---
name: "Bernd Eichinger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernd-eichinger"
fi1m_id: "bernd-eichinger"
imdb_id: "nm0251536"
tmdb_id: 673
wikidata_id: "Q61881"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "11 April 1949"
died: "24 January 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T15:16:46.766146+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bernd Eichinger

## Identity

Bernd Eichinger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bernd-eichinger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bernd-eichinger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0251536
- **TMDB ID:** 673
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61881
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_Eichinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61881, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251536/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/673

Writer and producer. Born 11 April 1949 in Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany. Died 24 January 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 11 April 1949, Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany
- **Died:** 24 January 2011
- **Active:** 1986–2008
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 2 writing, 5 producing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Avi Arad](https://film.one/person/avi-arad.md), [Chris Evans](https://film.one/person/chris-evans.md), [Ioan Gruffudd](https://film.one/person/ioan-gruffudd.md), [Jessica Alba](https://film.one/person/jessica-alba.md), [Julian McMahon](https://film.one/person/julian-mcmahon.md), [Mark Frost](https://film.one/person/mark-frost.md), [Michael Chiklis](https://film.one/person/michael-chiklis.md), [Ralph Winter](https://film.one/person/ralph-winter.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 77 (1), 2000s 60 (7)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_Eichinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61881, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251536/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/673

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Name of the Rose*](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md) (77), [*The Baader Meinhof Complex*](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md) (65)
- **Disney+:** [*Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer*](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-rise-of-the-silver-surfer.md) (52), [*Fantastic Four*](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md) (48)
- **Tubi:** [*Downfall*](https://film.one/film/downfall.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bernd Eichinger was a German film producer, screenwriter and director. He was born on 11 April 1949 in Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria, and died on 24 January 2011 in Los Angeles.

He studied at the University of Television and Film Munich and in 1979 acquired a stake in Neue Constantin Film, later becoming its executive director. Under his leadership the company became one of Germany’s leading production and distribution houses.

Eichinger produced and wrote the screenplay for *Downfall* (2004). His other credits include *The NeverEnding Story* (1984), *The Name of the Rose* (1986), *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* (2006) and *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), as well as the *Resident Evil* film series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com, cineuropa.org.*

## On Fi1m (8)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), Fi1m 65, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md)
- *Downfall* (2004), Fi1m 81, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/downfall.md)

### Produced (5)

- *Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer* (2007), Fi1m 52, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-rise-of-the-silver-surfer.md)
- *Fantastic Four* (2005), Fi1m 48, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md)
- *Resident Evil: Apocalypse* (2004), Fi1m 43, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-apocalypse.md)
- *Resident Evil* (2002), Fi1m 56, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-2002.md)
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Five Minutes of Heaven* (2009), Fi1m 72, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/five-minutes-of-heaven.md)

