Eckhart Schmidt began his career as a film journalist at the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, among others. At the end of the 1960s, he made his first films ("Jet Generation and Atlantis – Ein Sommermaerchen"). Since the 1980s, he has also been working as a documentary filmmaker. His feature films include: "Der Fan", "Loft", "Die Story", "Das Wunder", "Undine", "Der Sandmann", "Girls – Maedchen – Ragazze", and "24/7 Sunset Boulevard", and "Sunset Motel". His documentaries include: "Sunset Boulevard", "The Myth of Hollywood", "Black Hollywood", "Young Hollywood", "Las Vegas – First City of the 21st Century", "Francesco Rosi – Momente der Wahrheit", "Musen, Macht und Glamour", "Motel California", and "Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others". He has also directed several opera films, including "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and "Der Prinz von Homburg".

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH