Bernd Eichinger
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Bernd Eichinger (April 11, 1949 - January 24, 2011) was a German film producer and director.
Life and career
Eichinger was born in Neuburg an der Donau. He attended the University of Television and Film Munich in the 1970s, and bought a stake in the fledgling studio company Neue Constantin Film in 1979, becoming its executive director. Under his leadership, Constantin Film evolved into one of the most successful German film businesses. As of 2005, he is chairman of the supervisory board and still owns a substantial stake in the company. Eichinger also produced some movies independently (for example Downfall). Eichinger's latest film is about the left-wing terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF) based on the book Der Baader Meinhof Komplex ("The Baader-Meinhof Complex") by Stefan Aust.
Eichinger died at the age of 61 a heart attack at in Los Angeles on 24 January 2011.
Notable films
The most well-known films produced by Eichinger include:
- Grete Minde (1977), directed by Heidi Genée
- Die Konsequenz (1977, directed by Wolfgang Petersen)
- Christiane F. (1982, directed by Uli Edel)
- The Neverending Story (1983, directed by Wolfgang Petersen)
- The Name of the Rose (1986, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud)
- The House of the Spirits (1993, directed by Bille August)
- Der bewegte Mann (1994, directed by Sönke Wortmann)
- Das Mädchen Rosemarie (1996, directed by Eichinger himself)
- Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997, directed by Bille August)
- Prince Valiant (1997, directed by Anthony Hickox)
- Der große Baragozy (1999, directed by Eichinger himself)
- Resident Evil (2002, directed by Paul Anderson)
- Der Untergang (2004, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel)
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004, directed by Alexander Witt)
- Fantastic Four (2005, directed by Tim Story)
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006, directed by Tom Tykwer)
- Resident Evil: Extinction (2007, directed by Russell Mulcahy)
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007, directed by Tim Story)
- Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008, directed by Uli Edel)
- Zeiten ändern dich (2010, directed by Uli Edel)
