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WOLFGANG BECKER
Wolfgang Becker was born in Hemer in North Rhine Westphalia in 1954. After graduating from high school, he studied German and American history as well as literature at Berlin’s Free University. He then studied at the German Film and Television Academy (dffb). Wolfgang Becker has worked as camera assistant for Michael Ballhaus and later as cinematographer himself. He also worked as assistant director for Istvan Szabo.
He first aroused attention as a filmmaker with his thesis film project SCHMETTERLINGE (BUTTERFLIES). The adaptation of a short story by the British author Ian McEwan won the Student Academy Award (the Oscar for the best foreign language student film) in Hollywood, the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival as well as the Saarland Premier Award at the Max Ophüls Festival in 1988.
Following a widely praised episode (BLUTWURSTWALZER, [BLOOD SAUSAGE WALTZ]) for the series TATORT (SCENE OF THE CRIME) in 1991, Wolfgang Becker directed a well-received television film, KINDERSPIELE (CHILD'S PLAY), which was later distributed in cinemas and won the Hypo-Award at the Munich Film Festival.
Wolfgang Becker lives in Berlin and is a founding member of X Filme Creative Pool GmbH. The first film Becker directed for X FILME was DAS LEBEN IST EINE BAUSTELLE (LIFE IS ALL YOU GET, 1997) with Jürgen Vogel and Christiane Paul in the leading roles. It was a terrific success at the box office.
FILMOGRAPHY:
| 1986/87 | Schmetterlinge (Butterflies) (Director and Author) STUDENT FILM AWARD – Oscar for the best student film (1988) GOLDEN LEOPARD Locarno Film Festival (1988) PRIZE OF THE MINISTER PRESIDENT of the state of SAARLAND, Max Ophüls Festival |
| 1990/91 | Tatort: Blutwurstwalzer (Scene of the Crime: Blood Sausage Waltz) (Director and Co-Author) |
| 1991/92 | Kinderspiele (Child´s Play) (Director and Co-Author) HYPO-AWARD at the Munich Film Festival 1992 GERMAN FILM CRITICS AWARD, Best Feature 1992/93 |
| 1992 | Celibidache (TV-Documentary) (Director and Author) |
| 1995/96 | Das Leben ist eine Baustelle (Life is all you get) (Director and Co-Author) GERMAN FILM AWARD in Silver (Best Feature Film), 1997 GERMAN FILM AWARD in Gold for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress FEATURE FILM PRIZE FROM THE GERMAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION, 1997 OFFICIAL GERMAN ENTRY at the BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL 1997 (in competition) SPECIAL MENTION at the BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL1997 PILAR MIRÓ (Best New Director) Valladolid Int. Film Festival 1997 |
| 2002 | Good Bye, Lenin! (Director and Co-Author) Film Awards (selection): GERMAN FILM AWARD, Best Screenplay 2002 BLUE ANGEL , Best European Film, Berlin Film Festival 2003 9 GERMAN FILM AWARDS 2003, i.e. for Best Film, Best Director Guild Film Award in Gold 2003 GOLDEN SCREEN WITH DIAMOND for 6 Mill. Cinemagoers in Germany 6 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2003, i.e. for Best Film, Best Script, Best Actor, Best Actress, PREMIOS GOYA 2004, Best European Film, Spain 2004 CÉSAR for Best European Film, France 2004 DANISH FILM AWARD “ROBERT” for Best Non-American Feature 2003 LONDON FILM CRITICS´CIRCLE AWARD for Best Foreign Film 2004 DIRECTORS GUILD OF GREAT BRITAIN AWARD for Best Foreign Film ROSA SANT JORDI AWARD (Catalan Film Award) 2004 |
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