Directors Born in Germany

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog, 84

Director

1

Uwe Boll

Uwe Boll, 61

Director

2

Ulli Lommel

Ulli Lommel, 81

Director

3

Thor Freudenthal

Thor Freudenthal, 53

Director

4

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders, 81

Director

5

Phoenix Melville

Phoenix Melville, 33

Director

6

Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich, 70

Director

7

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols (1931-2014)

Director

8

Kaya Orsan

Kaya Orsan, 35

Director

9

Lexi Alexander

Lexi Alexander, 52

Director

10

Margarethe von Trotta

Margarethe von Trotta, 84

Director

11

Max Ophuls

Max Ophuls (1902-1957)

Director

12

Oliver Latta

Oliver Latta

Director

13

Percy Adlon

Percy Adlon (1935-2024)

Director

14

Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen (1941-2022)

Director

15

Marc Forster

Marc Forster, 56

Director

16

Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke, 84

Director

17

Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin, 53

Director

18

Tom Tykwer

Tom Tykwer, 61

Director

19

Lotte Reiniger

Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981)

Director

20

Born in Germany

Most Popular Directors

Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947)

Director

21

Marcel Ophuls

Marcel Ophuls (1927-2025)

Director

22

Wolfgang Becker

Wolfgang Becker (1954-2024)

Director

23

Marcus Nispel

Marcus Nispel, 63

Director

24

Volker Schlondorff

Volker Schlondorff, 87

Director

25

Shawn Bu

Shawn Bu, 33

Director

26

Uli Edel

Uli Edel, 79

Director

27

Kurt Maetzig

Kurt Maetzig (1911-2012)

Director

28

Konrad Wolf

Konrad Wolf (1925-1982)

Director

29

Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Wolfgang Liebeneiner (1905-1987)

Director

30

Konstantin Flemig

Konstantin Flemig, 38

Director

31

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