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- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Director Max Ophüls was born Max Oppenheimer in Saarbrücken, Germany. He began his career as a stage actor and director in the golden twenties. He worked in cities such as Stuttgart, Dortmund, Wuppertal, Vienna, Frankfurt, Breslau and Berlin. In 1929 his son Marcel Ophüls was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He had begun to work under his pseudonym Max Ophüls by that time. In the early 1930s Ophüls discovered the movie world and began to work as an assistant director for Anatole Litvak. He directed his first movies (Dann schon lieber Lebertran (1931), Die verliebte Firma (1932)) in that time too. Around 1933 he emigrated to France and also worked in the Netherlands and Italy for a period of eight years. In 1941 he emigrated again, this time to the USA where he worked for a period of 10 years before he went back to France in 1950. Beginning in 1954 he also worked in Germany again, mainly for German radio in Baden-Baden. Max Ophüls died in March 1957 in Hamburg, Germany and is buried on the famous cemetery Père-Lachaise in Paris, France.- Actress
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Ingrid Caven was born on 3 August 1938 in Saarbrücken, Germany. She is an actress and production manager, known for Suspiria (2018), Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King (1972) and Looping (1981). She was previously married to Rainer Werner Fassbinder.- Merlin Sandmeyer was born in 1990 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. He is an actor, known for Me and the Others (2021), Brandheisser Einsatz and Sexuell verfügbar (2024).
- Bianca Hein was born on 9 September 1975 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Mein Chef und ich (2004), Andi Ommsen ist der letzte Lude (2003) and SOKO München (1978).
- Actress
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Sandra was born on 18 May 1962 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. She is an actress and composer, known for Tatort (1970), Sandra: (I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena (1985) and Sandra: Around My Heart (1989). She was previously married to Olaf Menges and Enigma.- Actor
- Art Department
Willy Schäfer was born on 6 March 1933 in Saarbrücken, Germany. He was an actor, known for Derrick (1974), Kommissar Freytag (1963) and Isar 12 (1961). He died on 6 May 2011 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Wolfgang Staudte was born on 9 October 1906 in Saarbrücken, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Ciske de Rat (1955), Rotation (1949) and Murderers Among Us (1946). He was married to Angelika Hoffmann, Rita Heidelbach, Ingmar Zeisberg and Renate Praetorius. He died on 19 January 1984 in Zigrski Vrh near Sevnica, Slovenia, Yugoslavia.- Saskia Vester was born on 24 July 1959 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. She is an actress, known for KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst (2007), Die Landärztin (2005) and Großstadtrevier (1986). She is married to Robert Flörke. They have two children.
- Art Department
- Animation Department
- Director
Frédéric Back was born on 8 April 1924 in Saarbrücken, Germany. He was a director, known for The Man Who Planted Trees (1987), Crac (1980) and The Mighty River (1993). He was married to Ghylaine Paquin. He died on 24 December 2013 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.- Fiona Erdmann was born on 9 September 1988 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. She is an actress, known for Zeit der Entscheidung - Die Soap Deiner Wahl (2009), Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996) and FunnyMovie (2008). She was previously married to Mohammed.
- Heike Greis was born in 1964 in Dudweiler, Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.
- Cinematographer
- Talent Agent
- Art Department
Daniel Gottschalk was born on 7 December 1972 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. He is a cinematographer and talent agent, known for Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), Trade (2007) and Home Sweet Home - Wo das Böse wohnt (2023).- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Jill Weller was born on 25 September 1986 in Saarbrücken, Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for Immenhof - Das große Versprechen (2022), The Year of the Soul (2022) and Hidden Space (2023).- Rüdiger Weigang was born on 25 June 1942 in Saarbrücken, Germany. He was an actor, known for Des Doktors Dilemma (1977), A Perfect Spy (1987) and Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984). He died on 20 April 2022 in Berlin, Germany.
- Ernö Theuer was born on 29 January 1962 in Saarbrücken, Germany. He is an actor, known for Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig (1976).
- Fridolin Sandmeyer was born in 1987 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Sophie macht Theater (2019) and Trauzeugen (2023).
- Actress
- Soundtrack
German entertainer, the daughter of a furniture dealer. Rex was initially trained as a singer and dancer, the latter in Zurich under the noted choreographer and expressionist dance specialist Mary Wigman. She began her career on stage in her home town Saarbrücken as Rut Gerhard, singing and dancing in revues and musical comedies. In 1947, she married an ex-Luftwaffe officer and hypnotherapist, Dr. Gerhard Rex, and had a 12-year long hiatus from performing. In September 1958, she was engaged by Peter Kreuder to play Zarah Leander's daughter in his musical Madame Scandaleuse at the Viennese Raimundtheater. At this time, the journalist and producer Wolfgang Rademann (best known as the creator of the popular TV series Das Traumschiff (1981) and The Black Forest Hospital (1985)) prompted her name change to Rut Rex-Gerhard (which then became Rut Rex).
