Volker Schlöndorff
Directing
- Born
- March 31, 1939 (age 87) · Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
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.
Known for
The Tin Drum
May 2, 1979
Last Year at Marienbad
September 29, 1961
Le Doulos
December 13, 1962
The Handmaid's Tale
February 15, 1990
The Fire Within
October 15, 1963
Diplomacy
March 5, 2014
Death of a Salesman
August 16, 1985
Léon Morin, Priest
September 22, 1961
Palmetto
February 20, 1998
Viva Maria!
November 22, 1965
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
January 10, 1975
Young Törless
May 20, 1966
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