Peter Lilienthal

Directing

Born November 27, 1929 · Berlin, Germany

Died April 23, 2023

Biography

His family emigrated to Uruguay in 1939. 1956 scholarship at the Hochschule der Kuenste (HDK) in Berlin, Germany. Between 1959 and 1964 he worked at the German TV channel Suedwestfunk, first as an assistant, later as a director. 1967/68 he was lecturer at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie in Berlin. Co-founder of the German distributor Filmverlag der Autoren. Since 1985 headmaster of the section Film- und Medienkunst at the Akademie der Kuenste in Berlin.

Awards & recognition

Carl von Ossietzky Medal · 2012
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 2000
Grimme-Preis · 1973
Grimme-Preis · 1967
German Film Award

Filmography2 titles

The American Friend

1977as Marcangelo

Dear Mr. Wonderful

1982Director