Biography
Bernd Lichtenberg is a German screenwriter and writer. Born on 24 June 1966 in Leverkusen, he wrote radio features for Westdeutscher Rundfunk while still at school. He studied philosophy and religious studies, completed an internship at Sender Freies Berlin, and trained in film at the Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln.
Lichtenberg wrote and directed the 1997 short film Déjà vu. His breakthrough came with the screenplay for Good Bye, Lenin! (2003), co-written with director Wolfgang Becker. For this he received the Deutscher Drehbuchpreis in 2002 and the European Film Award for Best Screenplay in 2003. He has also published short stories and novels, and lives in Cologne and Berlin.
