Basel, Switzerland. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Der Willi-Busch-Report (1979), Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies (1977) and Rhinegold (1978). He died on 6 May 2016 in Berlin, Germany.heimat- Director
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Wim Wenders is an Oscar-nominated German filmmaker who was born Ernst Wilhelm Wenders on August 14, 1945 in Düsseldorf, which then was located in the British Occupation Zone of what became the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany, known colloquially as West Germany until reunification). At university, Wenders originally studied to become a physician before switching to philosophy before terminating his studies in 1965. Moving to Paris, he intended to become a painter.
He fell in love with the cinema but failed to gain admission to the French national film school. He supported himself as an engraver while attending movie houses. Upon his return to West Germany in 1967, he was employed by United Artists at its Düsseldorf office before he was accepted by the University of Television and Film Munich school for its autumn 1967 semester, where he remained until 1970. While attending film school, he worked as a newspaper film critic. In addition to shorts, he made a feature film as part of his studies, Summer in the City (1971).
Wenders gained recognition as part of the German New Wave of the 1970s. Other directors that were part of the New German Cinema were Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Werner Herzog. His second feature, a film made from Peter Handke's novel The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972), brought him acclaim, as did Alice in the Cities (1974) and Kings of the Road (1976). It was his 1977 feature The American Friend (1977) ("The American Friend"), starring Dennis Hopper as Patricia Highsmith's anti-hero Tom Ripley, that represented his international breakthrough. He was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival for "The American Friend", which was cited as Best Foreign Film by the National Board of Review in the United States.
Francis Ford Coppola, as producer, gave Wenders the chance to direct in America, but Hammett (1982) (1982) was a critical and commercial failure. However, his American-made Paris, Texas (1984) (1984) received critical hosannas, winning three awards at Cannes, including the Palme d'Or, and Wenders won a BAFTA for best director. "Paris, Texas" was a prelude to his greatest success, 1987's Wings of Desire (1987) ("Wings of Desire"), which he made back in Germany. The film brought him the best director award at Cannes and was a solid hit, even spawning an egregious Hollywood remake.
Wenders followed it up with a critical and commercial flop in 1991, Until the End of the World (1991) ("Until the End of the World"), though Faraway, So Close! (1993) won the Grand Prize of the Jury at Cannes. Still, is reputation as a feature film director never quite recovered in the United States after the bomb that was "Until the End of the World." Since the mid-1990s, Wenders has distinguished himself as a non-fiction filmmaker, directing several highly acclaimed documentaries, most notably Buena Vista Social Club (1999) and Pina (2011), both of which brought him Oscar nominations.road- Director
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Helke Misselwitz was born on 18 July 1947 in Zwickau-Planitz, Saxony, Germany. She is a director and writer, known for Little Angel (1996), Die Frau des Dichters (2021) and Herzsprung (1992).ddr- Director
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Ulrike Ottinger was born on 6 June 1942 in Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is a director and writer, known for Joan of Arc of Mongolia (1989), China. Die Künste - der Alltag. Eine filmische Reisebeschreibung (1986) and Prater (2007).colors- Director
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Director. Writer. Producer. Concentrated early on TV work and has done numerous TV shows and entertainment broadcasts. Worked as an assistant director for Rolf von Sydow, Heinz Liesendahl and Michael Pfleghar. In 1973 he founded the production company Bioskop Film together with Volker Schlöndorff and Eberhard Junkersdorf. From early 1993 to early 2005 Hauff was president of the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie (dffb) in Berlin, Germany.- Director
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Christa Maar was born on 8 April 1939 in Germany. She was a director and writer, known for Das Double (1975), Das Ende einer Karriere (1978) and Wandas Paradies (1974). She was married to Hubert Burda. She died on 4 November 2022 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.women- Actor
