Wolf Gremm

Wolf Gremm (26 February 1942 – 14 July 2015) was a German film director and screenwriter.

Gremm was born in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1942. In the 1960s, he studied German literature, psychology, sociology and theater. After graduation, he studied film direction at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin and directed his first feature film Ich dachte, ich wär tot in 1973.

During the 1970s and early 1980s, he produced several feature films. His greatest success was the 1980 film Fabian based on a novel by German author Erich Kästner. This film was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated.[1]

He was a close friend of the German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who also starred in Gremm's 1982 film Kamikaze 1989.

Personal life

Gremm was married to the film producer Regina Ziegler, who began her career as the producer of Gremm's first feature film Ich dachte, ich wär tot. He died at the age of 73 in Berlin on 14 July 2015 from cancer.[2]

Selected filmography
  • Ich dachte, ich wär tot (1973)
  • Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben (1975)
  • Tatort: Tod im U-Bahnschacht (1975, TV)
  • Die Brüder (1977, based on a short story by Septimus Dale)
  • Tod oder Freiheit (1977, loosely based on the play The Robbers)
  • Die Schattengrenze (1979, TV film, based on a novel by Dieter Wellershoff)
  • Fabian (1980, based on a novel by Erich Kästner)
  • Kein Reihenhaus für Robin Hood (1981, based on a novel by Horst Bosetzky)
  • Nach Mitternacht (1981, based on a novel by Irmgard Keun)
  • Kamikaze 1989 (1982, based on a novel by Per Wahlöö)
  • Hinter der Tür (1983, TV film, based on a novel by Henry Slesar)
  • Sigi, der Straßenfeger (1984)
  • Tödliche Liebe (1986, TV film, based on a novel by Celia Fremlin)
  • Dem Tod auf der Spur (1988, TV film, based on a short story by Kate Wilhelm)
  • Im Schatten der Angst (1988, TV film, based on a novel by Celia Fremlin)
  • Der Spatzenmörder (1989, TV film, based on a novel by Jürgen Breest)
  • Ich will leben (1990, TV film, based on a short story by Kate Wilhelm)
  • Gesucht wird Ricki Forster (1991, TV film)
  • Die Spur führt ins Verderben (1993, TV film, based on a novel by Julian Symons)
  • Klippen des Todes (1993, TV film, based on a novel by Celia Fremlin)
  • Das kalifornische Quartett (1995, TV miniseries, based on a novel by Dieter Zimmer)
  • Inka Connection (1995, TV film, based on a novel by Peter Breitwieser)
  • Die Stunden vor Morgengrauen (1997, TV film, based on a novel by Celia Fremlin)
  • Nur ein toter Mann ist ein guter Mann (1999, TV film, based on a novel by Gaby Hauptmann)
  • Die Sünde der Engel (1999, TV film, based on a novel by Charlotte Link)
  • Ein lasterhaftes Pärchen (2000, TV film, based on a novel by Andreas Anatol)
  • Nancy & Frank – A Manhattan Love Story (2002, based on a novel by Hans Werner Kettenbach)
  • Tödliches Rendezvous – Die Spur führt nach Palma (2002, TV film, based on a novel by Christoph Gottwald)
  • Ein Liebhaber zuviel ist noch zu wenig (2002, TV film, based on a novel by Gaby Hauptmann)
  • Lieben und Töten (2006, TV film, based on a novel by Barbara Wilde)
  • Der See der Träume (2006, TV film, based on a novel by Kristin Hannah)
  • Insel des Lichts (2008, TV film, based on a novel by Kristin Hannah)
  • Alle Sehnsucht dieser Erde (2009, TV film)
  • Wer zu lieben wagt (2010, TV film, based on a novel by Kristin Hannah)
  • Im Fluss des Lebens (2011, TV film, based on a novel by Ruth Maria Kubitschek)
  • Sommerlicht (2011, TV film, based on a novel by Adèle Geras)
  • Das Mädchen aus dem Regenwald (2011, TV film, based on a novel by Kristin Hannah)
  • Wolf at the Door (2015) (video diary / documentary)

References
  1. H.G. Pflaum. "On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film". German Films. Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  2. Wolf Gremm ist gestorben, 14 July 2015; retrieved 20 July 2015 (in German).
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