- Joseph Vilsmaier was born on January 24, 1939 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Stalingrad (1993), The Harmonists (1997) and Brother of Sleep (1995). He was married to Dana Vávrová and Hanna Vilsmaier. He died on February 11, 2020 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- SpousesDana Vávrová(September 28, 1986 - February 5, 2009) (her death, 3 children)Hanna Vilsmaier (divorced)
- Frequently casts his wife Dana Vávrová in his movies as the leading actress
- Married his wife Dana Vávrová in the hospital while she was already in labor with their first daughter in order to have the child being born with German citizenship. Daughter Janina Vilsmaier was born only 10 minutes later.
- Daughters (with Vávrová): Janina Vilsmaier, Theresa Vilsmaier and Josefina Vilsmaier. He had his daughters play Marlene Dietrich's daughter Maria Riva in his film Marlene (2000) at different ages.
- Filmed the birth of his second daughter Theresa Vilsmaier and cut the footage into his film Rama Dama (1991).
- Born in Munich. Vilsmaier attended a boarding school near Augsburg. He then trained as a technician to make film cameras, and studied piano at the Musikhochschule München.
- He is internationally known for films such as Comedian Harmonists (1997) and Stalingrad (1993).
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