Krautfilm Autors

101. Peter Stein

Peter Stein was born on October 1, 1937 in Berlin, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Klassen Feind (1983), Groß und Klein (1980) and Sommergäste (1976). He has been married to Maddalena Crippa since 1999. He was previously married to Beatrice Leppert and Jutta Lampe.

102. Richard Blank

Director | Prinzenbad

Richard Blank was born in 1939 in Langenfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Prinzenbad (1994), Friedliche Tage (1984) and Herz mit Löffel (1987).

103. Michael Stock

Director | Postcard to Daddy

Michael Stock was born on March 24, 1968 in Steinhöring, Germany. He is a director and actor, known for Postcard to Daddy (2010), Fucking Different (2005) and Prinz in Hölleland (1993).

104. Marianne Lüdcke

Director | Familienglück

Marianne Lüdcke was born on July 22, 1943 in Berlin, Germany. She was a director and writer, known for Familienglück (1975), Die Wollands (1973) and Liebe ist kein Argument (1984). She was married to Max Volkert Martens. She died on May 31, 1999 in Brittany, France.

105. Thomas Rautenberg

Director | Rosinen härter als Stahl

Thomas Rautenberg is known for Rosinen härter als Stahl (1971), Zerbin (1971) and Das Lachen der Ochun (1996).

106. Hans-Christof Stenzel

Director | C'est la vie, Rose

Hans-Christof Stenzel was born on May 6, 1935 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for C'est la vie, Rose (1977), Obscene: The Case of Peter Herzl (1981) and Sufferloh - Von heiliger Lieb und Trutz (1980). He died on June 2, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.

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107. Lutz Leonhardt

Director | Zakir and His Friends

Lutz Leonhardt was born on February 9, 1958 in Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Zakir and His Friends (1997), Der Räuber (1984) and Spaziergang nach Syrakus (1993).

108. Peter Patzak

Director | Kassbach - Ein Portrait

Director, painter, and author Peter Patzak was born in Vienna, Austria where he studied psychology and art history. His first art exhibition was held under the patronage of Albert Paris Gütersloh. In the mid-1960's he was invited to participate in the Films of Art show in New York. From 1968 to ...

109. Rainer Boldt

Director | Im Zeichen des Kreuzes

Rainer Boldt was born on November 21, 1946 in Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Im Zeichen des Kreuzes (1983), Fehlschuß (1976) and Der Geschichtenerzähler (1989). He died on July 12, 2017 in Germany.

110. Frieder Schlaich

Producer | Paul Bowles - Halbmond

Frieder Schlaich was born in 1961 in Stuttgart, Germany. He is a producer and director, known for Paul Bowles: Half Moon (1995), Otomo (1999) and The Captain (2017).

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111. Georg Stefan Troller

Writer | Schwierigkeiten beim Zeigen der Wahrheit?

Georg Stefan Troller was born on December 10, 1921 in Vienna, Austria. He is a writer and director, known for Schwierigkeiten beim Zeigen der Wahrheit? (1966), Wohin und zurück - Teil 3: Welcome in Vienna (1986) and Pariser Journal (1961). He has been married to Kirsten Lerche since 1976. They...

112. Marran Gosov

Director | Engelchen - oder die Jungfrau von Bamberg

Marran Gosov was born 1933 as Tzvetan Marangosoff in Sofia to a German mother and a Bulgarian father. As a young man, he had studied to become a painter, but then, while in jail after a clash with socialist authorities, he wrote his first novel "The Indifferent". Partly because of the ...

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113. Robert Bramkamp

Writer | Art Girls

Robert Bramkamp was born 1961 in Münster, Germany. He studied art and German in Münster and worked for the "Filmgruppe Münster".

Writer and director of short and feature films of various genres since 1983. Co-producing with Laurens Straub, Ralph Fescue, Kirsten Ellerbrake, collaboration with Thomas ...

