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2006 Helmed "Strike," a film about the beginning of the Solidarity movement in Poland
2004 Helmed the German film, "The Ninth Day"
2001 With Axel Geis, named joint chairman of the European Film Center
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2006 Helmed "Strike," a film about the beginning of the Solidarity movement in Poland
2004 Helmed the German film, "The Ninth Day"
2001 With Axel Geis, named joint chairman of the European Film Center
2000 Received praise for "The Legends of Rita", a film about a terrorist; screened at the Berlin Film Festival; released in the USA in 2001
1998 Directed the noirish "Palmetto"
1997 Returned to the USA in part because of a case in Oklhoma involving the censorship of the video version of "The Tin Drum"; because of one scene of simulated oral sex, film was found in violation of loc
1996 Helmed "The Ogre" at Babelsberg Studios
1992 First feature in three years, "Voyager"
1990 Returned to live in Berlin
1989 American directorial debut. "The Handmaid's Tale", scripted by Harold Pinter
1987 Helmed second American TV-movie "A Gathering of Old Men" (CBS)
1985 Directed Dustin Hoffman in a TV production of "Death of a Salesman" (CBS); earned an Emmy nomination as Best Director
1984 Helmed "Swann in Love", adapted from Proust's "A la recherche du temps perdu"
1979 Had biggest international success with "The Tin Drum"; first German film to receive the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film
1977 Directed a 60-minute interview with actress Valeska Gert, "Nur zum Spass--nur zum Spiel"
1976 Helmed an adaptation of Marguerite Yourcenar's novel "Coup de Grace"
1975 Co-directed and co-wrote (with von Trotta), "Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum/The Lost Honor of Katherina Blum"
1972 With Margarethe von Trotta, co-wrote "A Free Woman"; also directed
1969 Co-wrote and directed "Michael Kohlhaas"
1966 Directed first feature, "Young Torless"; earned an Oscar nomination as Best Foreign-Language Film
1965 Returned to Germany
1960 First film as assistant director, "Zazie dans le Metro"
1960 Made first short film, "Who Cares?"
1956 Moved with family to Paris
Worked as assistant to Alain Resnais, Jean-Pierre Melville and Louis Malle
Served as managing director of Babelsberg Film Studios


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