Hans W. Geißendörfer
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Hans W. Geißendörfer | |
Born | Wilhelm Max Geißendörfer 6 April 1941 Augsburg, Bavaria |
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Occupation | film director |
Website geissendoerfer-film.de |
Hans W. Geißendörfer (born 6 April 1941) is a German movie director and producer.
Director of Oscar-Nominated The Glass Cell (1978, starring Brigitte Fossey) and 16 other movies (The Wild Duck starring Jean Seberg; The Magic Mountain starring Rod Steiger), he is creator of TV-Series Lindenstraße (since 1985). His drama Snowland (2005, starring Julia Jentsch and Thomas Kretschmann) won the Special Grand Prize at the Montréal World Film Festival.