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Bernd Eichinger (1949–2011)

Producer | Writer | Director

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According to George A. Romero, the rejection of his Resident Evil script was due to Eichinger. Everyone else associated with the pre-production apparently liked the script. See more trivia »

Born:

in Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany

Died:

(age 61) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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Hide HideProducer (94 titles)
2011 Die Superbullen - Sie kennen keine Gnade (producer)
 
2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife (producer)
 
2010 Time You Change (producer)
 
2008 The Baader Meinhof Complex (producer)
 
2007 Pornorama (producer)
 
2007 Resident Evil: Extinction (producer)
 
2007 Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (producer)
 
1999-2007 Hausmeister Krause - Ordnung muss sein (TV series) (executive producer - 11 episodes)
– Der Untergang (2007) (executive producer)
– Die Jungfrau (2007) (executive producer)
– Frau wider Willen (2007) (executive producer)
– Ist Tommie schwul? (2004) (executive producer)
– Der falsche Dackel (1999) (executive producer)
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2006 DOA: Dead or Alive (producer)
 
2006 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (producer)
 
2006 The Elementary Particles (producer)
 
2005 The Fisherman and His Wife (producer)
 
2005 Fantastic Four (producer)
 
2004 Resident Evil: Apocalypse (executive producer)
 
2004 Downfall (producer)
 
2003 Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt (producer)
 
2003 Werner - Gekotzt wird später! (producer)
 
2003 Bewegte Männer (TV series) (supervising producer - 1 episode)
– Mutter und Söhne (2003) (supervising producer)
 
2002 Wie die Karnickel (co-producer)
 
2002 Naked (producer)
 
2002 Erkan & Stefan gegen die Mächte der Finsternis (co-producer)
 
2002 Knallharte Jungs (producer)
 
2002 Resident Evil (producer)
 
2002 666: In Bed with the Devil (producer)
 
2002 Slap Her, She's French! (executive producer)
 
2001 Nowhere in Africa (co-producer)
 
2001 Sass (executive producer)
 
2001 The Mists of Avalon (TV movie) (producer)
 
2001 Manitou's Shoe (producer)
 
2001 Vera Brühne (TV movie) (producer)
 
2000 The Calling (producer)
 
2000 No More School (co-producer)
 
2000 Ants in the Pants (producer)
 
1999 The Devil and Ms. D (producer)
 
1998 Am I Beautiful? (producer)
 
1998 Wrongfully Accused (producer)
 
1998 Opera Ball (TV movie) (producer)
 
1998 Campus (producer)
 
1997 Ballermann 6 (producer)
 
1997 Prince Valiant (executive producer)
 
1997 Babes' Petrol (producer)
 
1997 Smilla's Sense of Snow (producer)
 
1997 Es geschah am hellichten Tag (TV movie) (producer)
 
1996 Charleys Tante (TV movie) (producer)
 
1996 Die Halbstarken (TV movie) (producer)
 
1996 A Girl Called Rosemary (TV movie) (producer)
 
1996 Werner - Das muss kesseln!!! (producer)
 
1996 Das Superweib (producer)
 
1996 And Nobody Weeps for Me (co-producer)
 
1995 500 Nations (TV mini-series) (executive producer)
 
1994 Voll normaaal (producer)
 
1994 Maybe... Maybe Not (producer)
 
1994 The Fantastic Four (executive producer)
 
1993 The House of the Spirits (producer)
 
1993 The Cement Garden (executive producer)
 
1993 Body of Evidence (co-producer)
 
1992 Desire (producer)
 
1992 Ein Fall für TKKG: Drachenauge (producer)
 
1991 Manta, Manta (producer)
 
1990 Werner - Beinhart! (producer)
 
1990 Fire, Ice & Dynamite (producer)
 
1989 Last Exit to Brooklyn (producer)
 
1988 Me and Him (producer)
 
1988 Man spricht deutsh (co-producer)
 
1987 The Crack Connection (co-producer)
 
1987 Der Unsichtbare (co-producer)
 
1986 The Name of the Rose (producer)
 
1985 Drei gegen drei (producer)
 
1985 Scene of the Crime: A Tooth for a Tooth (co-producer)
 
1985 Feel the Motion (co-producer)
 
1984 The NeverEnding Story (producer)
 
1984 Das Arche Noah Prinzip (co-producer)
 
1983 Kehraus (co-producer)
 
1983 Hangin' Out (producer)
 
1982 Une glace avec deux boules... (co-producer)
 
1982 Der Tod in der Waschstraße (producer)
 
1981 The Ortlieb Woman (producer)
 
1981 Stachel im Fleisch (producer)
 
1981 Trokadero (producer)
 
1981 Christiane F. (producer)
 
1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods (executive producer)
 
1979 Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie (TV mini-series) (producer)
 
