Uli Edel (born April 11, 1947 in Neuenburg, Germany), German film director. April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Neuchâtel (German: Neuenburg) is a city in Switzerland which is the capital of the Canton of Neuchâtel. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

After studying theatre science in Munich, he was accepted into Munich Film School alongside Bernd Eichinger. Uli befriended him and they started working together on their exercise movies, sharing a love for the nouvelle vague and Italian neorealism as well as popular US mainstream cinema. Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... Bernd Eichinger (born 11 April 1949) is a German film producer and director. ... ... Italian neorealism is a film movement which started in 1943 with Ossessione and ended in 1952 with Umberto D.. The movement is characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class, filmed in long takes on location, frequently using non-actors for secondary and sometimes primary roles. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...

While still enrolled in film school Uli Edel started taking acting lessons. He wanted to know about the Stanislavski and Strasberg theories. After finishing the studies Uli worked as assistant director with Douglas Sirk and directed two TV productions. Konstantin Stanislavski at a young age Konstantin (Constantin) Stanislavski (Stanislavsky) (Russian: ; January 5, 1863–August 7, 1938) was a Russian theatre and acting innovator. ... Lee Strasberg (November 17, 1901 - February 17, 1982), was born Israel Lee Strassberg in Budzanów, former Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Budanov, Ukraine), to Ida and Baruch Meyer and became a Jewish American director, actor, producer and acting teacher. ... Douglas Sirk - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Braun HF 1, Germany, 1958. ...

In 1980 he joined Bernd Eichinger (production) and Herman Weigel (screenplay) for the authentic story of adolescent drug addict Christiane F. It turned out to be a big domestic and international success when it was released a year later. Six years later the three reactivated their partnership once more for another success — Last Exit to Brooklyn, based on Hubert Selby’s dark, controversial 1964 novel about life on the breadline in 1952 Brooklyn. It starred Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Lang, Jerry Orbach, Burt Young, Ricki Lake, Alexis Arquette and Sam Rockwell as some of the local residents leading lives of grim poverty. A haunting musical score was provided by Mark Knopfler of the band Dire Straits. The film received excellent reviews and won Best Supporting Actress awards from the New York Film Critics Circle and Boston Society of Film Critics for Leigh's powerful performance as the tough, hard-drinking neighborhood prostitute Tralala, who calls a gang-rape upon herself in the story's tragic climax. However, Last Exit to Brooklyn remained a fringe success, probably because its theme was far too downbeat for mainstream consumption. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Bernd Eichinger (born 11 April 1949) is a German film producer and director. ... Herman Weigel (* 22 Mar 1959 in Moers) is a German film producer and script writer. ... Teenage Fun, 1948 Adolescence is the period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood (gender-specific manhood, or womanhood). ... Drug addiction, or dependency is the compulsive use of drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. ... Christiane F. (full name Christiane Vera Felscherinow), was born in West Berlin on May 20, 1962. ... Cover of the 1988 Grove Press reissue of Last Exit to Brooklyn Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby Jr. ... Hubert Selby, Jr. ... Main article: New York City A map of New York City, highlighting Brooklyn. ... Jennifer Jason Leigh (born February 5, 1962) is an American actress. ... Stephen Lang is a film actor from New York City, New York who started in theatre on Broadway. ... Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe in Law & Order Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor best known for his starring role as wisecracking NYPD Detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series, and for his musical theater roles. ... Burt Young (born Gerald Tommaso DeLouise on April 30, 1940) is an Italian-American actor. ... Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York) is a Jewish-American actress and talk show host, best known for her long-running Ricki Lake talk show. ... Alexis Arquette (born on January 1, 1969 in Los Angeles, California) is a transgendered American actress, musician, L.A. area underground cartoonist, and female drag performer who is part of a family of actors including siblings Patricia Arquette, David Arquette, Richmond Arquette and Rosanna Arquette, her father Lewis Arquette and... Sam Rockwell at the London premiere of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American film actor from Daly City, California. ... Mark Knopfler with Dire Straits performing live Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a British guitarist, singer, and songwriter. ... Dire Straits was a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass) and Pick Withers (drums), and managed by Ed Bicknell. ... New York Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City-based publications. ... The Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) is organization of film reviewers from Boston-based publications. ... Cover of the 1988 Grove Press reissue of Last Exit to Brooklyn Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby Jr. ...

Further works include Body of Evidence, which was nominated for six Razzie Awards, Tyson, Rasputin, Little Vampire, Purgatory starring Sam Shepard and Eric Roberts, the 2001 mini series The Mists of Avalon, and the 2002 mini series Julius Caesar starring Jeremy Sisto, Christopher Walken and the late Richard Harris in his penultimate role. Body of Evidence is a 1993 American erotic film directed by Uli Edel and written by Brad Mirman. ... The Golden Raspberries or Razzies were created by John Wilson in 1980, intended to complement the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Mists of Avalon is a novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Julius Caesar is a 2002 mini-series about the life of Julius Caesar. ... Jeremy Merton Sisto (born October 6, 1974 in Grass Valley, California, USA) is an American actor who has had many prominent roles in movies and television, though he is probably best known for his performance as Billy Chenowith on the HBO series Six Feet Under. ... Christopher Walken in The Dogs of War (1981) Ronald Walken (born March 31, 1943), known professionally as Christopher Walken, is an Oscar winning American film, television, and theatre actor best known for playing menacing or psychologically damaged characters, but who has occasionally used that image for comedic effect. ... Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator. ...

In 2004 he directed a feature film/TV two-parter Sword Of Xanten (aka Ring of the Nibelungs and aka Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King) based on the Volsunga saga and the Nibelungenlied. It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... The Ramsund carving in Sweden depicts 1) how Sigurd is sitting naked in front of the fire preparing the dragon heart, from Fafnir, for his foster-father Regin, who is Fafnirs brother. ... First page from Manuscript C of the Nibelungenlied (ca. ...