Directors Born in Germany

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog, 83

Director

1

Uwe Boll

Uwe Boll, 61

Director

2

Tom Tykwer

Tom Tykwer, 61

Director

3

Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen (1941-2022)

Director

4

Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich, 70

Director

5

Phoenix Melville

Phoenix Melville, 33

Director

6

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders, 81

Director

7

Kaya Orsan

Kaya Orsan, 35

Director

8

Marcel Ophuls

Marcel Ophuls (1927-2025)

Director

9

Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin, 52

Director

10

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols (1931-2014)

Director

11

Marc Forster

Marc Forster, 56

Director

12

Lexi Alexander

Lexi Alexander, 51

Director

13

Thor Freudenthal

Thor Freudenthal, 53

Director

14

Max Ophuls

Max Ophuls (1902-1957)

Director

15

Lotte Reiniger

Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981)

Director

16

Shawn Bu

Shawn Bu, 32

Director

17

Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke, 84

Director

18

Ulli Lommel

Ulli Lommel, 81

Director

19

Wolfgang Becker

Wolfgang Becker (1954-2024)

Director

20

Born in Germany

Most Popular Directors

Marcus Nispel

Marcus Nispel, 63

Director

21

Margarethe von Trotta

Margarethe von Trotta, 84

Director

22

Percy Adlon

Percy Adlon (1935-2024)

Director

23

Volker Schlondorff

Volker Schlondorff, 87

Director

24

Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947)

Director

25

Uli Edel

Uli Edel, 79

Director

26

Kurt Maetzig

Kurt Maetzig (1911-2012)

Director

27

Konrad Wolf

Konrad Wolf (1925-1982)

Director

28

Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Wolfgang Liebeneiner (1905-1987)

Director

29

Oliver Latta

Oliver Latta

Director

30

Konstantin Flemig

Konstantin Flemig, 37

Director

31

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