Edward Berger

Berger was born in 1970 in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, then West Germany. His mother was from Switzerland, and his father, who worked as a logistics manager at Volkswagen, was from Austria. After graduating from the Gymnasium, he attended the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig from 1990 to 1991. He then transferred to the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he finished his studies in directing in 1994. He moved to Berlin in 1997. and Austrian citizenship through his parents. He told Die Welt in 2023 that while he is not German by passport, he supports Germany in international football tournaments. He told Die Zeit in 2023: "My father is Austrian, my mother Swiss, so there would be enough reason for me to be a little confused. What I always know is: I am European". ==Career==

1992–2017: Early work and German films Berger has worked mostly in Germany and the United States. and at the HFF Potsdam. His first feature film, based on his own screenplay, was Gomez – Kopf oder Zahl ("Gomez – Heads or Tails"), in 1998. In 2012, his film '' was awarded the Grimme-Preis. and was awarded the 2015 German Film Award in silver for the best feature film, after being nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. It also won Best Director and Best Picture at the German Directors Guild Awards. His feature film All My Loving'' premiered on 9 February 2019, in the Panorama section of the 2019 Berlinale. The film was nominated in several categories for the preselection of the 2019 German Film Award. Berger wrote, directed, and produced All Quiet on the Western Front, released in 2022. It was praised by critics internationally, but German reviewers and historians criticised it for its lack of closeness to the book and lack of historical accuracy. His 2024 film Conclave, a drama set in the Holy See based on a novel by Robert Harris, He described the film compared with All Quiet on the Western Front, as "like [going] from a physical war to an intellectual war. It felt like one of those great political conspiracy thrillers from the 1970s". Berger has also directed and produced several music videos, short films, and artist film portraits. However, in October 2024 Berger was vague about his involvement in the film: "It's really not clear whether… I'm doing that film or not. I'm not doing it right now. And I really don't know what I will do in the future". Berger has signed to direct the science fiction thriller film The Barrier, starring Austin Butler and written by MacMillan Hedges, based on his own short story of the same name. He is also set to direct a film about Evan Gershkovich, with David Weil set to pen the script. Berger is also attached to direct The Riders, starring Brad Pitt and written by David Kajganich, based on the novel of the same name by Tim Winton. He is set to produce Fatherland, an upcoming biopic of Thomas Mann directed by Paweł Pawlikowski, based on the novel The Magician by Colm Tóibín. In February 2026, it was announced that Berger will direct, as will as co-produce, a biopic about Lance Armstrong, starring Austin Butler and written by Zach Baylin. ==Personal life==

Berger is married to German actress and screenwriter Nele Mueller-Stöfen. She has starred in several of Berger's films, as well as collaborating on the script of Jack. ==Filmography==

Film Producer Television TV movie TV series ==Awards and nominations==

Individual recognitions • 2000: Variety – Award "Ten European Directors To Watch", after Female 2 Seeks Happy End • 2015: Fellowship for Villa Aurora's artist-in-residence program, ==See also==