Edward Berger

Berger attending “The Terror” premiere during the 68th Berlin Film Festival / Berlinale 2018 at Zoo Palast on February 21, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Denis Makarenko/Bigstock.com

Place of Birth: Wolfsburg, West Germany (now Germany)

Date of Birth: 1970

Ethnicity: German, Austrian, Swiss

Edward Berger is a German-born director and screenwriter. He has directed the films Jack (2014), All My Loving, All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), which won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film; and Conclave (2024). He also wrote the second film, and co-wrote the first and third. He also directed the mini-series Patrick Melrose, and episodes of the series KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst, which he also wrote for; Deutschland 83, The Terror, and Your Honor.

His father appears to have been Austrian. His mother was from Switzerland. He is a citizen of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.