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- Wolfgang Becker was born on June 22, 1954 in Hemer, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Life Is All You Get (1997) and Schmetterlinge (1988). He was married to Susanne. He died on December 12, 2024 in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
- SpouseSusanne(? - December 12, 2024) (his death, 1 child)
- He studied German, History and American Studies at the Free University in Berlin.
- In 1980 he landed a job at a sound studio and later enrolled at the German Film and Television Academy (dffb). In 1983 he started work as a freelance cameraman graduating from the dffb in 1986 with Schmetterlinge (Butterflies), which won the Student Academy Award in 1988, the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival, and the Saarland Prime-Minister's Award at the 1988 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis [de] Saarbrücken.
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 61st Venice International Film Festival in 2004.
- Wolfgang Becker was a German film director and screenwriter, best known to international audiences for his work Good Bye, Lenin! (2003), with over 6 million viewers.
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