1978 Good-for-Nothing (executive producer)
 
1977 Die Konsequenz (executive producer, producer)
 
1977 Hitler: A Film from Germany (producer)
 
1977 Thaw (TV movie) (co-producer)
 
1977 Grete Minde (producer)
 
1977 Zero Hour (producer)
 
1976 The Wild Duck (producer)
 
1976 Dear Fatherland Be at Peace (executive producer, producer)
 
1976 Umarmungen und andere Sachen (co-producer)
 
1976 Ich heiß' Marianne, und Du...? (TV movie) (producer)
 
1975 Michael oder Die Schwierigkeiten mit dem Glück (TV movie) (producer)
 
1975 Falsche Bewegung (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (14 titles)
2013 3096 Days (screenplay)
 
2010 Time You Change (screenplay)
 
2008 The Baader Meinhof Complex (screenplay)
 
2006 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (screenplay)
 
2004 Downfall (screenplay)
 
1999 The Devil and Ms. D (writer)
 
1997 Es geschah am hellichten Tag (TV movie)
 
1996 Die Halbstarken (TV movie)
 
1996 A Girl Called Rosemary (TV movie)
 
1974 Die Eltern (TV movie)
 
1974 Perahim - die zweite Chance
 
1973 Ein Weihnachtsmärchen (writer)
 
1973 Kidnapping (short) (writer)
 
1972 Canossa (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (6 titles)
Show ShowProduction Manager (6 titles)
1978 Die gläserne Zelle (production supervisor)
 
1976 Strongman Ferdinand (production manager)
 
1974 Karl May (production manager)
 
1974 Perahim - die zweite Chance (production supervisor)
 
1971 Das erste Jahr (production manager)
 
1971 Der kleine Soldat (short) (production manager)
 
Show ShowActor (5 titles)
1999 The Devil and Ms. D
Man in pub wearing sunglasses
 
1997 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Typ mit Geld
 
1985 King Kongs Faust
Produzent
 
1984 Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (TV mini-series)
– Die stolzen Jahre - 1967-1969 (1984)
 
1973 Ein Weihnachtsmärchen
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2004 Downfall (presenter)
 
1997 Ballermann 6 (presenter)
 
Show ShowThanks (15 titles)
2011 Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods (in memory of)
 
2011 The Three Musketeers (dedicatee - as Bernd)
 
2011 Hell (thanks)
 
2010 Jerry Cotton (thanks)
 
2009 Vicky the Viking (thanks)
 
2009 Five Minutes of Heaven (thanks)
 
2009 Die Perlmutterfarbe (special thanks)
 
2007 Lissi und der wilde Kaiser (thanks)
 
2004 (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (special thanks)
 
2002 Scoring Resident Evil (video short) (special thanks)
 
2002 Playing Dead: 'Resident Evil' from Game to Screen (video short) (special thanks)
 
2001 Manitou's Shoe (special thanks)
 
2001 Die grüne Wolke (special thanks: 'den Engeln an Wiege und Wegesrand')
 
2000/I Crazy (thanks)
 
1998 Solo for Clarinet (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (29 titles)
2011 Bernd Eichinger erzählt... (documentary short)
Himself
 
2010 Der Bildwerfer (documentary short)
Himself
 
2010 Deutschland, deine Künstler (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Doris Dörrie (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Lola - Der Deutsche Filmpreis 2010 (TV movie)
Himself - Honorary Award Recipient (also archive footage)
 
2010 Mythos Metropolis (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Doris Dörrie - Kunst darf unterhalten (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Mein Leben (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Nina Hoss (2009) … Himself
 
2006-2009 Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 April 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2009 Der Regisseur Uli Edel - Fakten und Fiktion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Münchner (Filmfest-)Geschichten - 25 Jahre Filmfest München (TV documentary)
 
2001-2006 III nach neun (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 May 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2005 Lola - Der deutsche Filmpreis (TV movie)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Honorary Award
 
2004 Bambi Verleihung 2004 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Berlin Mitte (TV series)
Himself
– Hitler im Kino - Vom Tabu zum Kassenknüller? (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film 'Der Untergang' (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Musen, Macht und Glamour - Die Welt der Maximilianstrasse (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 666: In Bed with the Devil
Himself
 
2000 Bernd Eichinger - Wenn das Leben zum Kino wird (TV documentary)
 
1999 Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Der Kinomacher - Bernd Eichinger zum 50. Geburtstag (documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
Himself
– Show #214 (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Hollywood, Germany (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Wetten, dass..? (TV series)
Himself
– Wetten, dass..? aus Emden (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Besser als mein Haus je war (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1990 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 February 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1986 The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 60 Millionen für Phantásien - Wie die 'unendliche Geschichte' ins Kino kam (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1979 ...sonst würde das Kino sterben (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2011 Lola - Der Deutsche Filmpreis 2011 (TV documentary)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2009 Da Da Da - Drei Mann im Doppelbett (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Kalkofes Mattscheibe (TV series)
 
2004 Unsere Besten (TV series)
 

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Owner of the production company Constantin Film Produktion GmbH and owner of the distribution company Constantin Film too.

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Trivia:

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