FILM DIRECTOR

Oskar Roehler

1959 - Today

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Oskar Roehler (born 21 January 1959) is a German film director, screenwriter and journalist. He was born in Starnberg, the son of writers Gisela Elsner and Klaus Roehler. Since the mid-1980s, he has been working as a screenwriter, for, among others, Niklaus Schilling, Christoph Schlingensief and Mark Schlichter. Since the early 1990s, he has also been working as a film director. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Oskar Roehler is the 1,842nd most popular film director (down from 1,763rd in 2024), the 6,118th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,977th in 2019) and the 84th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Oskar Roehler ranks 1,845 out of 2,041Before him are Brad Silberling, Amy Heckerling, Kornél Mundruczó, Mehboob Khan, Dan Povenmire, Basu Chatterjee, Michael Dante DiMartino, Detlev Buck, and Virgil Widrich. After him are Colin Trevorrow, Mia Hansen-Løve, and Charles Band.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Oskar Roehler ranks 689Before him are Kazuhiro Koso, Penny Pritzker, Ronald Pofalla, Takeaki Matsumoto, Larry Nance, and David Shulkin. After him are Catherine Mary Stewart, Masayuki Yanai, Göran Hägglund, Paul Gross, Mark Aguirre, and Władysław Pasikowski.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Oskar Roehler ranks 6,123 out of 7,253Before him are Grit Breuer (1972), Steffi Lemke (1967), Daniela Neunast (1966), Tetsuya Kakihara (1982), Rolf Aldag (1968), Detlev Buck (1962), Astrid Kumbernuss (1970), and Igor Petrenko (1977). After him are Roland Günther (1962), Ralf Fährmann (1988), Jens Weidmann (1968), and Ingrid Klimke (1968).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Oskar Roehler ranks 84Before him are Dominik Moll (1962), Caroline Link (1964), Maren Ade (1976), Hito Steyerl (1966), Rainer Simon (1941), and Detlev Buck (1962). After him are Florian Gallenberger (1972), Sebastian Schipper (1968), Emily Atef (1973), Nicolette Krebitz (1972), Marc Rothemund (1968), and Katja von Garnier (1966).