Volker Schlöndorff
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
DirectingBirthday
March 31, 1939Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
109Place of birth
Wiesbaden, Hesse, GermanyCast credits
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
SelfCode Name: Melville
SelfThe Night of the Filmmakers
SelfHands Up!
Self (1981 footage)Billy, How Did You Do It?
SelfFassbinder
SelfFilm Lesson
SelfMarlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
SelfNeuer Deutscher Film Report
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
Self (Interviewee)Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
SelfNever Be Boring: Billy Wilder
SelfBilly Wilder Speaks
Self - Filmmaker / InterviewerFilmmakers in Action
SelfLéon Morin, Priest
Un soldat allemand (uncredited)Crew credits
The Tin Drum
Director, ScreenplayVoyager
Director, ScreenplayThe Legend of Rita
Director, ScreenplayThe Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Director, ScreenplayThe Handmaid's Tale
DirectorThe Ninth Day
DirectorPalmetto
DirectorGermany in Autumn
Director, ScreenplayDeath of a Salesman
DirectorCoup de Grâce
DirectorStrike
DirectorYoung Törless
Writer, DirectorCircle of Deceit
Director, WriterThe Ogre
Director, ScreenplayUlzhan
DirectorA Gathering of Old Men
DirectorTen Minutes Older: The Cello
DirectorThe Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Director, Writer, ProducerCalm at Sea
Director, WriterSwann in Love
DirectorMichael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
Director, Writer