---
name: "Ralph Schwingel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ralph-schwingel"
fi1m_id: "ralph-schwingel"
imdb_id: "nm0777978"
tmdb_id: 5127
wikidata_id: "Q99030"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T18:18:53.214719+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."
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# Ralph Schwingel

## Identity

Ralph Schwingel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ralph-schwingel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ralph-schwingel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0777978
- **TMDB ID:** 5127
- **Wikidata ID:** Q99030
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99030, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0777978/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5127

Producer. Born 1 January 1955 in Neunkirchen.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1955, Neunkirchen
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99030, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0777978/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5127

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Head-On*](https://film.one/film/head-on.md) (72)

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## Biography

Ralph Schwingel is a German film producer. Born in 1955 in Neunkirchen, he studied psychology before making his first documentary as writer and director in 1984. He began producing in 1987 and co-founded Wüste Filmproduktion in Hamburg in 1989 with Stefan Schubert and Lars Becker; Schwingel and Schubert became sole owners in 1996.

Schwingel discovered director Fatih Akın in 1993 and has produced six of his films, from early shorts through the feature debut *Kurz und schmerzlos* (1998) to *Head-On* (2004). Other credits include *In July* (2000), *Solino* (2002), *Kebab Connection* (2004), *Emma's Bliss* (2006) and *Flame & Citron* (2008). He has also co-founded related companies including Wüste Film West, filmtank hamburg and timebandits films.

Schwingel held teaching positions at the HFF Konrad Wolf in Babelsberg from 2006 to 2013. He later worked in psychotherapy and counselling in Hamburg.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Head-On* (2004), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/head-on.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *12 Paces without a Head* (2009), Producer
- *The Murder Farm* (2009), Producer
- *Underdogs* (2008), Producer
- *Flame & Citron* (2008), Producer
- *Die Anruferin* (2008), Producer
- *Nachtpfand* (2008), Producer
- *My Friend from Faro* (2008), Producer
- *Emma's Bliss* (2006), Producer
- *Offside* (2005), Producer
- *Kebab Connection* (2004), Producer
- *Head-On* (2004), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/head-on.md)
- *Solino* (2002), Producer
- *A Goddamn Job* (2001), Producer
- *In July* (2000), Producer
- *Short Sharp Shock* (1998), Producer
- *Getürkt* (1997), Producer
- *El Condor no pasa* (1993), Director
- *Böse Mine oder Die Gunst des Vergessens* (1988), Director

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