---
name: "Bernd Lichtenberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernd-lichtenberg"
fi1m_id: "bernd-lichtenberg"
imdb_id: "nm1319382"
tmdb_id: 4781
wikidata_id: "Q97579"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 June 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:50:12.266424+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 Lichtenberg

## Identity

Bernd Lichtenberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bernd-lichtenberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bernd-lichtenberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm1319382
- **TMDB ID:** 4781
- **Wikidata ID:** Q97579
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97579, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1319382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4781

Writer. Born 24 June 1966 in Leverkusen.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 June 1966, Leverkusen
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97579, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1319382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4781

## 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.

*Sources: de.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/good-bye-lenin.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/good-bye-lenin.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2003: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (won), for *Good Bye Lenin!*

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

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