Wolfgang Becker

DirectorWriterActorProducerCrew Jun 22 (died age 70) Hemer, Germany 1961–2025 (64 year career)

5.7 avg rating

Biography

Wolfgang Becker was a German film director and screenwriter who also occasionally appeared as an actor, cameraman, film editor and producer. His greatest success came with the 2003 tragicomedy Good Bye, Lenin!

Known For

Film

Good Bye, Lenin!

Director

Film

Run Lola Run

Thanks

Film

Life Is All You Get

Fleischhof-Chef

Film

Me and Kaminski

Director

Film

Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation

Director

Film

Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood

Himself

Film

Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Director

Film

A Lot of Coal

Sparkassenangestellter

Filmography

Acting (9)

Movies (6)

Daniel Brühl: Breaking Bad

2023

as Self - Filmmaker

3.5

Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood

2006

as Himself

8.0

Who is Helene Schwarz?

2005

as Self

Life Is All You Get

1997

as Fleischhof-Chef

6.5

The Night of the Filmmakers

1995

as Self

5.0

A Lot of Coal

1981

as Sparkassenangestellter

5.8

Television (3)

Una belleza nueva

2006

as Self

2.0

Bavarian Film Awards

1979

as Self

German Film Award

1951

as Self

6.0

Crew (20)

Movies (20)

Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

2025

Director

6.4

Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Writer

Me and Kaminski

Director

Me and Kaminski

Producer

Me and Kaminski

Writer

Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation

Director

Welcome to São Paulo

Director

Good Bye, Lenin!

Director

Good Bye, Lenin!

Screenplay

Run Lola Run

Thanks

Life Is All You Get

Screenplay

Child's Play

Director

Child's Play

Editor

Child's Play

Writer

Nicht mit uns

Director

Sturzflug

1989

Cinematography

Butterflies

1988

Director

Riviera-Story

1961

Writer

2.5

Die seltsame Geschichte des Brandner Kaspar

1949

Editor

Menschen vom Varieté

1939

Editor

4.5