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114. Alexander von Eschwege

Director | Der Kandidat

Alexander von Eschwege was born on September 15, 1948 in Eschwege, Hesse, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Der Kandidat (1980), Liebesgeschichten (1990) and Wochenendgeschichten (1985). He died on October 26, 2000 in Reichensachsen, Wehretal, Hesse, Germany.

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115. Rainer Langhans

Assistant_director | Angst essen Seele auf

Rainer Langhans was born on June 19, 1940 in Oschersleben an der Bode, Germany. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), Effi Briest (1974) and Die Hamburger Krankheit (1979).

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116. Jürgen Böttcher

Director | Jahrgang 45

Jürgen Böttcher was born on July 8, 1931 in Frankenberg, Saxony, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Born in '45 (1990), Die Mauer (1991) and Head-On (2004). He is married to Erika Dobslaff.

117. Horst Königstein

Writer | Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertroman

Horst Königstein was born on July 26, 1945 in Bremen, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertroman (2001), Hamburger Gift (1992) and Todesspiel (1997). He died on May 12, 2013 in Hamburg, Germany.

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118. Helmut Dietl

Writer | Schtonk

Helmut Dietl was born on June 22, 1944 in Bad Wiessee, Bavaria, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Schtonk (1992), Rossini (1997) and Monaco Franze - Der ewige Stenz (1983). He was married to Tamara Dietl, Barbara Valentin and Karin Dietl-Wichmann. He died on March 30, 2015 in Munich,...

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119. Volker Vogeler

Writer | Jaider, der einsame Jäger

Volker Vogeler was born on June 27, 1930 in Bad Polzin, Pomerania, Germany [now Polczyn-Zdrój, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was a writer and director, known for Jaider, der einsame Jäger (1971), Yankee Dudler (1973) and Das Tal der tanzenden Witwen (1975). He died on April 16, 2005 in ...

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120. Uwe Schrader

Director | Kanakerbraut

Uwe Schrader was born in 1954 in Germany. He is a producer and director, known for Kanakerbraut (1983), Mau Mau (1992) and Phantom (1979).

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121. Detlev Buck

Actor | Männerpension

Directed his first movie at the age of 21. Studied at the 'Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie' (DFFB) til 1989. Founded the Boje Buck Filmproduktion in 1991. Founded the Boje Buck Produktion GmbH together with Claus Boje in 1992.

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122. Thomas Struck

Writer | Walk Don't Walk

Thomas Struck was born on January 18, 1943 in Hamburg, Germany. He is a writer and director, known for Walk Don't Walk (2001), Der warme Punkt (1968) and Kleiner Furz (1992).

123. Werner Herzog

Director | Fitzcarraldo

Director. Writer. Producer. Actor. Poet. He studied history, literature and theatre for some time, but didn't finish it and founded instead his own film production company in 1963. Later in his life, Herzog also staged several operas in Bayreuth, Germany, and at the Milan Scala in Italy. Herzog has...

124. Gisela Weilemann

Writer | Neonstadt

Gisela Weilemann was born in 1953 in Berlin, Germany. She is a writer and actress, known for Neonstadt (1982), Tatort (1970) and Persil ist auch kein Schnittlauch (1978).

125. Jürgen Flimm

Director | Wer zu spät kommt - Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution

Jürgen Flimm was born on July 17, 1941 in Gießen, Hesse, German Reich [now: Germany]. He was an actor and director, known for Wer zu spät kommt - Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution (1990), Through Roses (1997) and Ein Herz und eine Seele (1973). He was married to Susanne ...

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126. Rudolf Nottebohm

Writer | Da bewegt sich doch noch was

Rudolf Nottebohm is known for Da bewegt sich doch noch was (1970), Beim Bund (1982) and Ein Oblomow (1969).

127. Margarethe von Trotta

Director | Hannah Arendt

Margarethe von Trotta was born in Berlin in 1942. In the 1960s she moved to Paris where she worked for film collectives, collaborating on scripts and co-directing short films. She also pursued an acclaimed acting career, starring in films by well known German directors such as Rainer Werner ...

