Robert Thalheim (born July 2nd, 1974 in Berlin) is a German stage and film director and screenwriter. Thalheim was an assistant director at the Berliner Ensemble in 1997/98 and then studied Modern German Literature, History and Politics at the Free University of Berlin until the year 2000, in which period he edited the first issues of the culture magazine Plotky. In 2000 he began to study film directing at the Filmhochschule Potsdam-Babelsberg. His teacher there was Rosa von Praunheim, who monitored his work on his first films. Robert Thalheim returned to the theatre in 2003, staging his own play, Wild Boys at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. In 2004 his debut film Netto was awarded the Art of Film Award at the Festival of German Film. In 2006 he finished his film for the diploma exam, And Along Come Tourists(Am Ende kommen Touristen), shot on location at Auschwitz. This documentary film, produced by Hans-Christian Schmid and Britta Knöller was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007 and was released in Germany in August 2007. (wikipedia)
Robert Thalheim has 32 screen credits in a career dating back to 2004. Signature works include TKKG, Westwind, Don't Be A Stranger. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
