EDEL, Uli 1947–

(Ulrich Edel)

PERSONAL

Born April 11, 1947, in Neuenburg am Rhein, West Germany (now Germany). Education: Munich Film School, graduated, 1974; also studied acting.

Addresses: Manager—Stephanie Davis, 3 Arts Entertainment, 9460 Wilshire Blvd., Seventh Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Director, writer, and producer. Bavaria Studios, Munich, West Germany (now Germany), worked as director. Also known as Ulrich Edel.

Awards, Honors: Montreal World Film Festival Award, most popular film, 1981, for Christiane F; Film Award in Gold, German Film awards, outstanding individual achievement in direction, and Bavarian Film Award, best direction, both 1990, for Last Exit to Brooklyn; International Fantasy Film Award nomination, Fantasporto, best film, 1993, for Body of Evidence; Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in dramatic specials, 1997, for Rasputin; Certificate of Merit, San Francisco International Film Festival, outstanding dramatic miniseries, 2001, for The Mists of Avalon; Bronze Wrangler Award (with others), Western Heritage awards, outstanding television feature film, 2003, for King of Texas.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Christiane F (also known as We Children from Bahnhof Zoo and Christiane F.—Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo), 1981, dubbed version, New World, 1982.

Last Exit to Brooklyn (also known as Letzte Ausfahrt Brooklyn), Cinecom Pictures, 1990.

Body of Evidence (also known as Deadly Evidence), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1993.

The Little Vampire (also known as De Kleine campier and Der Kleine Vampir), New Line Cinema, 2000.

Kingdom in Twilight (also known as The Ring and Das Niebelungenlied), Tandem Communications, 2004.

Television Director; Miniseries:

Das Ding, [West Germany (now Germany)], 1978.

The Mists of Avalon (also known as Die Nebel von Avalon), TNT, 2001.

Julius Caesar (also known as Caesar and Giulio Cesare), TNT, 2002.

Television Director; Movies:

Confessions of a Sorority Girl (also known as Confessions of Sorority Girls and Rebel Highway: Confessions of a Sorority Girl), Showtime, 1994.

Tyson, HBO, 1995.

Rasputin (also known as Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny), HBO, 1996.

Purgatory, TNT, 1999.

King of Texas, TNT, 2002.

(And coproducer) Evil Never Dies, TBS, 2003.

Television Director; Episodic:

Twin Peaks, ABC, 1991.

"Came the Dawn," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's Tales from the Crypt), HBO, 1993.

"Double Blind," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1997.

"Have a Conscience," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1997.

"Ancient Tribes," Oz, HBO, 1998.

"Something Sacred: Parts 1 & 2," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1998.

Television Director; Other:

Eine Art von Zorn, 1984.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Bernd Eichinger—wenn das Leben zum Kino wird, 2000.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Perahim—die zweite Chance, 1974.

Kingdom in Twilight (also known as The Ring and Das Niebelungenlied), Tandem Communications, 2004.

Teleplays:

Eine Art von Zorn, 1984.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

DGA Magazine, May, 2002.