128. Hans-Christian Schmid

Writer | 23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint

Hans-Christian Schmid was born on August 19, 1965 in Altötting, Bavaria, Germany. He is a writer and director, known for 23 (1998), Storm (2009) and Lichter (2003).

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129. Volker Schlöndorff

Director | Die Blechtrommel

Has studied economy and political sciences as well as at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographique (IDHEC) in Paris, France. Worked as an assistant director with Louis Malle, Jean-Pierre Melville and Alain Resnais. Founded his own production company Bioskop Film together with Reinhard Hauff ...

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130. Manfred Stelzer

Director | Schwarzfahrer

Manfred Stelzer was born on September 22, 1944 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Schwarzfahrer (1983), Ein Schnitzel für drei (2009) and Allein machen sie dich ein (1974). He was married to Beatrice E. Stammer. He died on May 12, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.

131. Erwin Keusch

Director | Der Flieger

Erwin Keusch was born on July 22, 1946 in Zürich, Switzerland. He is a director and writer, known for Der Flieger (1986), So weit das Auge reicht (1980) and Das Brot des Bäckers (1976).

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132. Frauke Finsterwalder

Director | Finsterworld

Frauke Finsterwalder was born on December 15, 1975 in Hamburg, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Finsterworld (2013), Sisi & I (2023) and Weil der Mensch ein Mensch ist (2007).

133. Veith von Fürstenberg

Writer | Feuer und Schwert - Die Legende von Tristan und Isolde

Veith von Fürstenberg was born in 1947 in Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a producer and actor, known for Tristan and Isolde (1981), Smaragd (1984) and Tatort (1970).

134. Holger Zimmermann

Writer | Der Komödienstadel

Holger Zimmermann is known for Der Komödienstadel (1959), Lizzie (1973) and Bestie (1971).

135. Walter A. Franke

Director | Mallorca - Suche nach dem Paradies

Walter A. Franke is known for Mallorca - Suche nach dem Paradies (1999), Sprintorgasmic (1972) and Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1997).

136. Michael Klier

Director | Ostkreuz

Michael Klier was born on January 16, 1943 in Karlsbad, Sudetenland, Germany [now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic]. He is a director and writer, known for Ostkreuz (1991), Überall ist es besser, wo wir nicht sind (1989) and Der Riese (1984).

137. Petr Weigl

Director | Lady Macbeth von Mzensk

Petr Weigl was born on March 16, 1939 in Brno, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Lady Macbeth von Mzensk (1992), Rusalka (1977) and Let's Make an Opera (1996). He died on July 14, 2018 in the Czech Republic.

138. Tom Toelle

Director | Das Millionenspiel

Tom Toelle was born on May 19, 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Das Millionenspiel (1970), Tatort (1970) and Die Trennung (1967). He was married to Ulli Philipp. He died on March 25, 2006 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

139. Andreas Kleinert

Director | Wege in die Nacht

Andreas Kleinert was born in 1962 in Berlin, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Wege in die Nacht (1999), Verlorene Landschaft (1992) and Leb' wohl, Joseph (1989).

140. Michael Hofmann de Boer

Composer | Sahara

Michael Hofmann de Boer is known for Sahara (1976), Yrots Evol (1973) and Kinder der Liebe oder Hulda Schändlinger (1972).

141. Valeska Grisebach

Director | Western

Valeska Grisebach was born on January 4, 1968 in Bremen, West Germany [now Germany]. She is a director and writer, known for Western (2017), Sehnsucht (2006) and Be My Star (2001).

142. Theodor Kotulla

Director | Vor dem Feind

Theodor Kotulla was born on August 20, 1928 in Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland. He was a director and writer, known for Vor dem Feind (1968), Au hasard Bresson (1967) and Death Is My Trade (1977). He died on October 20, 2001 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

143. Hans H. König

Writer | Heiße Ernte

Hans H. König was born on August 19, 1912 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Heiße Ernte (1956), Der Fischer vom Heiligensee (1955) and Der eingebildete Kranke (1952). He died on November 13, 2003 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

144. Peter Kern

Director | Der letzte Sommer der Reichen

Peter Kern was born on February 13, 1949 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor and director, known for The Last Summer of the Rich (2014), Domenica (1993) and Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977). He died on August 26, 2015 in Vienna, Austria.