## Complete filmography (78)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *3096 Days* (2013), Screenplay
- *Die Superbullen* (2011), Producer
- *Resident Evil: Afterlife* (2010), Producer
- *Times Change You* (2010), Producer
- *Five Minutes of Heaven* (2009), Thanks — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/five-minutes-of-heaven.md)
- *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md)
- *Bernd & Katja Eichinger* (2008), Actor
- *Lissi and the Wild Emperor* (2007), Thanks
- *Pornorama* (2007), Producer
- *Resident Evil: Extinction* (2007), Producer
- *Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer* (2007), Producer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-rise-of-the-silver-surfer.md)
- *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* (2006), Screenplay, Producer
- *DOA: Dead or Alive* (2006), Producer
- *The Elementary Particles* (2006), Producer
- *Fantastic Four* (2005), Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md)
- *Downfall* (2004), Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/downfall.md)
- *Resident Evil: Apocalypse* (2004), Executive Producer — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-apocalypse.md)
- *Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt* (2003), Producer
- *Werner - Gekotzt wird später!* (2003), Producer
- *Bewegte Männer* (2003), series, Creator
- *Resident Evil* (2002), Producer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-2002.md)
- *Ants in the Pants 2* (2002), Producer
- *666: In Bed with the Devil* (2002), as Bernd Eichinger · Producer
- *Slap Her... She's French* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Nowhere in Africa* (2001), Producer
- *The Mists of Avalon* (2001), series, Producer
- *Manitou's Shoe* (2001), Producer
- *Vera Brühne* (2001), series, Producer
- *The Calling* (2000), Executive Producer
- *No More School* (2000), Producer
- *The Devil and Ms. D* (1999), Director, Screenplay
- *Werner - Volles Rooäää!!!* (1999), Producer
- *Hausmeister Krause – Ordnung muss sein* (1999), series, Producer, Executive Producer
- *Am I Beautiful?* (1998), Producer
- *Wrongfully Accused* (1998), Producer
- *Ballermann 6* (1997), Producer
- *Prince Valiant* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle* (1997), Producer
- *Smilla's Sense of Snow* (1997), Producer
- *It Happened in Broad Daylight* (1997), Producer, Screenplay
- *Charleys Tante* (1996), Producer
- *Die Halbstarken* (1996), Writer, Producer
- *A Girl Called Rosemarie* (1996), Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Werner: Eat My Dust!!!* (1996), Producer
- *The Superwife* (1996), Producer
- *And Nobody Weeps For Me* (1996), Producer
- *Voll Normaaal* (1994), Producer
- *Maybe... Maybe Not* (1994), Producer
- *The Fantastic Four* (1994), Executive Producer
- *The House of the Spirits* (1993), Producer
- *The Cement Garden* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Body of Evidence* (1993), Producer
- *Salt on Our Skin* (1992), Producer
- *Four Junior Detectives* (1992), Producer
- *Manta, Manta* (1991), Producer
- *Werner and the Wizard of Booze* (1990), Producer
- *Fire, Ice and Dynamite* (1990), Producer
- *Last Exit to Brooklyn* (1989), Producer
- *Me and Him* (1988), Producer
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)
- *King Kongs Faust* (1985), as Produzent
- *The NeverEnding Story* (1984), as Man Next to Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited) · Producer
- *Kehraus* (1983), Co-Producer
- *Die Ortliebschen Frauen* (1981), Producer
- *Sting in the Flesh* (1981), Producer
- *Christiane F.* (1981), Producer
- *Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie* (1979), series, Producer
- *Tales from the Vienna Woods* (1979), Producer
- *Hitler: A Film from Germany* (1978), Producer
- *Good-for-Nothing* (1978), Executive Producer
- *The Consequence* (1977), Producer
- *Hitler: A Film from Germany* (1977), series, Producer
- *The Wild Duck* (1976), Producer
- *Ich heiß' Marianne, und Du...?* (1976), Producer
- *Dear Fatherland Be at Peace* (1976), Producer
- *Wrong Move* (1975), Producer
- *Perahim - die zweite Chance* (1974), Writer
- *Die Eltern* (1974), Writer

## Gallery

- ![Bernd Eichinger](https://film.one/media/person/98490/gallery-f2a24af09ee0.jpg) Bernd Eichinger — Constantin Film, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Bernd_Eichinger_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bildbeschreibung: Bernd Aichinger, deutscher Filmproduzent und Regisseur Quelle: eigene Aufnahme mit einer Handycam Fotograf/Zeichner: Boss 11:52, 30 October 20](https://film.one/media/person/98490/gallery-b25ada038057.png) Bildbeschreibung: Bernd Aichinger, deutscher Filmproduzent und Regisseur Quelle: eigene Aufnahme mit einer Handycam Fotograf/Zeichner: Boss 11:52, 30 October 20 — No machine-readable author provided. Austriaboss assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Bernd_Eichinger1.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bildbeschreibung: Bernd Aichinger, deutscher Filmproduzent und Regisseur Quelle: eigene Aufnahme mit einer Handycam Fotograf/Zeichner: Boss 11:53, 30 October 20](https://film.one/media/person/98490/gallery-51c5e2c136c5.png) Bildbeschreibung: Bernd Aichinger, deutscher Filmproduzent und Regisseur Quelle: eigene Aufnahme mit einer Handycam Fotograf/Zeichner: Boss 11:53, 30 October 20 — No machine-readable author provided. Austriaboss assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Bernd_Eichinger2.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bernd Eichinger, German movie producer, writer and director with his wife Katja Hofmann at the Volkswagen People’s Night 2008](https://film.one/media/person/98490/gallery-be87735b59be.jpg) Bernd Eichinger, German movie producer, writer and director with his wife Katja Hofmann at the Volkswagen People’s Night 2008 — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Bernd_Eichinger_and_Katja_Hofmann_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2008%29.jpg/1280px-Bernd_Eichinger_and_Katja_Hofmann_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2008%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bernd Eichinger im Cinedom, Köln](https://film.one/media/person/98490/gallery-f348ccb06f1e.jpg) Bernd Eichinger im Cinedom, Köln — Gerhard Heeke, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Eichinger_Bernd.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bernd Eichinger im Cinedom, Köln](https://film.one/media/person/98490/gallery-43497adfbbe6.jpg) Bernd Eichinger im Cinedom, Köln — Gerhard Heeke, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Eichinger_Bernd_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2002: Academy Awards (won), for *Nowhere in Africa*

