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'''Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck''' (b. [[May 2]] [[1973]], [[Cologne]]) is an [[Academy Award]]-winning German [[Film director|director]] and [[screenwriter]]. |
'''Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck''' (b. [[May 2]] [[1973]], [[Cologne]]) is an [[Academy Award]]-winning German [[Film director|director]] and [[screenwriter]]. |
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'''Florian Maria Georg Christian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck''' |
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| ⚫ | grew up in [[New York City|New York]] and [[West Berlin]] and speaks American English with virtually no accent. He studied Russian in [[St. Petersburg]], and [[Philosophy, Politics, and Economics]] at [[Oxford University]]. |
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In 1996, he worked as an intern for [[Richard Attenborough]] on ''In Love and War'' before going on to study at the prestigious Directing Class of the Munich Film Academy in [[Munich]], Germany, alma mater of directors as diverse as [[Wim Wenders]] and [[Roland Emmerich]]. |
In 1996, he worked as an intern for [[Richard Attenborough]] on ''In Love and War'' before going on to study at the prestigious Directing Class of the Munich Film Academy in [[Munich]], Germany, alma mater of directors as diverse as [[Wim Wenders]] and [[Roland Emmerich]]. |
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Revision as of 18:08, 26 February 2007
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (b. May 2 1973, Cologne) is an Academy Award-winning German director and screenwriter.
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck grew up in New York and West Berlin and speaks American English with virtually no accent. He studied Russian in St. Petersburg, and Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford University.
In 1996, he worked as an intern for Richard Attenborough on In Love and War before going on to study at the prestigious Directing Class of the Munich Film Academy in Munich, Germany, alma mater of directors as diverse as Wim Wenders and Roland Emmerich.
His feature film Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) won the European Film Award for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Screenplay in 2006. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck went on to win the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's award for Best Foreign Film, was nominated for the Golden Globe (which went to Clint Eastwood instead), and on February 25 2007 won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Filmography
- 2005 – Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) - director, writer, co-producer
- 2001 – Der Templer (The Crusader) - co-director
- 1999 – Dobermann - director, writer, producer
Awards
- 2007 - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for The Lives of Others
- 2006 – European Film Awards for The Lives of Others
- Best Film
- Best Screenplay
- 2006 – Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Award) for Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)
- Best Direction
- Best Screenplay
Literature
- Das Leben der Anderen, Suhrkamp Verlag Frankfurt, 2006
Trivia
According to IMDb he stands 6'9".
External links
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck at IMDb
- Biography and Interview in German Films Quarterly
- Donnersmarck responds to criticism in "The Evening Class"
- Interview in indieWIRE