Wolfgang Becker (director, 1954)

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Becker at the opening of the Berlinale in 2009

Wolfgang Becker (born June 22, 1954 in Hemer ) is a German film director and screenwriter who has occasionally appeared as an actor , cameraman , film editor and film producer .

Live and act

Becker graduated from the Friedrich-Leopold-Woeste-Gymnasium in Hemer and first studied German, history and American studies at the Free University of Berlin . Then he switched to the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) and immediately gained international recognition with his graduation film Butterflies . The film received the Student Academy Award for best student film , the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival and the Prize of the Saarland Prime Minister at the Max Ophüls Festival .

Becker continued his work with the Tatort episode Blood Sausage Waltz and the drama Children's Games ( German Film Critics' Prize , HypoVereinsbank's Director's Promotion Prize ). In 1994 he founded the film production company X Films with the directors Tom Tykwer , Dani Levy and the producer Stefan Arndt . Life is a construction site was the first film that Becker made there in 1997 and whose premiere received general attention in the Berlinale competition. With good bye, Lenin! In 2003 he was a success with the public, which was also recognized with numerous awards and nominations - in Germany as well as internationally. Among other things, he was awarded the César in France and the Goya in Spain for best foreign film.

The short film Ballero was produced for the 2006 soccer World Cup draw and was televised worldwide on the occasion. Becker contributed the Sick House section to the episode film Germany 09 on the situation in Germany in autumn 2008 .

Wolfgang Becker has a daughter and lives with his partner in Berlin. In 2003 he was one of the founding members of the German Film Academy and is still an active member.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ballero at Film1 , accessed January 27, 2010
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Becker. In: deutsche-filmakademie.de. German Film Academy , accessed on November 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Hemer