Volker Schlöndorff

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

103

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-03-31 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

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

  • Alpha Forum

    Alpha Forum

  • Abendschau

    Abendschau

  • Abendschau

    Abendschau

  • Volle Kanne

    Volle Kanne

  • Morgenmagazin

    Morgenmagazin

  • Die Harald Schmidt Show

    Die Harald Schmidt Show

  • ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

    ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

  • NDR Talk Show

    NDR Talk Show

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • maybrit illner

    maybrit illner

  • Nachtcafé

    Nachtcafé

  • Nachtstudio

    Nachtstudio

  • Beckmann

    Beckmann

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Westpol: Eins zu eins

    Westpol: Eins zu eins

  • Kölner Treff

    Kölner Treff

  • Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

    Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • American Masters

    American Masters

  • Im Dialog

    Im Dialog

  • 3 nach 9

    3 nach 9

  • German Film Award

    German Film Award

  • Square

    Square

  • Romy Award

    Romy Award

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Bavarian Film Awards

    Bavarian Film Awards

  • Studio 3 – Live aus Babelsberg

    Studio 3 – Live aus Babelsberg

  • Zeil um Zehn

    Zeil um Zehn

  • The Stones and Brian Jones

    The Stones and Brian Jones

  • Hands Up!

    Hands Up!

  • Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett

    Im Glashaus - Das philosophische Quartett

  • Michael Nyman in Progress

    Michael Nyman in Progress

  • Gero von Boehm begegnet...

    Gero von Boehm begegnet...

  • Un film et son époque

    Un film et son époque

  • Henri Langlois vu par...

    Henri Langlois vu par...

  • Günther Jauch

    Günther Jauch

  • Malle's Fire Within

    Malle's Fire Within

  • Nuits transparentes

    Nuits transparentes

  • Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

    Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

  • Code Name: Melville

    Code Name: Melville

  • Je später der Abend

    Je später der Abend

  • Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

    Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

  • Museums-Check mit Markus Brock

    Museums-Check mit Markus Brock

  • German Genius

    German Genius

  • Mathias Kneißl

    Mathias Kneißl

  • The Night of the Filmmakers

    The Night of the Filmmakers

  • Léon Morin, Priest

    Léon Morin, Priest

  • Melville, le dernier samouraï

    Melville, le dernier samouraï

  • Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

    Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

  • Alain Resnais, the Audacious

    Alain Resnais, the Audacious

  • Knef - Die frühen Jahre

    Knef - Die frühen Jahre

  • Cinématon

    Cinématon

  • Fassbinder

    Fassbinder

  • Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands

    Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands

  • Le Doulos

    Le Doulos

  • Die Verhoevens

    Die Verhoevens

  • Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg

    Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg

  • Hollywood's Second World War

    Hollywood's Second World War

  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams

    Cave of Forgotten Dreams

  • Filmmakers in Action

    Filmmakers in Action

  • Was wurde aus...?

    Was wurde aus...?

  • 11 Uhr 20

    11 Uhr 20

  • Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?

    Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?

  • Bewegte Republik Deutschland

    Bewegte Republik Deutschland

  • From Caligari to Hitler

    From Caligari to Hitler

  • Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

    Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

  • Merkel

    Merkel

  • Billy, How Did You Do It?

    Billy, How Did You Do It?

  • A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

    A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

  • Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

    Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

  • Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

    Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

  • Chance at Love

    Chance at Love

  • Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen?

    Open Opera – Wer wird Carmen?

  • Neuer Deutscher Film Report

    Neuer Deutscher Film Report

  • Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine

    Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine

  • Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit

    Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit

  • Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

    Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

  • Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

    Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

  • Who is Helene Schwarz?

    Who is Helene Schwarz?

  • Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst

    Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst

  • Film Hour

    Film Hour

  • De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ?

    De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ?

  • Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion

    Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion

  • Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century

    Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century

  • Fuck the Message

    Fuck the Message

  • Von Sex bis Simmel

    Von Sex bis Simmel

  • Billy, How Did You Do It?

    Billy, How Did You Do It?

  • Pan Olbrychski

    Pan Olbrychski

  • Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World

    Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World

  • I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

    I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

  • Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum

    Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum

  • Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

    Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

  • Memories of Last Year in Marienbad

    Memories of Last Year in Marienbad

  • Billy Wilder Speaks

    Billy Wilder Speaks

  • Schrott - Die Atzenposse

    Schrott - Die Atzenposse

  • Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad

    Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad

  • Melville Steps Out of the Shadows

    Melville Steps Out of the Shadows

  • Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder

    Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder

  • Last Year in Dachau

    Last Year in Dachau

  • Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann

    Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann

  • The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal

    The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal

  • Gottschalk meets Petersen

    Gottschalk meets Petersen

  • Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum

    Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum