Ulli Lommel

Ulli Lommel

actor, writer, director

Ulli Lommel was born on Dec 21, 1944 in Poland]. Ulli Lommel's big-screen debut came with Only a Woman directed by Alfred Weidenmann in 1962, strarring . Ulli Lommel is known for Julia 17 - directed by Andreea Boyer, Andreea Boyer stars as Julia and Wolfgang Flatz as Julia's father. Ulli Lommel has got 6 awards and 6 nominations so far. The most recent award Ulli Lommel achieved is Depth of Field International Film Festival Competition. The upcoming new movie Ulli Lommel plays is Good Old Friends which will be released on Nov 04, 2020.

Widely known for his frequent collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a creative partnership which lasted 10 years and produced over 20 films, Ulli Lommel is one of the most consistently creative filmmakers to come from the New German Cinema movement.The son of German comic performer Ludwig Manfred Lommel, Ulli Lommel began his career in show business as a child. His second feature film as a director Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (1973) brought Lommel to New York, where he began working with Andy Warhol at The Factory. The Warhol / Lommel years spawned several features, including Cocaine Cowboys (1979) and Blank Generation (1980), both of which were directed by Lommel and feature Warhol in an acting role.In the summer of 2013 Lommel went for nine months to Brazil, where he wrote a book and also made a film about Campo Bahia, the official camp for the German National Soccer Team. His autobiography, entitled Tenderness of the Wolves, is due out in late 2015.

  • Birthday

    Dec 21, 1944
  • Place of Birth

    Zielenzig, Brandenburg, Germany [now Sulecin, Lubuskie, Poland]

Known For

Awards

6 wins & 6 nominations

Depth of Field International Film Festival Competition
2019
Art-house
Winner - Award of Excellence
2019
Best Content & Message Delivery
Winner - Award of Excellence
America Land of the Freeks (2018)
Documentaries Without Borders Film Festival
2019
Excellence Award for the categories of Human Spirit & Biography
Winner - Outstanding Excellence Award
Factory Cowboys: Working with Warhol (2018)
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