{{Short description|German film director (1942–2015)}} thumb|Wolf Gremm {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} '''Wolf Gremm''' (26 February 1942 – 14 July 2015) was a German film director and screenwriter.
Gremm was born in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1942. In the 1960s, he studied German literature, psychology, sociology and theater. After graduation, he studied film direction at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin and directed his first feature film ''Ich dachte, ich wär tot'' in 1973.
During the 1970s and early 1980s, he produced several feature films. His greatest success was the 1980 film ''Fabian'' based on a novel by German author Erich Kästner. This film was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated.<ref>{{Cite web|author=H.G. Pflaum|title=On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|publisher=German Films|url=http://www.german-films.de/en/germanfilmsquaterly/previousissues/topicalsubjects/focuson/thetindrum-alonevictor/index.html|accessdate=28 August 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20070813145148/http://www.german-films.de/en/germanfilmsquaterly/previousissues/topicalsubjects/focuson/thetindrum-alonevictor/index.html|archivedate=13 August 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
He was a close friend of the German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who also starred in Gremm's 1982 film ''Kamikaze 1989''.
==Personal life== Gremm was married to the film producer Regina Ziegler, who began her career as the producer of Gremm's first feature film ''Ich dachte, ich wär tot''. He died at the age of 73 in Berlin on 14 July 2015 from cancer.<ref>[http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/deutscher-filmautor-und-regisseur-wolf-gremm-ist-gestorben/12053098.html Wolf Gremm ist gestorben], 14 July 2015; retrieved 20 July 2015 (in German).</ref>
==Selected filmography== * ''{{ill|Ich dachte, ich wäre tot|de}}'' (1973) * ''I'd Like to Have My Troubles'' (1975) * ''Tatort: Tod im U-Bahnschacht'' (1975, TV) * ''{{ill|The Brothers (1977 film)|de|3=Die Brüder (1976)|lt=The Brothers}}'' (1977, based on a short story by Septimus Dale) * ''{{ill|Death or Freedom (film)|de|3=Tod oder Freiheit|lt=Death or Freedom}}'' (1977, loosely based on the play ''The Robbers'') * ''Frontiers of Darkness'' (1979, TV film, based on a novel by {{Ill|Dieter Wellershoff (writer)|de|3=Dieter Wellershoff|lt=Dieter Wellershoff}}) * ''Fabian'' (1980, based on a novel by Erich Kästner) * ''{{ill|No Terraced House for Robin Hood|de|Kein Reihenhaus für Robin Hood}}'' (1981, based on a novel by {{Ill|Horst Bosetzky|de}})<!--2 April 1981--> * ''{{ill|After Midnight (1981 film)|de|3=Nach Mitternacht (Film)|lt=After Midnight}}'' (1981, based on the novel ''After Midnight'')<!--24 September 1981--> * ''Kamikaze 1989'' (1982, based on a novel by Per Wahlöö) * ''The Thing at the Door'' (1983, TV film, based on a novel by Henry Slesar) * ''{{ill|Siggi, the Street Cleaner|de|Sigi, der Straßenfeger}}'' (1984) * ''Fatal Love'' (1986, TV film, based on a novel by Celia Fremlin) * ''The Winter Beach'' (1988, TV film, based on a short story by Kate Wilhelm)<!--11 January 1988--> * ''Appointment with Yesterday'' (1988, TV film, based on a novel by Celia Fremlin)<!--8 February 1988--> * ''The Sparrow Murderer'' (1989, TV film, based on a novel by Jürgen Breest)<!--13 February 1989--> * ''I Want to Live'' (1990, TV film, sequel to ''The Winter Beach'')<!--19 February 1990--> * ''Pray for Ricki Forster'' (1991, TV film, based on a novel by Jane Johnston)<!--10 March 1991--> * ''Die Spur führt ins Verderben'' (1993, TV film, based on a novel by Julian Symons)<!--25 January 1993--> * ''Cliffs of the Death'' (1993, TV film, based on a novel by Celia Fremlin)<!--15 February 1993--> * ''Californian Quartet'' (1995, TV miniseries, based on a novel by Dieter Zimmer)<!--30 January 1995--> * ''Inka Connection'' (1995, TV film, based on a novel by Peter Breitwieser)<!--10 March 1995--> * ''The Hours before Dawn'' (1997, TV film, based on a novel by Celia Fremlin)<!--24 March 1997--> * ''Only a Dead Man Is a Good Man'' (1999, TV film, based on a novel by Gaby Hauptmann)<!--27 March 1999--> * ''{{ill|Angels' Sin|de|Charlotte Link – Die Sünde der Engel}}'' (1999, TV film, based on a novel by Charlotte Link)<!--5 June 1999--> * ''A Depraved Couple'' (2000, TV film, based on a novel by Andreas Anatol)<!--28 April 2000--> * ''Nancy & Frank – A Manhattan Love Story'' (2002, based on a novel by Hans Werner Kettenbach)<!--11 July 2002--> * ''Deadly Rendezvous'' (2002, TV film, based on a novel by Christoph Gottwald)<!--7 October 2002--> * ''One Lover Is Not Enough'' (2002, TV film, based on a novel by Gaby Hauptmann)<!--1 November 2002--> * ''Loving and Killing'' (2006, TV film, based on a novel by Barbara Wilde)<!--20 March 2006--> * ''The Lake of Dreams'' (2006, TV film, based on the novel ''On Mystic Lake'' by Kristin Hannah)<!--4 August 2006--> * ''{{ill|Island of Light|de|Insel des Lichts}}'' (2008, TV film, based on the novel ''Summer Island'' by Kristin Hannah)<!--5 June 2008--> * ''{{Ill|All the Longing in the World|de|Alle Sehnsucht dieser Erde}}'' (2009, TV film)<!--9 January 2009--> * ''{{ill|Who Dares to Love|de|Wer zu lieben wagt}}'' (2010, TV film, based on the novel ''Between Sisters'' by Kristin Hannah)<!--5 January 2010--> * ''Im Fluss des Lebens'' (2011, TV film, based on a novel by Ruth Maria Kubitschek)<!--11 February 2011--> * ''Summer Light'' (2011, TV film, based on the novel ''Facing the Light'' by Adèle Geras)<!--18 March 2011--> * ''Das Mädchen aus dem Regenwald'' (2011, TV film, based on a novel <!--"Magic Hour" -->by Kristin Hannah)<!--17 November 2011--> * ''Wolf at the Door'' (2015) (video diary / documentary)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0340170|name=Wolf Gremm}}
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