Henckel von
Donnersmarck was born in 1973 in Cologne, West Germany, into the aristocratic
Roman Catholic Henckel von Donnersmarck family. He grew up in New York City,
Brussels, Frankfurt, and West Berlin and is fluent in English, German, French,
Russian, and Italian. After graduating at the top of his class from the German
section of the European School of Brussels I, he studied Russian literature in
St. Petersburg for two years and passed the State Exam for Teachers of Russian
as a Foreign Language. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy, politics
and economics at New College, University of Oxford, and a diploma in Film
Directing from the University of Television and Film Munich.
German film
director, best known for writing and directing the 2006 Oscar-winning dramatic
thriller The Lives of Others, the 2010 three time Golden Globe nominated
romantic thriller The Tourist starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, and the
two-time Oscar-nominated 2018 epic drama Never Look Away.
Films :
the lives of others
Produced by : Max Wiedemann, Quirin
Berg
Written by : F.Henckel von
Donnersmarck
Cinematography : Hagen
Bogdanski
Edited by : Patricia Rommel
Production company : Wiedemann
& Berg,
Bayerischer Rundfunk, Arte, Creado
Film
Release date : 23 March 2006
Running time : 137 minutes
Country : Germany
Language : German
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