Wolf Gremm

Who is Wolf Gremm?

Wolf Gremm is a German film director and screenwriter.

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 did not manage to receive a nomination.

He was a close friend of the German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who also starred in Gremm's 1982 film Kamikaze 1989. This film was also his last feature film as since then he has worked solely for television. Gremm is married to the film producer Regina Ziegler, who began her career as the producer of Gremmäs first feature film Ich dachte, ich wär tot.