Werner Schroeter

Birthday: April 7th, 1945 Date of Death: April 12th, 2010 Place of Birth: Georgenthal, Germany

Werner Schroeter (7 April 1945 – 12 April 2010) was a German film director, screenwriter, and opera director known for his stylistic excess. Schroeter was cited by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as an influence both on his own work and on German cinema at large.

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