### Other awards — 41 won, 1 nominated

- Goldene Kamera 2011: Goldene Kamera (won)
- Medal for outstanding service to Bavaria in a united Europe 2011: Medal for outstanding service to Bavaria in a united Europe (won)
- German Film Honorary Award 2010: German Film Honorary Award (won)
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2009: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Baader Meinhof Complex*
- Bavarian Film Awards 2008: Bavarian Film Awards (won), for *The Baader Meinhof Complex*
- Munich "München leuchtet" award 2007: Munich "München leuchtet" award (won)
- Bambi Award 2006: Bambi Award (won), for *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer*
- Bavarian Order of Merit 2006: Bavarian Order of Merit (won)
- German Film Award 2006: German Film Award (won), for *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer*
- Jupiter Awards 2006: Jupiter Awards (won), for *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer*
- Bambi Award 2004: Bambi Award (won), for *Downfall*
- Bavarian Film Awards 2004: Bavarian Film Awards (won), for *Downfall*
- Jupiter Awards 2004: Jupiter Awards (won), for *Downfall*
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2003: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won)
- German Film Award 2003: German Film Award (won), for *Naked*
- Bavarian Film Awards 2002: Bavarian Film Awards (won), for *Nowhere in Africa*
- German Film Award 2002: German Film Award (won), for *Nowhere in Africa*
- Bavarian Film Awards 2001: Bavarian Film Awards (won), for *Der Schuh des Manitu*
- Deutscher Comedypreis 2001: Deutscher Comedypreis (won), for *Der Schuh des Manitu*
- German Film Award 2001: German Film Award (won), for *Der Schuh des Manitu*
- Golden Nymph Awards 1999: Golden Nymph Awards (won), for *Opernball*
- Jupiter Awards 1997: Jupiter Awards (won), for *The Girl Rosemarie*
- Bambi Award 1994: Bambi Award (won), for *Der bewegte Mann*
- German Film Award 1994: German Film Award (won), for *Der bewegte Mann*
- Bavarian Film Awards 1993: Bavarian Film Awards (won), for *The House of the Spirits*
- German Film Award 1993: German Film Award (won), for *The House of the Spirits*
- Bavarian Film Awards 1989: Bavarian Film Awards (won), for *Last Exit to Brooklyn*
- German Film Award 1989: German Film Award (won), for *Last Exit to Brooklyn*
- Bambi Award 1986: Bambi Award (won), for *The Name of the Rose*
- Bavarian Film Awards 1986: Bavarian Film Awards (won), for *The Name of the Rose*
- César Award 1986: César Award (won), for *The Name of the Rose*
- David di Donatello for Best Producer 1986: David di Donatello for Best Producer (won), for *The Name of the Rose*
- European Film Awards 1986: European Film Awards (won), for *The Name of the Rose*
- German Film Award 1986: German Film Award (won), for *The Name of the Rose*
- Jupiter Awards 1986: Jupiter Awards (won), for *The Name of the Rose*
- Bambi Award 1984: Bambi Award (won), for *The NeverEnding Story*
- Bavarian Film Awards 1984: Bavarian Film Awards (won), for *The NeverEnding Story*
- Jupiter Awards 1984: Jupiter Awards (won), for *The NeverEnding Story*
- German Film Award 1980: German Film Award (won), for *Tales from the Vienna Woods*
- German Film Award 1978: German Film Award (won), for *Good-for-Nothing*
- German Film Award 1977: German Film Award (won), for *Zero Hour*
- German Film Award 1975: German Film Award (won), for *Wrong Move*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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