Volker Schlöndorff
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: March 31, 1939 (85 years old)
Place of Birth: 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.
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Actor Himself - Narrator
Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
Actor Interviewee
Melville Steps Out of the Shadows
Actor Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Actor Self
Michael Nyman in Progress
Producer
Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
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Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