145. Johannes Schaaf

Director | Trotta

Johannes Schaaf was born on April 7, 1933 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Trotta (1971), Tätowierung (1967) and Große Liebe (1966). He was married to Stella Kleindienst and Rosemarie Fendel. He died on November 1, 2019 in Murnau, Bavaria, Germany.

146. Barbara Schneider-Manzell

Director | Ein Oblomow

Barbara Schneider-Manzell is known for Ein Oblomow (1969), Nachtarbeit (1970) and Der Räuber (1984).

147. Alexander Kluge

Director | Abschied von gestern - (Anita G.)

Writer. Director. Producer. Studied law and graduated. Was one of the founders of the Oberhausener Manifest in 1962. Since 1962 Headmaster of the 'Institut fuer Filmgestaltung' at the 'Hochschule fuer Gestaltung' in Ulm, Germany. Since 1988 produces broadcastings dealing with cultural aspects in ...

148. Will Tremper

Writer | Die endlose Nacht

Will Tremper was born on September 19, 1928 in Braubach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for The Endless Night (1963), Stop Train 349 (1963) and Escape to Berlin (1961). He was married to Celia M. Zentner, Erler, Karin, Ursula Lyn and Ingrid Weymann. He died on ...

149. Klaus Emmerich

Director | Rosa und Lin

Klaus Emmerich was born on August 10, 1943 in Freital, Saxony, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Rosa und Lin (1972), Die erste Polka (1979) and Trokadero (1981).

150. Kurt Hoffmann

Director | Das Wirtshaus im Spessart

Kurt Hoffmann was born on November 12, 1910 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. He was a director and assistant director, known for Das Wirtshaus im Spessart (1958), The Haunted Castle (1960) and Aren't We Wonderful? (1958). He was married to Luise Schneider and Betti Grimm. He died on June 25, 2001 ...

151. Martin Kirchberger

Director | Bunkerlow

Martin Kirchberger was born on April 4, 1960 in Rüsselsheim am Main, Hesse, Germany. Martin was a director and writer, known for Bunkerlow (1993) and Buchholz bleibt (1990). Martin died on December 22, 1991 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

152. Egon Günther

Director | Wenn du groß bist, lieber Adam

Egon Günther was born on March 30, 1927 in Schneeberg, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Wenn du groß bist, lieber Adam (1990), Morenga (1985) and Lotte in Weimar (1975). He was married to Franziska and Helga Schütz. He died on August 31, 2017 in Potsdam, Germany.

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153. Heinz Schirk

Director | Liebling Kreuzberg

Heinz Schirk was born on December 22, 1931 in Free City of Danzig [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Liebling Kreuzberg (1986), Der Sohn des Bullen (1984) and Tatort (1970). He died on December 10, 2020 in Bickenbach, Hesse, Germany.

154. Malte Ludin

Director | Tonsüchtig - Die Wiener Symphoniker von Innen

Malte Ludin is known for Wired for Music- Inside the Wiener Symphoniker (2020), D.U.D.A! Werner Pirchner (2014) and Ab ins Paradies (2000).

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155. Jean-Marie Straub

Director | Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach

Jean-Marie Straub was born on January 8, 1933 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. He was a director and editor, known for The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968), Sicily! (1999) and Class Relations (1984). He was married to Danièle Huillet. He died on November 20, 2022 in Rolle, Switzerland.

156. Zbynek Brynych

Director | ...a pátý jezdec je Strach

Zbynek Brynych was born on June 13, 1927 in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for ...and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965), Transport z ráje (1963) and Zizkovská romance (1958). He died on August 24, 1995 in Prague, Czech Republic.