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Georg Lhotzky was born on 6 February 1937 in Opava, Czechoslovakia. He was an actor and director, known for Moos auf den Steinen (1968), Tatort (1970) and Job für Kutschera (1975). He was married to Eva-Maria Stelljes and Emmy Werner. He died on 28 November 2016 in Vienna, Austria.- Director
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Director. Writer. Studied theatre sciences. Travelled through Europe and North Africa between 1945 and 1955. Has written poems, novels, essays as well as plays. In 1966 his novel 'Venedig liegt bei Cleve' was published. 1973 his radio play 'Der Tod meines Vaters' (1972) has been awarded with the 'Hoerspielpreis der Kriegsblinden'. Co-founder of the german distribution company 'Filmverlag der Autoren'. Between 1975 and 1977 he worked as a lecturer at the Hochschule fuer Fernsehen und Film (HFF) in Munich. In the recent past he concentrated on TV and directed several movies of the 'Tatort' series, a TV co-production of Austria, Germany and Switzerland.anarhy- Writer
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Tankred Dorst was born on 19 December 1925 in Oberlind, Thuringia, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Der Pott (1971), Eisenhans (1983) and Mosch (1980). He was married to Ursula Ehler. He died on 1 June 2017 in Berlin, Germany.- Director
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Christoph Schlingensief was born on 24 October 1960 in Oberhausen, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Menu total (1986), Egomania: Island Without Hope (1986) and 100 Jahre Adolf Hitler - Die letzte Stunde im Führerbunker (1989). He was married to Aino Laberenz. He died on 21 August 2010 in Berlin, Germany.trash- Cinematographer
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Born in Berlin (West), Fred Kelemen studied painting, music, philosophy, science of religions and theatre sciences and worked in different theatres as a director's assistant before he began his studies at the German Film & TV Academy Berlin (dffb) in 1989. Since that time, he has made a number of films and videos as director and collaborated as Director of Photography and Cameraman with several film directors like Béla Tarr (Utazás az Alföldön (1995), The Man from London (2007), The Turin Horse (2011)), Gisa Schleelein (Tatau Samoa (2000)) and Gariné Torossian (Stone Time Touch (2007)). In 2000 and 2001 he directed several plays at different theaters in Germany. Since 1995 he is working as a guest lecturer at the Centre of Cinematographic Studies of Catalania (C.E.C.C.) in Barcelona/Spain, at the School of Visual Arts (ESBAG) in Geneva/Switzerland, at the Latvian Cultural Academy (LKA) in Riga, at the Tel Aviv University, at the Film and TV Academy Berlin (dffb), at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon etc. Retrospectives of his work had been presented in Lisbon/Portugal, Belgrade/Yugoslavia, Cambride/U.S.A, Athens/Greece, Brussels/Belgium, Oslo/Norway, Hannover/Germany, New York City/U.S.A., Buenos Aires/Argentina, Berlin/Germany, Barcelona/Spain, Bern/Switzerland, Ankara/Turkey, London/England, Potsdam/Germany, Bankok/ThailandHamburg/Germany. Fred Kelemen is member of the European Film Academy, the German Film Academy and the European Culture Parliament.landscape- Director
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Hans-Jürgen Syberberg was born on 8 December 1935 in Nossendorf, Pomerania, Prussia [now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern], Germany. He is a director and producer, known for Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King (1972), Die Nacht (1985) and Scarabea - wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch? (1969).sensations- Director
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Roland Klick was born on 4 July 1939 in Hof, Bavaria, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Supermarket (1974), Deadlock (1970) and Bübchen (1968). He was previously married to Marlis Klick.utopien- Writer
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Director. Writer. Studied at the Deutsches Institut fuer Film und Fernsehen (DIFF) in Munich, Germany, as well as at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques (IDHEC) in Paris, France. In 1969 he founded the production company Hallelujah Film together with Volker Schlöndorff. Since 1992 he is co-manager of the Babelsberg studios in Potsdam, Germany (former UFA/DEFA).humor- Producer
