Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

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Director, Co-producer, Screenwriter
Born:
1973 in Cologne, West Germany
Biography:For Academy Award-winning filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, the only way to make the film that would launch his career was to do so on his own terms. After living in both Germany and the United States during his childhood, von Donnersmarck went on to study philosophy at Oxford University and Russian in St. Petersburg. He even interned for Sir Richard Attenborough before going back to his native Germany to join the Directing Class of the Munich Film Academy. There, von Donnersmarck worked on many short films, but none of his projects satisfied his creative needs, so in 2001, he left the school to make a full-length feature called The Lives of Others. Set during the 1980s in East Germany, the movie tells the story of a secret-service agent who becomes strangely preoccupied with the couple he spies upon. Five years went by as von Donnersmarck dealt with the process of writing, directing, and... Full Biography
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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Valkyrie" at The...
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Valkyrie" at The...
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Valkyrie" at The...
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Valkyrie" at The...
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Valkyrie" at The...
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Valkyrie" at The...
Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck at United Artists Pictures and MGM premiere of 'Valkyrie' on...
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