---
name: "Uli Edel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/uli-edel"
fi1m_id: "uli-edel"
imdb_id: "nm0248942"
tmdb_id: 15868
wikidata_id: "Q77593"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "11 April 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-01T20:25:47.106978+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."
---

# Uli Edel

## Identity

Uli Edel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/uli-edel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** uli-edel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0248942
- **TMDB ID:** 15868
- **Wikidata ID:** Q77593
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uli_Edel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77593, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15868

Director. Born 11 April 1947 in Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 11 April 1947, Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany
- **Active:** 1990–2008
- **Also known as:** Ulrich Edel
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Barbara Kopple](https://film.one/person/barbara-kopple.md), [Darnell Martin](https://film.one/person/darnell-martin.md), [Jean de Segonzac](https://film.one/person/jean-de-segonzac.md), [Kathy Bates](https://film.one/person/kathy-bates.md), [Keith Samples](https://film.one/person/keith-samples.md), [Kenneth Fink](https://film.one/person/kenneth-fink.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (3), 2000s 65 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Mystery 2, Action 1, History 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $27m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uli_Edel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77593, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15868

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Twin Peaks*](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md) (86)
- **HBO Max:** [*Oz*](https://film.one/tv/oz.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Baader Meinhof Complex*](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Uli Edel, also credited as Ulrich Edel, is a German film and television director. He was born on 11 April 1947 in Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany. After studying theatre studies and German philology, he trained in direction at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, where he met producer Bernd Eichinger. He later worked as an assistant director and editor with Douglas Sirk.

Edel’s early feature *Christiane F.* (1981) was a commercial success. He followed it with *Last Exit to Brooklyn* (1989), for which he received the Bavarian Film Award and the German Film Award for best direction. His other films include *Body of Evidence* (1993), *The Little Vampire* (2000) and *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), on which he also collaborated on the screenplay.

Edel has directed numerous television productions, including the episode “Double Play” of *Twin Peaks* (1990), episodes of *Oz* and *Tales from the Crypt*, and miniseries such as *Rasputin* (1996), *The Mists of Avalon* (2001) and *Houdini* (2014). *Rasputin* won a Golden Globe for best miniseries.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), Fi1m 65, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md)
- *Oz* (1997), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), Fi1m 89, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Twin Peaks* (1990), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *The Palace* (2022), series, Director
- *Unterm Birnbaum* (2019), Director
- *Der Club der singenden Metzger* (2019), series, Director
- *The Master Butcher* (2019), Director
- *Pay the Ghost* (2015), Director
- *Houdini* (2014), series, Director, Creator
- *Hotel Adlon* (2013), series, Screenplay, Director
- *Times Change You* (2010), Director
- *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), Screenplay, Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md)
- *The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'* (2006), Actor
- *Ring of the Nibelungs* (2004), series, Screenplay, Director
- *Ring of the Nibelungs* (2004), Director, Screenplay
- *Evil Never Dies* (2003), Director
- *Julius Caesar* (2002), series, Director, Creator
- *King of Texas* (2002), Director
- *The Mists of Avalon* (2001), series, Director
- *The Little Vampire* (2000), Director
- *Purgatory* (1999), Director
- *Oz* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *Rasputin* (1996), Director
- *Confessions of Sorority Girls* (1995), Director
- *Tyson* (1995), Director
- *Rebel Highway* (1994), series, Director
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Body of Evidence* (1993), Director
- *Twin Peaks* (1990), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)
- *Last Exit to Brooklyn* (1989), Director
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Director
- *Eine Art von Zorn* (1984), Director, Writer
- *Christiane F.* (1981), Director
- *Unter Männern* (1980), Editor
- *Das Ding* (1979), series, Director, Writer
- *New Year's Eve* (1978), Editor, Assistant Director
- *Die Erzählungen Bjelkins* (1976), Director
- *Perahim - die zweite Chance* (1974), Writer
- *Wallenberg*, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2009: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Baader Meinhof Complex*

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

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