Bernd Eichinger
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PERSONAL DATA OF BERND EICHINGER
Born in: NEUBURG AN DER DONAU (Germany)
Born on: 11/04/1949
He dies at: LOS ANGELES, California (USA)
BIOGRAPHY OF BERND EICHINGER
After graduating from the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film in Munich, in 1973 he founded his first production company, Solaris Film, turning his attention above all to German ‘new authors’. He has the merit of being among the first to recognize the talent of Wim Wenders (“False movement”; 1975), then of Edgar Reitz (“Zero Hour”; 1977) and Wolfgang Petersen (“Die Konsequenz”; 1977). In 1979 he arrived at the production and distribution company Constantin Film, also in Munich, where he took over the management by adopting a completely new and internationalist policy. Among the most successful productions: “Cristiana F. – We the boys of the Berlin zoo” (1981) by Uli Edel, “The Neverending Story” (1984) by Wolfgang Petersen, “The Name of the Rose” (1986) by Jean -Jacques Annaud, the co-production “Nowhere in Africa” (2001), which won the Oscar for best foreign film, and the “Resident Evil” saga, which smashed the box office all over the world. In 2004 he collaborated on the screenplay of “The fall – Hitler’s last days” by Oliver Hirschbiegel, an experiment that he repeated in 2006 with “Perfume – Story of a murderer” by Tom Tykwer and in 2008 with “The Baader Meinhof gang” by Edel. He died at the age of 61 in his Los Angeles home due to a heart attack.
BERND EICHINGER’S MOST RECENT FILMS
The Baader Meinhof Band (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)
Role: Screenwriter
Year: 2007
Perfume – Story of a murderer (Das Parfum – Die Geschichte eines Mörders)
Role: Screenwriter
Year: 2006
The Fall – Hitler’s Last Days (Der Untergang)
Role: Screenwriter
Year: 2004 Go to the complete Filmography
BERND EICHINGER’S MOST RECURRING GENRES
Drama: 60% Thriller: 20% War: 20%
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