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Personal life

He grew up in New York, Brussels, Frankfurt and West Berlin and speaks English, German, French, Russian and Italian fluently. After graduating from high school top of his year, he studied Russian Literature in Leningrad for two years and passed the Soviet State Exam for Teachers of Russian as a Foreign Language. Florian holds an MA Oxon from his studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford University (New College). He also holds a Diploma in Film Directing from the University of Television and Film Munich. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other places with the same name, see Brussels (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ... Boroughs of West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Soviet redirects here. ... In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, the degree of Master of Arts (MA) is awarded to Bachelors of Arts of those universities on application after seven years seniority as members of the university. ... Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) is a popular interdisciplinary degree which combines study from the three eponymous disciplines. ... The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ... and of the New College College name New College of St Mary Latin name Collegium Novum Oxoniensis/Collegium Sanctae Mariae Wintoniae Named after Mary, mother of Jesus Established 1379 Sister college Kings College, Cambridge Warden Prof. ... Diplom is an academic degree in Germany. ... The University of Television and Film Munich - Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (HFF) München - is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. ...

Florian is the son of Leo-Ferdinand Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck, a former President of the German division of the Order of Malta and Anna Maria von Berg. He holds Austrian as well as German citizenships, although he has never lived in Austria. He is the younger brother of Sebastian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck. His uncle, Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck, is a Cistercian abbot. To write the first draft of Das Leben der Anderen, he spent a month at Heiligenkreuz Abbey in the Vienna Woods, which is led by his uncle. The Knights Hospitaller (the or Knights of Malta or Knights of Rhodes) is a tradition which began as a Benedictine nursing Order founded in the 11th century based in the Holy Land, but soon became a militant Christian Chivalric Order under its own charter, and was charged with the care... The Order of Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black scapular or apron) are a Catholic order of monks. ... Abbots coat of arms The word abbot, meaning father, has been used as a Christian clerical title in various, mainly monastic, meanings. ... Das Leben der Anderen (called The Life Of The Others in English) is a German movie and the debut of director and screenwriter Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. ... Heiligenkreuz Abbey Heiligenkreuz Abbey (Stift Heiligenkreuz, Closter Heiligen Creyz or Santa Crux) is a Cistercian monastery in the Wienerwald, eight miles north-west of Baden bei Wien in Lower Austria. ...

Florian and his wife, Christiane (née Asschenfeldt), have three children: Lara Cosima (born in 2003), Leo Sylvester (born in 2005) and Alexis Jaguar (born in 2007). They live in Los Angeles, where Florian is writing an English-language screenplay. He is very tall, standing 2.05 m (6' 9").^[1]

Work

In 1996, he won a directing internship with Richard Attenborough on In Love and War, and then went to study at the Fiction Directing Class of the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (University of Television and Film Munich), Germany, alma mater of directors as diverse as Wim Wenders and Roland Emmerich. Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE, KBE (born August 29, 1923) is an English actor, director, producer, and entrepreneur. ... The University of Television and Film Munich (German: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, HFF Munich) is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. ... The University of Television and Film Munich - Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (HFF) München - is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. ... Alma mater is Latin for nourishing mother. It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. ... Ernst Wilhelm (Wim) Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German film director, photographer, and producer. ... Roland Emmerich on the set of Independence Day Roland Emmerich (born November 10, 1955) is a German film director, writer, and producer. ...

His feature film Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) won the European Film Award for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Screenplay in 2006. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck went on to win the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's award for Best Foreign Film, was nominated for the Golden Globe (which went to Clint Eastwood instead), and on February 25, 2007 won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Lives of Others (original title in German: Das Leben der Anderen) is an Academy Award-winning German film, marking the feature film debut of writer and director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. ... The European Movie Awards are the most prestigious paneuropean movie awards. ... The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) was founded in 1975. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... As a Special Award 1947 Shoeshine (Sciuscià) (Italy) - Societa Co-operativa Alfa Cinematografica - Paolo William Tamburella producer - Vittorio De Sica director 1948 Monsieur Vincent (France) - E. D. I. C., Union Général Cinématographique - George de la Grandiere producer - Maurice Cloche director 1949 The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette...

In June 2007, Henckel von Donnersmarck was invited to join AMPAS.^[2] Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization, founded on May 11, 1927 in California to advance the arts and sciences of motion pictures. ...

Filmography

• 2005 – Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) - writer/director, co-producer
• 2001 – Der Templer (The Crusader) - co-director
• 1999 – Dobermann - writer/director, producer, editor

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Awards

• 2007 - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for The Lives of Others
• 2006 – European Film Awards for The Lives of Others
  • Best Film
  • Best Screenplay
• 2006 – Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Award) for Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)
  • Best Direction
  • Best Screenplay
• 2002 – George Eastman Award for The Crusader
  • Best Director
• 2000 – Universal Studios Germany, Shocking Shorts Award for Dobermann
  • Best Short Film
• 2000 – Max Ophüls-Preis for Dobermann
  • Best Short Film

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Honours

Commander of the Bavarian Order of Merit For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ... An Order is a decoration, awarded by a government to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity. ...

Commander of the Northrhine-Westfalian Order of Merit With eighteen million inhabitants inhabiting 34,080 km² in western-northwestern Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia (German Nordrhein-Westfalen) is largest in population though only fourth in area among Germanys sixteen federal states. ... An Order is a decoration, awarded by a government to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity. ...

Voting Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in Hollywood, California Founded on May 11, 1927 in California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. ...

Literature

• Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck: Das Leben der anderen. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-518-45786-1
• Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck: Das Leben der anderen. Geschwärzte Ausgabe. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 3-518-45908-2

Notes

• Note regarding personal names: Graf is a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin.. When asked by talk show host Michael Naumann if he wanted to be addressed as "Your Highness Count Henckel von Donnersmarck", von Donnersmarck replied that, following the example of Richard Freiherr von Weizsäcker, (who wanted to be referred to only as "Mr. von Weizsäcker", although he was a Baron), he was happy to be called "Mr. von Donnersmarck" on formal occasions.

Germany legally abolished aristocratic titles. Some aristocratic parents christen their children with former family titles as part of their names. Thus "Graf" is part of von Donnersmarck's name, not his title. Graf is a German noble title equal in rank to a count (derived from the Latin Comes, with a history of its own) or a British earl (an Anglo-Saxon title derived from the Viking title Jarl). ... A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is also still a countess (for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term). ... Graf is a German noble title equal in rank to a count (derived from the Latin Comes, with a history of its own) or a British earl (an Anglo-Saxon title derived from the Viking title Jarl). ... Michael Naumann (born 1941) was the German minister of culture in 1998. ... Dr. Richard Freiherr von Weizsäcker ▶ (help· info) (born April 15, 1920) is a German politician (CDU). ...

References

External links

• Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography and Interview in German Films Quarterly
• photographs of Donnersmarck on official site
• Interview in indieWIRE
• Interview in Future Movies