Volker Schlöndorff

About

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

The Tin DrumMovie • 1979The Handmaid's TaleMovie • 1990Last Year at MarienbadMovie • 1961Viva Maria!Movie • 1965A Very Private AffairMovie • 1962DiplomacyMovie • 2014PalmettoMovie • 1998Death of a SalesmanMovie • 1985Circle of DeceitMovie • 1981Cave of Forgotten DreamsMovie • 2010The Fire WithinMovie • 1963Léon Morin, PriestMovie • 1961Swann in LoveMovie • 1984Coup de GrâceMovie • 1976The OgreMovie • 1996The Lost Honor of Katharina BlumMovie • 1975Le DoulosMovie • 1962Germany in AutumnMovie • 1978Return to MontaukMovie • 2017VoyagerMovie • 1991The Ninth DayMovie • 2004Young TörlessMovie • 1966The Legend of RitaMovie • 2000Calm at SeaMovie • 2012