Eckhart Schmidt

Biography

Eckhart Schmidt (October 31, 1938 – October 24, 2024) was a German film director, producer, writer and photographer was a German filmmaker and author. Since 1985 he realized his projects in his own production company Raphaela-Film GmbH Munich.

Directed

1. The Fan (1982) — Director
2. Loft (1985) — Director
3. Alpha City (1985) — Director
4. The Sandman (1993) — Director
5. Erotik auf der Schulbank (1968) — Director
6. Jet Generation (1968) — Director
7. Undine (1992) — Director
8. Men are Made for Loving (1970) — Director
9. From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk Remembers (1991) — Director
10. The Gold of Love (1983) — Director
11. Hollywood Legenden (2004) — Director
12. Das Wunder (1985) — Director
13. Internet Love (1998) — Director
14. Sunset Motel (2003) — Director
15. Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006) — Director
16. Die Küken kommen (1985) — Director
17. Wie treu ist Nik? (1986) — Director
18. Wu-Tang Clan: This Shit is from the Heart (1997) — Director
19. Douglas Sirk: Über Stars (1980) — Director
20. The Flying Dutchman (1992) — Director
21. Der Prinz von Homburg (1994) — Director
22. Black Hollywood (1997) — Director
23. Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs (1998) — Director
24. Hollywood Boulevard - Die Hauptstraße der Traumfabrik (2000) — Director
25. Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others (2003) — Director
26. Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang" (2005) — Director
27. Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004) — Director
28. Francesco Rosi - Momente der Wahrheit (2002) — Director
29. Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos (2010) — Director
30. The Story (1984) — Director
31. The Girl and the Octopus (2018) — Director
32. Der Garderobier - Karlheinz Stempel erzählt (1993) — Director
33. Die Flucht (1965) — Director
34. Nachmittags (1964) — Director
35. Broken Hearts (1996) — Director
36. Hollywood Dreamers (1997) — Director
37. Filmlegenden. Deutsch (2006) — Director
38. Generation Z - Da war ein Himmel (2020) — Director
39. Girotondo D'Amore (2021) — Director
40. Roma. Palermo - A new life begins (2021) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Girls, Girls (1967) — Factory worker
2. Italo Disco: The Sparkling Sound of the 80s (2021) — Self
3. Douglas Sirk: Über Stars (1980) — Self - Interviewer
4. The Story (1984)
5. Frühstück in Rom (1965)
6. The Letter (1966)
7. Doomed Love: A Journey Through German Genre Films (2016) — Himself
8. Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films (2017)
9. Die Welt des Claude Chabrol - Eine Nahaufnahme zum 50. Film (2003) — Self (Interviewer)
10. Eckhart Schmidt erzählt... (2017) — Self
11. The Last Graffiti Show (2012) — Self
12. Eckhart Schmidt Interview 1 (2018)
13. Eckhart Schmidt Interview 2 (2018)
14. Schönheit (2025) — Narrator (voice)