157. Hellmuth Costard

Director | Die Unterdrückung der Frau ist vor allem an dem Verhalten der Frauen selber zu erkennen

Hellmuth Costard was born on November 1, 1940 in Holzhausen, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for The Oppression of the Woman Is Especially Seen in the Attitude of the Women Themselves (1970), Der kleine Godard an das Kuratorium junger deutscher Film (1978) and Echtzeit...

158. Christian Petzold

Director | Barbara

Christian Petzold was born in Hilden in 1960. After studying German and Drama at the Freie Universität Berlin, he enrolled in Berlin's German Academy for Film and Television (DFFB). There he studied film direction while at same time working as an assistant director to Harun Farocki and Hartmut ...

159. Fredi M. Murer

Director | Vollmond

Fredi M. Murer was born on October 1, 1940 in Beckenried, Unterwalden-Nidwalden, Switzerland. He is a director and writer, known for Full Moon (1998), Alpine Fire (1985) and Vitus (2006).

160. Erwin Leiser

Director | Wähle das Leben

Erwin Leiser was born on May 16, 1923 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Wähle das Leben (1963), Keine Welt für Kinder (1972) and Transit (1965). He died on August 22, 1996 in Zurich, Switzerland.

161. Wolfgang Becker

Director | Die Vorstadtkrokodile

Wolfgang Becker was born on May 15, 1910 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and editor, known for Die Vorstadtkrokodile (1977), Riviera-Story (1961) and Die Krimistunde (1982). He died on January 30, 2005 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

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162. Michael Verhoeven

Director | Das schreckliche Mädchen

Michael Verhoeven was born on July 13, 1938 in Berlin, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for The Nasty Girl (1990), My Mother's Courage (1995) and Sonntagskinder (1980). He has been married to Senta Berger since September 26, 1966. They have two children.

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163. Lutz Leonhardt

Director | Zakir and His Friends

Lutz Leonhardt was born on February 9, 1958 in Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Zakir and His Friends (1997), Der Räuber (1984) and Spaziergang nach Syrakus (1993).

164. Peter Lilienthal

Director | David

His family emigrated to Uruguay in 1939. 1956 scholarship at the Hochschule der Kuenste (HDK) in Berlin, Germany. Between 1959 and 1964 he worked at the German TV channel Suedwestfunk, first as an assistant, later as a director. 1967/68 he was lecturer at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie in ...

165. Alfred Vohrer

Director | Und der Regen verwischt jede Spur

Alfred Vohrer was born on December 29, 1914 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Und der Regen verwischt jede Spur (1972), Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind (1974) and Gorilla Gang (1968). He was married to Herbert Vohrer-Dolpp. He died on February 3, 1986 in Munich, Bavaria, ...

166. May Spils

Director | Zur Sache Schätzchen

May Spils was born on July 29, 1941 in Twistringen [now Lower Saxony], Germany. She is a director and actress, known for Go for It, Baby (1968), Nicht fummeln, Liebling! (1970) and Manöver (1966). She is married to Werner Enke.

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167. Renzo Schraner

Director | Allah

Renzo Schraner is known for Allah (1967).

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168. Hartmut Bitomsky

Producer | Staub

Hartmut Bitomsky was born on May 10, 1942 in Bremen, Germany. He is a producer and director, known for Staub (2007), Auf Biegen oder Brechen (1975) and Deutschlandbilder (1984).

169. Adolf Winkelmann

Director | Die Abfahrer

Adolf Winkelmann was born on April 10, 1946 in Hallenberg, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a director and producer, known for Die Abfahrer (1978), Young Light (2016) and Nordkurve (1992). He is married to Christiane Schaefer. They have one child. He was previously married to Jutta Winkelmann.

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170. Markus Imhoof

Writer | Das Boot ist voll

Markus Imhoof was born on September 19, 1941 in Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland. He is a writer and director, known for The Boat Is Full (1981), Eldorado (2018) and More Than Honey (2012).

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171. Peter F. Bringmann

Director | Theo gegen den Rest der Welt

Peter F. Bringmann was born on August 1, 1946 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Theo gegen den Rest der Welt (1980), Die Heartbreakers (1983) and Mord ist kein Geschäft (1971).