A very attractive and personable blonde, Rex continued to perform on the stage from 1962, appearing in Hamburg and Vienna opposite Freddy Quinn in the musical Heimweh nach St. Pauli and in Berlin as Helen of Troy in the play Das Opfer Helena. In 1967, she released her first music single, followed by six albums of chansons between 1972 and 1977. She was seen on the screen in a few movies and TV productions with musical content, including The White Horse Inn (1960) and Sexbombe mit Tick (1970). By that time she acquired the popular sobriquet 'Sexy Rexy'. There was to be one more name change: having divorced Rex in 1971, she got married the following year to the journalist and TV executive Joseph Viehöver (1925-1973) and has been henceforth known as Rut Rex-Viehöver. Her last screen appearance was in 2005.- Claus Dieter Clausnitzer was born on 15 January 1939 in Saarbrücken, Germany. He is an actor, known for Knallerfrauen (2011), Rote Rosen (2006) and Loriot (1976).
- Michele Cuciuffo was born in 1971 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. He is an actor, known for Der Onkel vom Meer (2000), Tatort (1970) and Eyjafjallajökull Tam-Tam (2011).
- Actor
- Editor
- Director
Pablo Ben Yakov was born on 30 March 1986 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. He is an actor and editor, known for Goldhammer (2023), Lord of the Toys (2018) and Drei Geschwister.- Writer
- Actress
- Director
Kerstin Höckel was born on 29 November 1972 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. She is a writer and actress, known for Die Bürgschaft (2016), A Witch's Kiss (2005) and In aller Freundschaft - Die Krankenschwestern (2018).- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Rüdiger Mörsdorf was born in 1957 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. Rüdiger is a director and writer, known for Quer zur Landschaft (1980), Der Mann im Schatten - Das unglaubliche Leben des Jean Monnet (2021) and Die stählerne Zeit (2008).- Director
- Writer
- Production Designer
Daniel Helfer was born in 1957 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for The Record (1984), Die Partner (1995) and Jazz (1994).- Trudeliese Schmidt was born on 7 November 1942 in Saarbrücken, Germany. She was an actress, known for Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1980), Eine Nacht in Venedig (1974) and Ariadne auf Naxos (1978). She died on 24 June 2004.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Nicole Hohloch was born on 25 October 1964 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Playoff (2011), S.P.U.N.G (2002) and Nicole: Alle Menschen sind besonders (2019). She has been married to Winfried Seibert since 18 August 1984. They have two children.- Nina Azizi was born on 30 May 1974 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. She is an actress, known for A Dangerous Method (2011), SK Babies (1996) and Unter uns (1994).
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Tshawe Baqwa was born on 6 January 1980 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tina & Bettina 2: The Comeback (2023), Madcon feat. Tina & Bettina: Fest På Smestad Vest (2012) and Madcon Feat. Kelly Rowland: One Life (2013).- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Costume Designer
Sophia Lund was born on 8 October 1979 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. Sophia is a production designer and costume designer, known for Veras Mantel (2017), The Last Berliner (2018) and Die Grenze (2021).- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Florian Opitz was born in 1973 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Der große Ausverkauf (2007), Speed: In Search of Lost Time (2012) and System Error (2018).- Gregor Weber was born on 28 August 1968 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Familie Heinz Becker (1992) and Spuk aus der Gruft (1998).
- Frank Nimsgern was born on 4 May 1969 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. He is a composer, known for Tatort (1970), Die Liebe deines Lebens (2018) and The Light Behind the Lies - LGBTQ Shortfilm (2021).
- Writer
- Director
- Sound Department
Helena Lucas was born in 1991 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. Helena is a writer and director, known for Tomorrow we'll be happy (2017), Start the Fck Up (2021) and Unter uns (1994).- Actress
- Music Department
Sascha Ley was born on 13 September 1967 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Autobahnraser (2004) and Hannah Arendt (2012).- Director
- Editor
- Producer
Jules Herrmann was born in 1970 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. She is a director and editor, known for Liebmann (2016), Auszeit (2005) and Seoul Lost and Found (2010).- Andrea Maurer was born on 10 February 1982 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. He is a writer, known for Berlin direkt (1999), Kulturplatz (2004) and ZDFzeit (2012).
- Camera and Electrical Department
Jan Hagen was born in 1967 in Saarbrücken, Germany. Jan is known for Gunpowder Milkshake (2021), Uncharted (2022) and Rammbock: Berlin Undead (2010).- Atischeh Hannah Braun was born in 1977 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. She is an actress, known for Unveiled (2005), Hubert ohne Staller (2011) and Nikola (1997).
- Jessica Libbertz was born on 15 June 1974 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.
- Karen Böhne was born on 3 October 1963 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Godless Youth (2017), Max and Moritz Reloaded (2005) and Der Typ (2003).
