Volker Schlöndorff
German filmmaker (born 1939) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Volker Schlöndorff (German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlkɐ ˈʃløːndɔʁf] ⓘ; born 31 March 1939) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Volker Schlöndorff | |
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Born | (1939-03-31) 31 March 1939 (age 85) |
Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 1960–present |
Movement | New German Cinema |
Spouse(s) | Margarethe von Trotta (1971–1991; divorced) Angelika Gruber |
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He has 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.[1]