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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Becker" title="Wolfgang Becker – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wolfgang Becker" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B3%BC%ED%94%84%EA%B0%95_%EB%B2%A0%EC%BB%A4" title="볼프강 베커 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="볼프강 베커" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Becker" title="Wolfgang Becker – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wolfgang Becker" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" 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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Wolfgang Becker</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:MJK_71083_Wolfgang_Becker_(arte-Empfang,_Berlinale_2020).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/MJK_71083_Wolfgang_Becker_%28arte-Empfang%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg/220px-MJK_71083_Wolfgang_Becker_%28arte-Empfang%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/MJK_71083_Wolfgang_Becker_%28arte-Empfang%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg/330px-MJK_71083_Wolfgang_Becker_%28arte-Empfang%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/MJK_71083_Wolfgang_Becker_%28arte-Empfang%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg/440px-MJK_71083_Wolfgang_Becker_%28arte-Empfang%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1757" data-file-height="2636" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Becker at the <a href="/wiki/Berlinale" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlinale">Berlinale</a> in 2020</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1954-06-22</span>)</span>22 June 1954<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Hemer" title="Hemer">Hemer</a>, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">12 December 2024<span style="display:none">(2024-12-12)</span> (aged 70)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">Berlin, Germany</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output 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li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Film director</li><li>screenwriter</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wolfgang Becker</b> (22 June 1954 – 12 December 2024) was a German film director and screenwriter, best known to international audiences for his work <i><a href="/wiki/Good_Bye,_Lenin!" title="Good Bye, Lenin!">Good Bye, Lenin!</a></i> (2003).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a co-founder of the <a href="/wiki/Production_company" title="Production company">production company</a> X Filme Creative Pool which produced his first successful feature film, <i><a href="/wiki/Life_Is_All_You_Get" title="Life Is All You Get">Das Leben ist eine Baustelle</a></i>, in 1997. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wolfgang_Becker_(director,_born_1954)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wolfgang Becker was born in <a href="/wiki/Hemer" title="Hemer">Hemer</a> on 22 June 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-k114_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-k114-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied <a href="/wiki/German_studies" title="German studies">German</a>, History and <a href="/wiki/American_studies" title="American studies">American Studies</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Freie_Universit%C3%A4t_Berlin" class="mw-redirect" title="Freie Universität Berlin">Free University</a> in Berlin.<sup id="cite_ref-k114_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-k114-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rbb_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1980 he landed a job at a sound studio and later enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/German_Film_and_Television_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="German Film and Television Academy">German Film and Television Academy</a> (dffb). In 1983 he started work as a <a href="/wiki/Freelancer" title="Freelancer">freelance</a> <a href="/wiki/Cameraman" class="mw-redirect" title="Cameraman">cameraman</a> graduating from the dffb in 1986 with <i>Schmetterlinge</i> (Butterflies), which won the <a href="/wiki/Student_Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Student Academy Award">Student Academy Award</a> in 1988,<sup id="cite_ref-k114_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-k114-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Golden Leopard at the <a href="/wiki/Locarno_International_Film_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Locarno International Film Festival">Locarno International Film Festival</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-rbb_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Saarland" title="Saarland">Saarland</a> Prime-Minister's Award at the 1988 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Filmfestival_Max_Oph%C3%BCls_Preis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis (page does not exist)">Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmfestival_Max_Oph%C3%BCls_Preis" class="extiw" title="de:Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis">de</a>]</span> Saarbrücken.<sup id="cite_ref-k114_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-k114-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Becker directed an episode of the television drama <i><a href="/wiki/Tatort" title="Tatort">Tatort</a></i>, titled "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blutwurstwalzer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blutwurstwalzer (page does not exist)">Blutwurstwalzer</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatort:_Blutwurstwalzer" class="extiw" title="de:Tatort: Blutwurstwalzer">de</a>]</span>".