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Michael Fengler was born on 14 November 1940 in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany [now Kaliningrad, Russia]. He is a producer and writer, known for Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970), Eierdiebe (1977) and Output (1974).shadow- Director
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Uwe Brandner was born on 23 May 1941 in Reichenberg, Sudetenland, Germany [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for 50/50 (1977), I Love You, I Kill You (1971) and Blinker (1969). He was married to Karin Thome. He died on 30 July 2018 in Freising, Bavaria, Germany.- Writer
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Oskar Roehler was born on 21 January 1959 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany. He is a writer and director, known for Die Unberührbare (2000), Silvester Countdown (1997) and Agnes and His Brothers (2004). He has been married to Alexandra Fischer-Roehler since August 2000.- Director
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Jonathan Briel was born on 9 June 1942 in Bodenwerder, Lower Saxony, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Wie zwei fröhliche Luftschiffer (1969), Das Geheimnis (1979) and Untertänigst Scardanelli (1982). He died on 26 December 1988 in Berlin, West Germany.literatur-2- Director
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Fritz Lehner was born in 1948 in Freistadt, Austria. He is a director and writer, known for Jedermanns Fest (2002), Das Dorf an der Grenze (1979) and Schöne Tage (1982).composers- Cinematographer
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Clemens Klopfenstein was born on 19 October 1944. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for Das Schweigen der Männer (1997), E nachtlang Füürland (1981) and WerAngstWolf (2000).camera- Director
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Rüdiger Nüchtern was born on 11 April 1945 in Dietramszell, Bavaria, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Schluchtenflitzer (1979), Komm, Baby (1970) and Anschi und Michael (1977).rock- Director
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Thomas Schamoni was born on 13 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Ein großer graublauer Vogel (1970), Charly May (1965) and Output (1974). He died on 26 September 2014 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Director
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Florian Furtwängler was born in 1938 in Bad Wiessee, Bavaria, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Tommaso Blu (1986), Zum Abschied Chrysanthemen (1974) and Portrait Eines Wissenschaftlers - Feodor Lynen (1966). He died in May 1992 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Director
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Uwe Frießner was born in 1942 in Berlin, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Das Ende des Regenbogens (1979), Abgefahren (1995) and Baby (1984).dreck- Director
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Hans-Jakob Siber is known for Die Sage vom alten Hirten Xeudi und seinem Freund Reiman (1973), Arise Like a Fire (1972) and Der schwarze Mönch (1968).- Director
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Hans Helmut Klaus Schoenherr is known for Innen & Außen (1983), Robert Walser (1978) and Daydream (1970).helvetia- Producer
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Hans Jürgen Pohland was born on 4 December 1934 in Berlin, Germany. He was a producer and director, known for Tamara (1968), Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen (1980) and Auf Scheißer schießt man nicht (1969). He died on 17 May 2014 in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Département Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Writer
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Helmer von Lützelburg was born on 1 October 1956 in Munich, Germany. He is a writer and director, known for Im Himmel ist die Hölle los (1984), Die Nacht des Schicksals (1981) and Neonstadt (1982).camp- Director
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Wenzel Storch was born in 1961 in Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Die Reise ins Glück (2004), Der Glanz dieser Tage (1989) and Sommer der Liebe (1992).- Peter Buchka was born in 1943. He was a director and writer, known for Dämonische Leinwand - Der deutsche Film der zwanziger Jahre (1998), To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further (1989) and Es ist nicht gut in einem Menschenleib zu leben (1995). He died on 9 July 1998.documentary
