Wissenswertes

A year before his death, listed these as his ten favorite films: Die Verdammten (1969), Die Nackten und die Toten (1958), Lola Montez (1955), Die Straße der Erfolgreichen (1949), Die 120 Tage von Sodom (1975), Blondinen bevorzugt (1953), X-27 (1931), Die Nacht des Jägers (1955), Johnny Guitar - Gejagt, gehaßt, gefürchtet (1954), Kalina Krassnaja (1974).

He made 41 movies in 13 years

Made 8 movies in just one year - 1970.

His death is often considered to mark the end of New German Cinema.

A school in Munich is named after him. Ironically, he left school without graduation at the age of 16 (18 July 2006).

Was a huge fan of Douglas Sirk.

As an actor in his own films, he frequently appeared uncredited. Even if he played one of the main characters.

He is buried in the graveyard of the Church of St Georg, Bogenhausen, Munich. The interior of the church is used in a key scene in Michelangelo Antonioni's Beruf: Reporter (1975).

Close friends with Udo Kier.

Despite Fassbinder's international success and enduring legacy, not a single one of the director's 23 theatrical films was ever nominated for an Academy Award. Additionally, only one Fassbinder film (Lili Marleen (1981)) was ever submitted by Germany to the Academy for a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Ultimately, the film was not nominated.

Die Ehe der Maria Braun (1979) was his most successful movie

Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival in 1977.

Son of Lilo Pempeit.

Whity (1971) was his least successful movie.

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 318-330. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

Ex-brother-in-law of Trudeliese Schmidt.