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Robert Schwentke
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Robert Schwentke in 2018.
Born (1968-02-15) 15 February 1968 (age 54)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1993–present

Robert Schwentke (German: [ˈʃvɛŋkə]; born 15 February 1968) is a German film director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Schwentke was born in Stuttgart, West Germany. He graduated from Los Angeles film school, Columbia College Hollywood (CCH), in 1992. His wife is an American.

He directed two feature films in Germany, the thriller Tattoo and the comedy Eierdiebe, the latter a semi-autobiographical film about a man being treated for testicular cancer, a disease he had been diagnosed with and survived himself in 1995.[1]

Although not intending to do Hollywood movies, he ended up doing so after having trouble financing a third German film.[2]

Schwentke directed 2009's The Time Traveler's Wife, based on the best-selling novel, and starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams. That same year, Schwentke directed the pilot episode of Fox's Lie to Me.

In 2008, Summit Entertainment optioned Red, the 2003 graphic novel thriller by writer Warren Ellis and artist Cully Hamner, as a feature film. Schwentke directed the film, Red, from a script by Whiteout screenwriters Erich and Jon Hoeber, and the adaptation was produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian of Transformers.[3] Principal photography began in January 2010 in Toronto and Louisiana with stars Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman.[4]

Schwentke directed the action-comedy crime film R.I.P.D., based on the comic book Rest in Peace Department by Peter M. Lenkov. The film starred Ryan Reynolds as Nick Walker[5] and Jeff Bridges as Roycephus Pulsipher.[6] R.I.P.D. was released on July 19, 2013 in the United States by Universal Pictures.[7] Schwentke said in 2018 that he regretted making R.I.P.D. due to differences with the studio and that he had never watched the final film, saying it "wasn't in the end what the studio wanted".[8] He directed The Divergent Series: Insurgent, the sequel to Divergent, which was released on March 20, 2015. He directed Part 1 of Allegiant, the two-part finale to the series, with a script by Noah Oppenheim.[9]

Schwentke directed the G.I. Joe spin-off film centered around Snake Eyes, which stars Henry Golding and was released in 2021.[10][11][12]

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Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Writer
1993 Heaven! Yes Yes
2002 Tattoo Yes Yes
2003 Eierdiebe Yes Yes
2005 Flightplan Yes No
2009 The Time Traveler's Wife Yes No
2010 Red Yes No
2013 R.I.P.D. Yes No
2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent Yes No
2016 The Divergent Series: Allegiant Yes No
2017 The Captain Yes Yes
2021 Snake Eyes Yes No
2023 Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes Yes Yes

Television

Year Title Director Writer Notes
1998-2001 Tatort No Yes Episodes "Bildersturm", "Drei Affen" and "Mördergrube"
2009 Lie to Me Yes No Episode "Pilot"
TBA Helgoland Yes Yes Also creator

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Tattoo (2002 film)

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Eierdiebe

Eierdiebe

Eierdiebe is a 2003 German comedy-drama film written and directed by Robert Schwentke. The film deals with testicular cancer, which Schwentke suffered through and survived.

Flightplan

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Flightplan is a 2005 mystery psychological thriller film directed by Robert Schwentke from a screenplay written by Peter A. Dowling and Billy Ray. It stars Jodie Foster as Kyle Pratt, a recently-widowed American aircraft engineer living in Berlin, who flies back to the U.S. with her daughter and her husband's body. She loses her daughter during the flight and must struggle to find her while proving her sanity at the same time. It also features Peter Sarsgaard, Erika Christensen, Kate Beahan, Greta Scacchi, Sean Bean, and Matt Bomer.

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Red is a 2010 American action comedy film loosely inspired by the Homage Comics limited series of the same name. Produced by Di Bonaventura Pictures and distributed by Summit Entertainment, it is the first film in the Red series. Directed by Robert Schwentke and written by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber, it stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban and Mary-Louise Parker, alongside Rebecca Pidgeon, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, Julian McMahon, Ernest Borgnine, and James Remar. Red follows Frank Moses (Willis), a former black-ops agent who reunites with his old team to capture an assassin who has vowed to kill him.

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R.I.P.D., also marketed as R.I.P.D.: Rest in Peace Department, is a 2013 American supernatural action comedy film starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds. The film was directed by Robert Schwentke and written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, based on the 1999 comic book R.I.P.D. by Peter M. Lenkov. The film also stars Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker, Stéphanie Szostak, and Marisa Miller. It received an MPAA film rating of PG-13.

The Captain (2017 film)

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The Captain is a 2017 international co-produced historical drama film written and directed by Robert Schwentke. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It tells the story of German war criminal Willi Herold, who assumed a stolen identity as a German officer and orchestrated the killing of deserters and other prisoners at one of the Emslandlager camps.

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Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins is a 2021 American superhero film based on Hasbro's G.I. Joe toy line character Snake Eyes. It is the third installment in the G.I. Joe film series. The film is directed by Robert Schwentke from a screenplay by Evan Spiliotopoulos, Joe Shrapnel, and Anna Waterhouse. It serves as an origin story for the title character, while also being a reboot of the film series. The film stars Henry Golding as Snake Eyes, with Andrew Koji, Úrsula Corberó, Samara Weaving, and Iko Uwais in supporting roles.

Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes

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Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes is a 2023 German-Moroccan historical drama dark comedy film directed by Robert Schwentke, starring John Malkovich as Seneca. The film is about the last days of the ancient philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca and the beginnings of Emperor Nero's despotic regime in Ancient Rome.

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Lie to Me

Lie to Me

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Source: "Robert Schwentke", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 6th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schwentke.

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References
  1. ^ "Eierdiebe - Ein Gespräch mit Robert Schwentke". Kino-zeit.de (in German). 22 January 2004. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Interview with Robert Schwentke about THE CAPTAIN". CINEFILE.info. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. ^ "RED Aims For Green Light, The Hollywood Reporter, June 12, 2008
  4. ^ 'Red' To Begin Shooting In January Archived 2009-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, MTV
  5. ^ Armitage, Hugh (2 April 2010). "Ryan Reynolds joins 'R.I.P.D.' cast". DigitalSpy.co.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  6. ^ Jones, Brandon (28 May 2011). "Jeff Bridges joins Ryan Reynolds for 'R.I.P.D' film". DeskofBrian.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  7. ^ Marshall, Rick (27 June 2011). "'R.I.P.D.' Gets A Release Date". SplashPage.MTV.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  8. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche, KINO-Special with Director Robert Schwentke | DW | 13.05.2018, retrieved 25 June 2021
  9. ^ "'Insurgent' Director Robert Schwentke Returning for 'Allegiant Part 1′ (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  10. ^ McNary, Dave (11 May 2018). "Film News Roundup: G.I. Joe Spinoff 'Snake Eyes' in the Works at Paramount". Variety. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Paramount Pictures Gives 'G.I. Joe' Character Snake Eyes a Spinoff Movie". The Hollywood Reporter. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Hasbro Posts Quarterly Loss as Pandemic Hits eOne". The Hollywood Reporter.
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