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Ulrich Schamoni was born on 9 November 1939 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Next Year, Same Time (1967), Es (1966) and Eins (1971). He was married to Erika Grimme-Schamoni and Sigrid Schröder. He died on 9 March 1998 in Berlin, Germany.- Director
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Helke Sander was born on 31 January 1937 in Berlin, Germany. She is a director and writer, known for From the Reports of Security Guards & Patrol Services Part 1 (1985), Der Beginn aller Schrecken ist Liebe (1984) and Der subjektive Faktor (1981).- Director
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Werner Nekes was born on 29 April 1944 in Erfurt, Germany. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Hynningen (1984), Beuys (1981) and Jüm-Jüm (1967). He was married to Dore O.. He died on 22 January 2017 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Director
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Klaus Kirschner was born on 2 August 1933. He is a director and writer, known for Mozart - Aufzeichnungen einer Jugend (1976), Chopin - Bilder einer Trennung (1993) and H-Moll-Messe - Ana begegnet der Musik des Johann Sebastian Bach (1978).academic- Writer
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Ulf Miehe was born on 11 May 1940 in Wusterhausen, Brandenburg, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Der Unsichtbare (1987), John Glückstadt (1975) and Tatort (1970). He died on 13 July 1989 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Producer
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Klaus Maeck was born on 28 July 1954. He is a producer and director, known for The Edge of Heaven (2007), Soul Kitchen (2009) and B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 (2015).- Director
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Peter Zadek was born on 19 May 1926 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for I'm an Elephant, Madame (1969), Der Pott (1971) and Eiszeit (1975). He died on 30 July 2009 in Hamburg, Germany.theater- Director
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Peter Beauvais was born on 9 September 1916 in Weißenstadt, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Sommer in Lesmona (1987), Im Reservat (1973) and Liebe, Luft und lauter Lügen (1959). He was married to Barbara Beauvais, Sabine Sinjen, Karin Hübner and Ilsemarie Schnering. He died on 17 December 1986 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany.television- Director
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Wolf Gremm was born on 26 February 1942 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Kamikaze 89 (1982), Tod oder Freiheit (1977) and Die Brüder (1977). He was married to Regina Ziegler. He died on 14 July 2015 in Berlin, Germany.style- Director
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Marianne Enzensberger was born on 8 July 1947 in Marlow, Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Der Biß (1984), Anita: Dances of Vice (1987) and Horror Vacui (1984).underground- Actor
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He grew up with his grandmother in the Bavarian Forest. When he graduated from high school in Cham in 1960, he was adopted by his biological father, to whom his mother, a swimming athlete, was never married. From then on he used the name Achternbusch. After briefly studying at the Munich-Pasing University of Education, Achternbusch moved to the Nuremberg Art Academy in 1961. Then he also studied at the Munich Art Academy. In 1962 Achternbusch married an art teacher. In the following years he made ends meet with odd jobs. He also painted a lot. The couple initially lived in Munich, then in Starnberg, Gauting and, from 1975, in Buchendorf. Achternbusch presented his first publications in the mid-1960s: they were poems and etchings. In 1969 his first book was published under the title "Hülle".
At the beginning of the 1970s, Achternbusch's artistic interest shifted to film. He started making small films. In the 1973/74 film "Overnight in Tirol" by Volker Schlöndorff he played the role of the teacher. In 1974 Achternbusch presented the script for his first film, which was released in cinemas under the title "The Andechser Feeling". The artist made this and the subsequent films himself as a screenwriter, director, leading actor and producer. Achternbusch's films are idiosyncratic works of a high artistic level. They are based on his bizarre prose texts, which he usually has amateur actors interpret in a comical way. The director's home region is discussed in a kind of love-hate relationship with Bavaria, with autobiographical themes also playing a role. Achternbusch gained national fame as a provocative director who liked to break social taboos.
