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.
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
Baal
German Genius
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life