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172. Bernhard Sinkel

Writer | Lina Braake

Bernhard Sinkel was born on January 19, 1940 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is a writer and director, known for Lina Braake (1975), Der Mädchenkrieg (1977) and Kaltgestellt (1980).

173. Jürgen Roland

Director | 4 Schlüssel

Jürgen Roland was born on December 25, 1925 in Hamburg, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for 4 Schlüssel (1966), Stahlnetz (1958) and Das Mädchen von Hongkong (1973). He was married to Eva Roland-Schellack. He died on September 21, 2007 in Hamburg, Germany.

174. Gerd Kroske

Director | Wollis Paradies

Gerd Kroske, born in Dessau (former GDR) in 1958, was an apprentice concrete worker and subsequently pursued studies in the arts & cultural sciences (1980-87). Before that He was a long year political leader\youth instructor for the East German SED Party. He began working as a dramatist and ...

175. Heinz Bütler

Director | Holozän

Heinz Bütler was born in 1942 in Zurich, Switzerland. He is a director and writer, known for Holozän (1992), Melzer (1983) and Pessoa (1996).

176. Christian Wagner

Director | Wallers letzter Gang

Christian Wagner was born on September 26, 1959 in Immenstadt, Bavaria, Germany. He is a director and producer, known for Waller's Last Trip (1989), Warchild (2006) and Transatlantis (1995).

177. Michael Pfleghar

Director | Die Tote von Beverly Hills

Michael Pfleghar was born on March 20, 1933 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Dead Woman from Beverly Hills (1964), Klimbim (1973) and Serenade für zwei Spione (1965). He was married to Wenche Myhre, Bibi Johns and Inge Brück. He died on June 23,...

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178. Alfred Weidenmann

Director | Canaris

Alfred Weidenmann was born on May 10, 1916 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Deadly Decision (1954), Verdammt zur Sünde (1964) and Only a Woman (1962). He died on June 9, 2000 in Zürich, Switzerland.

179. Hans Hirschmüller

Actor | Händler der vier Jahreszeiten

Hans Hirschmüller was born on March 15, 1940 in Romania. He is an actor and director, known for The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972), Sehnsucht nach Sodom (1989) and Police Call 110 (1971).

180. Ulli Lommel

Actor | Strangers in Paradise

Widely known for his frequent collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a creative partnership which lasted 10 years and produced over 20 films, Ulli Lommel is one of the most consistently creative filmmakers to come from the New German Cinema movement.

The son of German comic performer Ludwig ...

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181. Markus Fischer

Director | Marmorera

Markus Fischer was born on July 29, 1953 in Zürich, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland. He is a director and producer, known for Marmorera (2007), Der Nachbar (1986) and Zimmer 36 (1988).

182. Niki List

Producer | Malaria

Niki List was born on June 28, 1956 in Vienna, Austria. He was a producer and director, known for Malaria (1982), Helden in Tirol (1998) and Der Schatten des Schreibers (1995). He died on April 1, 2009 in Vienna, Austria.

183. Angela Schanelec

Director | Ich war zuhause, aber

Angela Schanelec was born on February 14, 1962 in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is a director and actress, known for I Was at Home, But... (2019), The Dreamed Path (2016) and Music (2023). She was previously married to Juergen Gosch.

184. Axel Corti

Director | Wohin und zurück - Teil 3: Welcome in Vienna

Axel Corti was born on May 7, 1933 in Paris, France. He was a director and actor, known for Wohin und zurück - Teil 3: Welcome in Vienna (1986), Radetzkymarsch (1994) and The King's Whore (1990). He was married to Cecily Corti. He died on December 29, 1993 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria.

185. Franz Peter Wirth

Director | Helden

Franz Peter Wirth was born on September 22, 1919 in Munich, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Arms and the Man (1958), Ein Stück Himmel (1982) and Al Capone im deutschen Wald (1969). He died on October 17, 1999 in Berg, Bavaria, Germany.

