German-born (1945- ) film director.
Films:
- [Summer in the City]? 1970
- [Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter]? (the Goalkeeper's fear of the Penalty Kick) 1972 - adaptation of a novella by Peter Handke, who also wrote the film dialogue
- [Der scharlachrochte Buchstabe]? (the Scarlet Letter) 1972. Adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- [Alice in den Stadten]? (Alice in the Cities) 1974
- [Flassche Bewegung]? (Wrong Movement) 1975
- [Im Lauf der Zeit]? (Kings of the Road) 1976
- [Der Amerikanische Freund]? (the American Friend) 1977
- [Lightning over Water]? 1979 (? or '80?)-- a documentary about the last days of Nicholas Ray (director of Rebel Without a Cause and many other films)
- Hammett? 1982
- [The State of Things]? 1982
- Reverse Angle:NYC 1982 - a documentary about his disputes with Francis Ford Coppola while filming Hammett
- [Chambre 666]? 1983
- Paris, Texas 1984
- [Der Himmel ueber Berlin]? (the sky above Berlin) 1987
- Wings of Desire 1987 - written with Peter Handke
- Until the End of the World 1991
- [Faraway, So Close!]? 1993
- [The End of Violence]? 1997
- [The Million Dollar Hotel]? 1999
- [Buena Vista Social Club]? 2000