Wolf Gremm

Wolf Gremm (born February 26 1942) is a German film director and screenwriter. He was born in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1942. In the 1960s he studied German literature, psychology, sociology and theater. After graduation he studied film directing at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin and directed his first feature film "Ich dachte, ich wär tot" in 1973. During the 1970s and early 1980s he produced several feature films. His greatest success was the 1980 film "Fabian" based on a novel by German author Erich Kästner. This film was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination. [cite web | author = H. G. Pflaum | title = On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | publisher = German Films | url = http://www.german-films.de/en/germanfilmsquaterly/previousissues/topicalsubjects/focuson/thetindrum-alonevictor/index.html | accessdate = 2008-08-27]

He was a close friend of the German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who also starred in Gremm's 1982 film "Kamikaze 1989". This film was also his last feature film as since then he has worked solely for television. Gremm is married with the film producer Regina Ziegler, who began her career as the producer of Gremmäs first feature film "Ich dachte, ich wär tot".

elected Filmography

* "Ich dachte, ich wär tot" (1973)
* "Fabian" (1980)
* "Kamikaze 1989" (1982)

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