Biography
Volker Schlöndorff is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s, often collaborating with his then-wife and fellow filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta. His 1979 film The Tin Drum, based on Günter Grass' novel of the same name, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.
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Awards & recognition
- Goldener Ochse · 2024
- German Film Honorary Award · 2023
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 2019
- Brüder-Grimm-Poetikprofessur · 2011
- Carl Zuckmayer Medal · 2009
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- honorary doctorate of Artois University · 2002
- Konrad Wolf Prize · 1997
- Berliner Bär · 1995
- Palme d'Or · 1979
- Bavarian Order of Merit
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Order of Merit of Brandenburg
- Romy
- European Film Award — Best Film · 1991 · nominated
Filmography29 titles
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
The Fire Within
Le Doulos
Last Year at Marienbad
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
American Masters
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
The Stones and Brian Jones
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Léon Morin, Priest
Merkel
Diplomacy
The Tin Drum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Death of a Salesman
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Calm at Sea
Young Törless
The Ninth Day
The Ogre
Coup de Grâce
Voyager
The Handmaid's Tale
Palmetto
Return to Montauk
Swann in Love
German Genius
Baal
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life