Source: X-Filme, Photo: Christine Fenzl Wolfgang Becker Wolfgang Becker was born in 1954 in Hemer/Westphalia and studied German, History and American Studies at the Free University in Berlin. He followed this with a job at a sound studio in 1980 and then began studies at the German Film & Television Academy (dffb). He started working as a freelance cameraman in 1983 and graduated from the dffb in 1986 with "Butterflies" ("Schmetterlinge"), which won the Student Academy Award in 1988, the Golden Leopard at Locarno and the Saarland Prime-Minister's Award at the 1988 Ophuels Festival Saarbruecken. He directed the "Tator"t-episode, "Blutwurstwalzer", before making his second feature "Children's Games" ("Kinderspiele", 1992), the documentary "Celibidache" (1992), and the Berlinale competition features "Life is All You Get" ("Das Leben ist eine Baustelle", 1997), and "Good Bye, Lenin!" (2003). Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH *22.06.1954 Hemer 2008/2009 Deutschland '09 - 13 kurze Filme zur Lage der Nation Director 2006 Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin Participation 2006/2007 Mein Führer - Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler Cast 2002 Freitagnacht Creative consultant 2002-2005 Wer ist Helene Schwarz? Participation 2001-2003 Good Bye, Lenin! Director,Screenplay 2000 Stundenhotel Director 1999/2000 Paul Is Dead Director (other) 1995-1997 Das Leben ist eine Baustelle Director,Cast,Screenplay 1994 Die Nacht der Regisseure Participation Themes Current Trends In German Films