Wolfgang Becker

Known for

Directing

Born

June 22, 1954

Birthplace

Hemer, Germany

Died

December 12, 2024 (aged 70)

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!

Best known work

Good Bye, Lenin!

2003

Run Lola Run

1998

Me and Kaminski

2015

Life Is All You Get

1997

Berlin Hero

2025

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

2009

Child's Play

1993

A Lot of Coal

1981

Welcome to São Paulo

2004

Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood

2006

Filmography

2025
Berlin Hero
Director, Co-Writer
2023
Daniel Brühl: Breaking Bad
as Self - Filmmaker
2015
Me and Kaminski
Director, Producer, Writer
2009
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
Director
2006
Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
as Himself
2006
Una belleza nuevaTV
as Self (1 episode)
2005
Who is Helene Schwarz?
as Self
2004
Welcome to São Paulo
Director
2003
Good Bye, Lenin!
Screenplay, Director
1998
Run Lola Run
Thanks
1997
Life Is All You Get
as Fleischhof-Chef, Screenplay, Director
1995
The Night of the Filmmakers
as Self
1993
Child's Play
Editor, Director, Writer
1991
Nicht mit uns
Director
1989
Sturzflug
Cinematography
1988
Butterflies
Director
1981
A Lot of Coal
as Sparkassenangestellter
1979
Bavarian Film AwardsTV
as Self (1 episode)
1961
Riviera-Story
Writer
1951
German Film AwardTV
as Self (2 episodes)
1949
Die seltsame Geschichte des Brandner Kaspar
Editor
1939
Menschen vom Varieté
Editor