- Wolfgang Becker
Wolfgang Becker (born
June 22 1954 inHemer ,Sauerland ) is a German film director.Work
Becker studied German, History and American Studies at the Free University in
Berlin . He followed this with a job at a sound studio in 1980 and then began studies at theGerman Film and Television Academy (dffb). He started working as a freelance cameraman in 1983 and graduated from the dffb in 1986 with "Schmetterlinge" (Butterflies), which won theStudent Academy Award in 1988, the Golden Leopard at theLocarno International Film Festival , and theSaarland Prime-Minister's Award at the 1988Ophuels Festival Saarbruecken .He directed an episode of television drama
Tatort , called "Blutwurstwalzer", before making his second feature "Kinderspiele" (Children's Games, 1992), and the documentary "Celibidache" (1992).In 1994, he co-founded the production company "X Filme Creative Pool" with
Tom Tykwer ,Stefan Arndt , andDani Levy . From there he worked with Tykwer on theBerlinale competition feature "Das Leben ist eine Baustelle" ("Life is All You Get", 1997). He is most famous for making "Good Bye Lenin! " (2003).Awards
*1998 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Production [http://www.bayern.de/Anlage19170/PreistraegerdesBayerischenFilmpreises-Pierrot.pdf]
External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/07/16/wolfgang_becker_good_bye_lenin_interview.shtml BBC interview following "Good Bye Lenin!"]
* [http://www.x-filme.net/html/xfilme.html "X Filme Creative Pool"] , webpage retrieved May 10, 2008.
*imdb name|0065615
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