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Best German Speaking Directors

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8.7

Fritz Lang

He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.

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8.9

Billy Wilder

He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.

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Helmut Käutner

He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.

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8.7

F.W. Murnau

He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.

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8.6

Ernst Lubitsch

He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.

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8.4

Otto Preminger

6.7

Leni Riefenstahl

She developed new revolutionary cinematography techniques which gave her films something special. Many directors were inspired by her.

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Robert Siodmak

8.4

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.

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7.5

Georg Wilhelm Pabst

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6.5

Wolfgang Staudte

He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.

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5.3

Roland Emmerich

The "Master of Desaster".

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Fred Zinnemann

6.9

Wolfgang Petersen

He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.

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8.7

Werner Herzog

He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.

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8.2

Max Ophüls

He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.

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7.9

Josef von Sternberg

Most notable films:
Underworld (1927)
The Last Command (1928)
The Docks of New York (1928)
Der blaue Engel (1930)
*Morocco (1930)
Dishonored (1931)
*Shanghai Express (1932)
Blonde Venus (1932)
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Macao (1952)

Awards
Best Director Oscar nominations (*1931, *1932)
Filmband in Gold (1963)
Star on the "Hollywood Walk of Fame"
and others...

Gerhard Lamprecht

Most notable films:
Die Buddenbrooks (1923)
Die Verrufenen (1925)
Die Unehelichen (1926)
Menschen untereinander (1926)
Emil und die Detektive (1931)
Ein gewisser Herr Gran (1933)
Madame Bovary (1937)
Irgendwo in Berlin (1946)

Awards
Filmband in Gold (1967)
Star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin (2012)

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6.8

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Most notable films:
Das Experiment (2001)
Der Untergang (2004)
The Invasion (2007)
Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)

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7.1

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Most notable films:
Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
The Tourist (2010)

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8.2

Wim Wenders

He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.

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7.3

Volker Schlöndorff

He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.

5.5

Bernd Eichinger

He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.

7.5

Tom Tykwer

6.5

Frank Beyer

6.4

Robert Schwentke

7.6

Dennis Gansel

Most notable films:
Napola - Elite für den Führer (2004)
Die Welle (2008)
Wir sind die Nacht (2010)

8.4

Michael Haneke

6.2

Joseph Vilsmaier

Most notable films:
Stalingrad (1993)
Schlafes Bruder (1995)
Comedian Harmonists (1997)

Christian Petzold

Most notable films:
Phoenix (2014)
Barbara (2012)
Yella (2007)

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7.6

Michael Herbig

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Caroline Link

Most notable films:
Jenseits der Stille (1996)
Pünktchen und Anton (1999)
*Nirgendwo in Afrika (2001)
Im Winter ein Jahr (2008)

Awards
*Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2002)
Bambi (2009)
...and others...