---
name: "Robert Schwentke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-schwentke"
fi1m_id: "robert-schwentke"
imdb_id: "nm0777881"
tmdb_id: 57270
wikidata_id: "Q66867"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "15 February 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T04:02:15.351174+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."
---

# Robert Schwentke

## Identity

Robert Schwentke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-schwentke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-schwentke
- **IMDb ID:** nm0777881
- **TMDB ID:** 57270
- **Wikidata ID:** Q66867
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schwentke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66867, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0777881/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57270

Director. Born 15 February 1968 in Stuttgart, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 15 February 1968, Stuttgart, Germany
- **Also known as:** 로베르트 슈벤트케
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schwentke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66867, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0777881/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57270

## 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).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Flightplan* (2005), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/flightplan.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Helgoland 513* (2024), series, Creator
- *Seneca* (2023), Writer, Director
- *Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins* (2021), Director
- *The Captain* (2018), Director, Writer
- *Allegiant* (2016), Director
- *Insurgent* (2015), Director
- *R.I.P.D.* (2013), Director
- *RED* (2010), Director
- *The Time Traveler's Wife* (2009), Director
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, Director
- *Flightplan* (2005), Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/flightplan.md)
- *The Family Jewels* (2004), Director, Writer
- *Tattoo* (2002), Director, Screenplay, Idea, Story, Writer
- *Control*, Director, Screenplay

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