<sup id="cite_ref-Holighaus_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holighaus-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his second feature <i>Kinderspiele</i> (<i>Child's Play</i>) in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-k114_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-k114-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He created a documentary the same year, <i>Celibidache</i>, about <a href="/wiki/Sergiu_Celibidache" title="Sergiu Celibidache">Sergiu Celibidache</a> returning to conduct the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Philharmonic" title="Berlin Philharmonic">Berlin Philharmonic</a> after 38 years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1994 Becker co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Production_company" title="Production company">production company</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=X_Filme_Creative_Pool&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="X Filme Creative Pool (page does not exist)">X Filme Creative Pool</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Filme_Creative_Pool" class="extiw" title="de:X Filme Creative Pool">de</a>]</span> with <a href="/wiki/Tom_Tykwer" title="Tom Tykwer">Tom Tykwer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Arndt" title="Stefan Arndt">Stefan Arndt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dani_Levy" title="Dani Levy">Dani Levy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-x466_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-x466-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked with Tykwer on the <a href="/wiki/Berlinale" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlinale">Berlinale</a> competition feature <i><a href="/wiki/Life_is_All_You_Get" class="mw-redirect" title="Life is All You Get">Das Leben ist eine Baustelle</a></i> (<i>Life Is All You Get</i>, 1997).<sup id="cite_ref-k114_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-k114-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Becker was a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Filmakademie" title="Deutsche Filmakademie">Deutsche Filmakademie</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-rbb_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a member of <a href="/wiki/61st_Venice_International_Film_Festival#Juries" title="61st Venice International Film Festival">the jury</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Venice_Film_Festival" title="Venice Film Festival">Venice Film Festival</a> in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Becker's biggest success was the 2003 film <i>Good Bye, Lenin!</i>, with over 6 million viewers.<sup id="cite_ref-x-filme_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-x-filme-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The short film <i>Ballero</i> was produced for the <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006 FIFA World Cup</a> draw ceremony and broadcast worldwide on television.<sup id="cite_ref-e062_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e062-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2024, Becker directed a last film <i>Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße</i> about German-German history.<sup id="cite_ref-z903_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-z903-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-k301_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-k301-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Becker was married; the couple had a daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-x466_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-x466-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died in Berlin on 12 December 2024 after a severe illness, at the age of 70.<sup id="cite_ref-rbb_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-x466_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-x466-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Holighaus_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holighaus-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wolfgang_Becker_(director,_born_1954)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Becker directed selected films:<sup id="cite_ref-x-filme_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-x-filme-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Schmetterlinge" title="Schmetterlinge">Schmetterlinge</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tatort" title="Tatort">Tatort</a></i> (TV series) (1 episode, "Blutwurstwalzer") (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child%27s_Play_(1992_film)" title="Child's Play (1992 film)"><i>Child's Play</i></a> (<i>Kinderspiele</i>) (1992), also writer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_Is_All_You_Get" title="Life Is All You Get">Life Is All You Get</a></i> (<i>Das Leben ist eine Baustelle</i>) (1997), also writer and actor</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Bye,_Lenin!" title="Good Bye, Lenin!">Good Bye, Lenin!</a></i> (2003), also co-writer</li> <li><i>Welcome to São Paulo</i> (<i>Bem-Vindo a São Paulo</i>) (2004), segment</li> <li><i>Ballero</i> (2005), also writer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Germany_09:_13_Short_Films_About_the_State_of_the_Nation" title="Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation">Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation</a></i> (2009), segment "Krankes Haus", also writer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Me_and_Kaminski_(film)" title="Me and Kaminski (film)">Me and Kaminski</a></i> (2015), also writer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wolfgang_Becker_(director,_born_1954)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1997 <a href="/wiki/47th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival" title="47th Berlin International Film Festival">Berlin International Film Festival</a>, Honourable Mention for <i>Das Leben ist eine Baustelle</i><sup id="cite_ref-Berlinale_1997_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berlinale_1997-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1998 <a href="/wiki/Bayerischer_Filmpreis" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayerischer Filmpreis">Bavarian Film Awards</a>, Best Production, for <i>Das Leben ist eine Baustelle</i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2003 Berlin International Film Festival, Blue Angel for <i>Good Bye Lenin!</i><sup id="cite_ref-e809_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e809-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2003 <a href="/wiki/European_Film_Awards" title="European Film Awards">European Film Awards</a>, Audience Award for Best Director for <i>Good Bye Lenin!</i><sup id="cite_ref-rbb_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2004 <a href="/wiki/Goya_Awards" title="Goya Awards">Goya Awards</a>, Best European Film for <i>Good Bye Lenin!</i><sup id="cite_ref-k114_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-k114-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2004 Bavarian Film Awards, Audience Award for <i>Good Bye Lenin!</i><sup id="cite_ref-r348_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r348-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2004 <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Awards" title="César Awards">César Awards</a>, Best European Union Film for <i>Good Bye Lenin!</i><sup id="cite_ref-k114_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-k114-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wolfgang_Becker_(director,_born_1954)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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