A German film director and screenwriter, he gained international acclaim with his debut feature, "The Lives of Others" (2006), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Born in 1973, he studied at the University of Oxford and the University of Television and Film Munich. Known for his meticulous storytelling and exploration of themes like surveillance and morality, he also directed "The Tourist" (2010) and "Never Look Away" (2018), the latter earning an Oscar nomination.
NEVER LOOK AWAY
Never Look Away follows the life of artist Kurt Barnert from the 1930s through the 1950s, tracing how art, memory, and love collide with the brutal...
THE TOURIST
The Tourist is a 2010 American romantic thriller film about an American tourist who finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue and danger while on...
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
The Lives of Others is a gripping tale set in 1984 East Berlin, where Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler is tasked with spying on playwright Georg Dreyman. As...