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Volker Schlöndorff ( German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlkɐ ˈʃløːndɔʁf] ⓘ; born 31 March 1939) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Apr 5, 2024 · Volker Schlondorff, German film director and screenwriter who was a leading member of the postwar cinema movement in West Germany. He was perhaps best known for The Tin Drum (1979), which won an Academy Award for best foreign film.
Volker Schlöndorff. Director: The Tin Drum. Has studied economy and political sciences as well as at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographique (IDHEC) in Paris, France. Worked as an assistant director with Louis Malle, Jean-Pierre Melville and Alain Resnais.
The Tin Drum, which earned the Palme d’Or at Cannes and the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, is Volker Schlöndorff’s visionary adaptation of Nobel laureate Günter Grass’s acclaimed novel, characterized by surreal imagery, arresting eroticism, and clear-eyed satire.
Biography. Volker Schlöndorff (b. 1939) is an acclaimed movie director based in Berlin and, since 2001, a professor of film and literature at The European Graduate School / EGS in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. He grew up in Schlangenbad and attended high school near his birthplace located in the low mountain range region of Taunus, in the state of Hesse.
Apr 5, 2022 · 04/05/2022. "Tin Drum" director Volker Schlöndorff's new film is about "alternative Nobel" winner Tony Rinaudo, an Australian scientist who helped reforest many parts of Africa's Sahel region. A ...
Volker Schlöndorff ( German pronunciation: [ ˈfɔlkɐ ˈʃløːndɔʁf] ⓘ; born 31 March 1939) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