In 1977 he rejected the Petrarch Prize that was intended for him. His films were sometimes subject to censorship measures when they were broadcast on television. The then Bavarian Federal Minister of the Interior refused funding for "The Ghost" (1982). The blasphemy accusations against the film caused a scandal in the Federal Republic of Germany's film world. In addition to his films, Achternbusch also produces plays that he directs himself.freak- Director
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Telemach Wiesinger was born in 1968 in Bielefeld, Westphalia, Prussia , Germany. Telemach is a director and cinematographer, known for Europa (2012), Kaleidoscope (2015) and Landed, 20x (2003).photographer- Director
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Joachim Polzer is known for Thatta Kedona: The Toy Village of Pakistan (2005), Neuerburg (1998) and Delbanco (1990).- Director
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Peter Liechti was born on 8 January 1951 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for Father's Garden: The Love of My Parents (2013), The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy (2009) and Martha's Garden (1997). He died on 4 April 2014 in Zürich, Switzerland.- Director
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Herbert Vesely was born on 31 March 1931 in Vienna, Austria. He was a director and writer, known for The Bread of Those Early Years (1962), Folkwangschulen (1961) and Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1980). He was married to Dany Mann. He died on 13 July 2002 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.classicist- Cinematographer
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Robert van Ackeren was born on 22 December 1946 in West Berlin, West Germany. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Sensuous Three (1972), Die Reinheit des Herzens (1980) and A Woman in Flames (1983).decadence- Writer
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Bernd Schwamm was born in 1943 in Landau in der Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He is a writer and producer, known for Tatort (1970), Der Paradiesgarten (1970) and As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001).noire- Writer
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Thomas Brasch was born on 19 February 1945 in Westow, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for Engel aus Eisen (1981), Domino (1982) and Welcome to Germany (1988). He died on 3 November 2001 in Berlin, Germany.dramaturge- Director
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Peter Schamoni was born on 27 March 1934 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and producer, known for Max Ernst: Mein Vagabundieren - Meine Unruhe (1991), Die widerrechtliche Ausübung der Astronomie (1967) and Niki de Saint Phalle (1996). He died on 14 June 2011 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Director
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Michael Pilz was born on 12 February 1943 in Gmünd, Lower Austria, Austria. He is a director and editor, known for Private Eyes (1984), Green Park Hotel (1994) and Feldberg (1990).- Writer
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Vadim Glowna was born on 26 September 1941 in Eutin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Cross of Iron (1977), Desperado City (1981) and Dies rigorose Leben (1983). He was married to Vera Tschechowa. He died on 24 January 2012 in Berlin, Germany.actor- Actor
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Helge Schneider was born on 30 August 1955 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. He is an actor and composer, known for 00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter (1994), 00 Schneider - Im Wendekreis der Eidechse (2013) and Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem (1993).singer- Director
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Werner Fritsch is known for Das sind die Gewitter in der Natur (1988), Faust Sonnengesang (2011) and Faust Sonnengesang IV (2021).reader- Actor
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Roger Fritz was born on 22 September 1936 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Cross of Iron (1977), The Brutes (1970) and Mädchen, Mädchen (1967). He was married to Helga Anders. He died on 26 November 2021 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.explatation- Director
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Peter Braatz was born in 1959 in Solingen, Germany. He is a director and editor, known for Blue Velvet Revisited (2016), Blue Velvet (1986) and Steklarski blues (2001).- Director
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Michael Mrakitsch was born on 2 January 1934 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Der Dichter und seine Stadt (1964), Ostende (1968) and Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (1978). He died on 12 March 2002 in Zürich, Switzerland.- Director
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Helma Sanders-Brahms was born on 20 November 1940 in Emden, Province of Hanover, Prussia [now Lower Saxony], Germany. She was a director and writer, known for Germany Pale Mother (1980), No Mercy, No Future (1981) and Laputa (1986). She died on 27 May 2014 in Berlin, Germany.tradition- Actor
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Wieland Speck was born in 1951 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Westler (1985), The Sound of Fast Relief (1983) and Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story (2000).queer- Actor
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Burkhard Driest was born on 28 April 1939 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Querelle (1982), Annas Mutter (1984) and Cross of Iron (1977). He was married to Bettina and ???. He died on 27 February 2020 in Berlin, Germany.hero- Director
