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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.
Known For
Le Doulos
as Man in Bar (uncredited)
Léon Morin, Priest
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
as Self - Filmmaker
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
as Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
Hands Up!
as Self (1981 footage)
The Stones and Brian Jones
as Self
Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
as Self
Cinématon
as N°572
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
as Self
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
as Self - Filmmaker
