Biography
Robert Schwentke is a German film director and screenwriter. He was born on 15 February 1968 in Stuttgart.
He studied philosophy and comparative literature in Germany before attending Columbia College Hollywood, from which he graduated in 1992, and the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Schwentke began his career directing in Germany with the thriller Tattoo (2002) and the comedy Eierdiebe (2003).
His Hollywood credits include Flightplan (2005), The Time Traveler's Wife (2009), RED (2010), Insurgent (2015), Allegiant (2016) and Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021). He has also directed the pilot of the television series Lie to Me (2009) and the German film The Captain (2018).