186. Wolfgang Petersen

Director | Das Boot

A controversial film maker, Wolfgang Petersen has at once been lauded for his professionalism and attention to detail and decried for turning out a string of standard commercial Hollywood blockbusters. The son of a naval officer, Petersen held a lifelong fascination with the sea and naval subjects....

187. Jörg-Michael Baldenius

Cinematographer | Tatort

Jörg-Michael Baldenius was born on November 28, 1940 in Hamburg, Germany. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Tatort (1970), Gran Canaria (1972) and The Consequence (1977).

188. Thomas Arslan

Director | Dealer

Thomas Arslan was born on July 16, 1962 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Dealer (1999), Gold (2013) and Verbrannte Erde (2024).

189. Peer Raben

Soundtrack | 2046

Peer Raben was born on July 3, 1940 in Viechtafell, Viechtach, Bavaria, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for 2046 (2004), Querelle (1982) and Finding Forrester (2000). He died on January 21, 2007 in Mitterfels, Bavaria, Germany.

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190. Ula Stöckl

Director | Geschichten vom Kübelkind

Ula Stöckl was born on February 5, 1938 in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is a director and writer, known for Geschichten vom Kübelkind (1971), Der Schlaf der Vernunft (1984) and Erikas Leidenschaften (1976).

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191. Rolf Olsen

Writer | Wenn es Nacht wird auf der Reeperbahn

Rolf Olsen was born on December 26, 1919 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor and writer, known for Uneasy Summer (1967), Bloody Friday (1972) and Paradies der flotten Sünder, Das (1968). He was married to Ilse Peternell. He died on April 3, 1998 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.

192. Peter Fratzscher

Director | Sieben Monde

Peter Fratzscher was born on July 1, 1950 in Kassel, Hesse, West Germany. He is a director and assistant director, known for Sieben Monde (1998), Asphaltnacht (1980) and Tatort (1970).

193. Dominik Graf

Director | Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde

Dominik Graf was born on September 6, 1952 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Fabian: Going to the Dogs (2021), Dreileben (2011) and Der Felsen (2002).

194. Otto Schenk

Actor | Die Fledermaus

Otto Schenk was born on June 12, 1930 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor and director, known for Die Fledermaus (1972), Arabella (1977) and Merry-Go-Round (1973). He was previously married to Renée Michaelis.

195. Carlo Rola

Director | Sass

Carlo Rola was born on October 6, 1958 in Spalt, Middle Franconia, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Sass (2001), Die Patriarchin (2005) and Al cinema Garibaldi (1991). He was married to Dennenesch Zoudé. He died on March 14, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.

196. Xavier Koller

Director | Reise der Hoffnung

Born in Switzerland. After graduating from High School, Xavier Koller first went through a four-year apprenticeship as a precision toolmaker and then, after three years of training at the Academy of Drama in Zurich, Switzerland, graduated as an actor/director.

The next several years he spent acting ...

197. Peter Sempel

Director | Jonas in the Jungle

Lived his youth in Australia, and returned to Germany to study Literature and Music in the 1970s. His film directorial work started in 1981, and has been focused mostly on urban characters, both impotent and neurotic. Those persona are recurrent characters in his films, or make odd appearances only...

198. Manfred Purzer

Writer | Das Netz

Manfred Purzer was born on April 13, 1931 in Munich, Germany. He is a writer and director, known for Das Netz (1975), One or the Other (1974) and Die Elixiere des Teufels (1976).

199. Horst Markgraf

Camera_department | Moon 44

Horst Markgraf was born on June 27, 1960 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Moon 44 (1990), Layla Fourie (2013) and Im Alter von Ellen (2010).

200. Florian Flicker

Director | Der Überfall

Florian Flicker was born on August 21, 1965 in Salzburg, Austria. He was a director and actor, known for Der Überfall (2000), Halbe Welt (1995) and Crossing Boundaries (2012). He died on August 23, 2014 in Vienna, Austria.