André Schäfer

Biography

Career Overview

André Schäfer has 75 screen credits in a career dating back to 2004. Signature works include Jane Austen - Literature and Passion, So oder so ist das Leben – Hildegard Knef, Buddenbrooks - Thomas Mann und Lübeck. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

75

Birth Date

1966-08-30 00:00:00

Birth Place

Troisdorf, Germany

Known For

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  Jane Austen - Literature and Passion
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  So oder so ist das Leben – Hildegard Knef
• 

  Buddenbrooks - Thomas Mann und Lübeck
• 

  Nürburgring - 100 Jahre grüne Hölle
• 

  Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal
• 

  Confessions of Thomas Mann, Confidence Man

Frequent Collaborators

• Fritz Busse (4 collaborations)
• Ritchie Staringer (3 collaborations)
• Andy Lehmann (3 collaborations)
• Georgina Hillebrand Perry (3 collaborations)
• Hartmut Kasper (3 collaborations)
• Oliver Lau (2 collaborations)
• Jascha Hannover (2 collaborations)
• Jean-Thomas Renaud (1 collaborations)
• Johannes Kaltenhauser (1 collaborations)
• Beate Kasper (1 collaborations)

Credits

• production (18 credits)

  • Jane Austen - Literature and Passion

    producer

    production
    2025
  • Buddenbrooks - Thomas Mann und Lübeck

    producer

    production
    2025
  • New York – Paris nonstop. Wettlauf der Flugpioniere

    producer

    production
    2025
  • Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal

    producer

    production
    2024
  • Confessions of Thomas Mann, Confidence Man

    producer

    production
    2024
  • The Magic Mountain: Thomas Mann's Emblematic Novel

    producer

    production
    2024
  • Fotoshooting DDR - Bilder zwischen Propaganda und Alltag

    production manager

    production
    2024
  • Alexej von Jawlensky – Der Maler der 1000 Gesichter

    producer

    production
    2024
  • Loriot 100

    producer

    production
    2023
  • The Kennedy Dynasty

    producer

    production
    2023
  • The Books He Didn't Burn

    producer

    production
    2023
  • Russisch Roulette: Dostojewski und die Sehnsucht nach dem Westen

    producer

    production
    2022
  • Who's Afraid of Jewish Humour?

    producer

    production
    2021
  • The Wikipedia Promise

    producer

    production
    2021
  • The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf

    producer

    production
    2020
  • Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

    producer

    production
    2020
  • Hollywood's Second World War

    producer

    production
    2019
  • Er war Superstar - Falco

    producer

    production
    2017

• directing (43 credits)

  • Jane Austen - Literature and Passion

    director

    directing
    2025
  • So oder so ist das Leben – Hildegard Knef

    director

    directing
    2025
  • Buddenbrooks - Thomas Mann und Lübeck

    director

    directing
    2025
  • Nürburgring - 100 Jahre grüne Hölle

    director

    directing
    2025
  • Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal

    director

    directing
    2024
  • Confessions of Thomas Mann, Confidence Man

    director

    directing
    2024
  • The Magic Mountain: Thomas Mann's Emblematic Novel

    director

    directing
    2024
  • Loriot 100

    director

    directing
    2023
  • Der Vierwaldstättersee: Blaues Juwel der Schweiz

    director

    directing
    2023
  • The Kennedy Dynasty

    director

    directing
    2023
  • Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece

    director

    directing
    2023
  • Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Finnland - Winter im hohen Norden

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth.

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Russisch Roulette: Dostojewski und die Sehnsucht nach dem Westen

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms

    director

    directing
    2021
  • The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Edward II of England: The Unhappy King

    director

    directing
    2019
  • 50 Jahre nach Stonewall

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Auch Leben ist eine Kunst - Der Fall Max Emden

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Herzensbrecher

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Bugatti: A Thirst for Speed

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Ober Ost: The Forgotten Colony in the Heart of Europe

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder

    director

    directing
    2017
  • You'll Never Walk Alone

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Generation Sputnik

    director

    directing
    2016
  • Herr von Bohlen

    director

    directing
    2015
  • My Name Is Fleming, Ian Fleming

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Five Days in New York: Gay Pride on the Hudson River

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Deutschboden

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Willy Brandt - Erinnerungen an ein Politikerleben

    director

    directing
    2013
  • The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

    director

    directing
    2013
  • The World According to Irving

    director

    directing
    2012
  • Perry Rhodan - Unser Mann im All

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

    director

    directing
    2010
  • What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar

    director

    directing
    2009
  • Let's Play, Boy

    director

    directing
    2008
  • Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution

    director

    directing
    2008
  • Here’s Looking at You, Boy

    director

    directing
    2007
  • 100 Porsches and Me

    director

    directing
    2007
  • James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard

    director

    directing
    2005
  • Die Revolution des Sergej Diaghilew

    director

    directing
    2004

• writing (14 credits)

  • So oder so ist das Leben – Hildegard Knef

    writer

    writing
    2025
  • Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth.

    writer

    writing
    2022
  • Hanna Schygulla - Ikone des deutschen Autorenfilms

    writer

    writing
    2021
  • The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf

    writer

    writing
    2020
  • Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime

    writer

    writing
    2018
  • Bugatti: A Thirst for Speed

    writer

    writing
    2018
  • Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder

    writer

    writing
    2017
  • Herr von Bohlen

    writer

    writing
    2015
  • Deutschboden

    screenplay

    writing
    2014
  • Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

    writer

    writing
    2010
  • What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar

    writer

    writing
    2009
  • Let's Play, Boy

    writer

    writing
    2008
  • James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard

    screenstory

    writing
    2005
  • Die Revolution des Sergej Diaghilew

    writer

    writing
    2004