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Director
Martin Baer was born in 1961 in Saarbrücken, Germany. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Kinshasa Symphony (2010), The Illegal Film (2019) and Eine Kopfjagd - Auf der Suche nach dem Schädel des Sultans Mkwawa (2001).- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Andreas Doub was born in 1968 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. He is a cinematographer and director, known for R.I.S (2007), Dunckel (1998) and Zahltag (1997).- Helena Charlotte Sigal was born on 11 June 1996 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. She is an actress, known for SOKO Kitzbühel (2001), Wer stiehlt mir die Show? (2021) and Zervakis & Opdenhövel. Live. (2021).
- Anja Clementi was born on 18 September 1971 in Saarbrücken, Germany. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Perlmutter (2014) and Kein schöner Land (1989).
- Vanessa Calcagno was born on 16 October 1985 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Director and writer Franz Hofer was born in Malstatt, as son of a state-railway-official. He went to school there and in Trier, where his father worked for a while. He left school in 1899, and went to Altenburg (Saxonia)for studying engineering, but it is not known if he realy studied there. In 1910 he was working as writer and actor at the Zentral Theater in Berlin, in the same year he wrote hios first film script for a Henny Porten movie. Due to his scripts, the Luna Filmindustrie Berlin hiered him as an director. Till 1915 he directed 25 films for that company. Late 1915 he was hiered by the Messter-Filmgesellschaft, where he made 8 movies before he went to the Apollo-Filmgesellschaft, where made another 8 movies. Since December 1917 he was working for the Bayerische Filmvertriebs-Gesellschaft, making there 19 movies. 1920 he worked for the Olaf-Filmgesellschaft and Apollo, before opening his own company, the Hofer-Film G.m.b.H., turning his output from comedies and melodramas to the so-called "Sitten-Film" (films about fallen women), but his fame was fading and he returned working for other companies, but his movies at the end 20s were critical and box-office flops. He became member of the NSDAP in 1932, and made one last movie "Drei Kaiserjaeger" (1933), before returning to the stage. 1944 he attended the opening night of one of his comedies at the Stadttheater Goerlitz, and he - living in Berlin - probably died in the last days of the War or the ongoing economical chaos in post-war Germany.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Thomas Engel was born on 20 December 1962 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1997), Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992) and Schulz & Schulz (1989).- Yves Massard was born in 1925 in Saarland, a German region close to the French border, occupied at the time by French troops according to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty. Drawn to the theater, Massard was trained by Pierre Fresnay and started a fruitful career on the boards in such prestigious plays as 'Une grande fille toute simple' (by André Roussin), 'Les mains sales' (by Jean-Paul Sartre) or 'Un tramway nommé désir' (by Tennessee Williams). In parallel, he began to appear in a few late forties films, but in bit parts. His roles started to grow in 1952 and for ten years he worked regularly in up to three films a year. But nothing much remains of his work, at least in film history. To be fair, it is not by starring for Maurice Cloche, Jean Gourguet or Walter Kapps that you buy yourself a stairway to eternity. One major role in a Spanish masterpiece Bardem's 'Calle Mayor' earned him a handful of roles in Spain, but once again it was in desperately uninteresting films, two of which were directed by Jesus Franco, the king of the Z's! After 1962, this good actor worked only sporadically , sometimes in tiny parts in A films (his scenes were even deleted in the Bronson vehicle 'Le passager de la pluie'), at others in more fleshed-out roles but in bombs by Max Pécas or the like. A sad ending for a thespian who deserved better.
- Sönke Städtler was born on 16 June 1971 in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. He is an actor, known for Baltic Storm (2003), Verbotene Liebe (1995) and SOKO München (1978).
- Ellen Arnhold was born on 8 February 1961 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. She has been married to Stefan Simkovics since 26 November 2004.
- Visual Effects
Hao Li is a computer scientist and entrepreneur, working in the fields of Computer Graphics and Computer Vision. He is founder and CEO of Pinscreen, Inc., as well as Distinguished Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He was previously an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California, as well as director of the Vision and Graphics Lab at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies. He was also a visiting professor at Weta Digital and a research lead at Industrial Light & Magic / Lucasfilm. His algorithms for 3D processing are widely used in the visual effects industry for automating the creation of digital humans, as well as enabling the ability to capture facial performances in real-time in virtual production. At Weta Digital, he was responsible for the high-fidelity facial performance capture pipeline that reenacted the deceased actor Paul Walker in the movie Furious 7 (2015). For his contributions, Li received the TR35 Award in 2013, recognizing him as one of the top 35 innovators under the age of 35, from the MIT Technology Review. In 2018, he won the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award. Li was named to the DARPA ISAT Study Group in 2019 and won the ACM SIGGRAPH Real-Time Live! "Best in Show" award in 2020.