Volker Schlöndorff

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. 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.

Filmografi

Léon Morin, Priest1961 · German Soldier (uncredited)Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life2017 · SelfCatching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg2024 · SelfMarlene Dietrich: Her Own Song2002 · SelfCave of Forgotten Dreams2010 · Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer2022 · SelfLe Doulos1962 · Man in Bar (uncredited)Alain Resnais, the Audacious2022 · SelfFilmmakers in Action2006 · SelfKnef - Die frühen Jahre2005 · SelfHollywood's Second World War2019 · SelfPan Olbrychski2025 · SelfSympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst2018 · SelfVon Sex bis Simmel2005 · SelfIgor and After2026 · The Stones and Brian Jones2023 · SelfMargaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power2019 · Self - FilmmakerHenri Langlois vu par...2014 · SelfNever Be Boring: Billy Wilder2017 · SelfVolker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum2001 · SelfFrom Caligari to Hitler2015 · Self - FilmmakerMelville, le dernier samouraï2020 · SelfA Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner2021 · SelfRomy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion2022 · Self