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Andreas Voigt was born on 25 August 1953 in Eisleben, German Democratic Republic. He is a director and writer, known for Mr. Behrmann - Leben Traum Tod (1996), Als wir die Zukunft waren (2016) and Invisible - Illegal in Europa (2004).- Director
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Eckhart Schmidt born: October 31, 1938 in Sternberg, Moravia [now Czech Republic]. He is a director, writer, producer, photographer and journalist. Eckhart Schmidt was a film critic at Süddeutsche Zeitung and belonged to a group of young German filmmakers called Neue Münchener Gruppe (NMG). Unlike other contemporary German film associations the NMG was more commercially focused and targeting the young audience. Schmidt's early works often explored the sexual tension and fantasies among young people on the make. In 1978 he created the punk magazine "Die Sau". A lot of cutting-edge musicians wrote for it, like David Byrne, Devo, and Patti Smith. Eckhart Schmidt's commercial breakthrough in the movies was "Der Fan" (1982), which tells the story of a girl obsessed with a pop star. Since the mid 90's he has mostly been making television documentaries. Eckhart Schmidt has directed 22 feature films, 79 documentaries and written 16 books.musical- Director
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Vlado Kristl was born on 24 January 1923 in Zagreb, Croatia. He was a director and writer, known for Tod dem Zuschauer (1984), 100 Blatt Schreibblock (1968) and Obrigkeitsfilm (1971). He was married to Jelena. He died on 7 July 2004 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Writer
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Christel Buschmann was born on 19 March 1942 in Wismar, Germany. She is a writer and director, known for Gibbi Westgermany (1980), Auf immer und ewig (1986) and Comeback (1982).- Actor
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Michael Schanze was born on 15 January 1947 in Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Les Clochards (1970), Flitterabend (1988) and Aphrodite's Child (1969). He was previously married to Monika Peer.- Writer
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Wolfgang Büld was born on 4 September 1952 in Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a writer and director, known for Sea of Lies (2018), Neonstadt (1982) and Hangin' Out (1983).schlager- Director
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Gerd Conradt was born on 14 May 1941 in Swiebodzin, Poland. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Rettet Berlin! (2003), Anna Astrid Proll (1978) and Starbuck Holger Meins (2002).- Actor
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Hark Bohm was born on 18 May 1939 in Hamburg, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for In the Fade (2017), Yasemin (1988) and Chetan, Indian Boy (1973). He is married to Natalia Bowakow. They have six children. He was previously married to Angela Luther.children- Cinematographer
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Holger Meins is nomally known as a member of the so-called "first generation" of the German left-terrorist group RAF ("Rote Armee Fraktion", "Red Army Fraction"; aka "Baader Meinhof Group"), and he is famous for being the first group member to die in prison due to the physical consequences of his long-lasting hunger-strike. Meins was among the first 2 dozen students of the Berliner Film-und Fernseh-Akademie (Berlin Film and Television Academy) founded in 1966. Already open for communist ideology, he produced a small number of films of which several belong to the "Agitprop" genre (agitation and propaganda), e.g. a filmographic manual on how to produce a Molotov cocktail. His life has been documented by Gerd Conradt in the documentary movie Starbuck Holger Meins (2002).raf- Director
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Ute Wieland was born on 8 April 1957 in Großbottwar, Germany. She is a director and writer, known for Tiger Milk (2017), Tango im Bauch (1983) and Deckname Luna (2012).- Director
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Lutz Mommartz was born on 6 March 1934 in Erkelenz, Germany. He is a director and producer, known for Als wär's von Beckett (1977), Der Garten Eden (1979) and Tango durch Deutschland (1980).- Director
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Christian Schocher is known for Reisender Krieger (1981), Das Blut an den Lippen des Liebenden (1978) and Die Kinder von Furna (1975).- Director
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Michael Brynntrup was born on 7 February 1959 in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Jesus - Der Film (1986), Tabu V. (Wovon man nicht sprechen kann) (1998) and Plötzlich und unerwartet (1993).shorts- Director
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Ottomar Domnick was born on 20 April 1907 in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Jonas (1957), Willi Baumeister (1955) and Ohne Datum (1962). He died on 14 June 1989 in Nürtingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.precursor- Cinematographer
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Elfi Mikesch was born on 31 May 1940 in Judenburg, Styria, Austria. She is a cinematographer and director, known for Execution: A Story of Mary (1979), I Often Think of Hawaii (1978) and Fever (2014). She has been married to Fritz Mikesch since 1960.- Director
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Vojtech Jasný was born on 30 November 1925 in Kelc, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for All My Good Countrymen (1969), When the Cat Comes (1963) and Touha (1958). He died on 15 November 2019 in Prerov, Czech Republic.spy- Director
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Christian Frosch was born in 1966 in Waidhofen an der Thaya, Lower Austria, Austria. He is a director and writer, known for Murer: Anatomy of a Trial (2018), Rough Road Ahead (2014) and Die totale Therapie (1997).