death_date death_place birth_place birth_date yearsactive image article_title name occupation
12 april 2010 hesse , germany georgenthal , germany 7 april 1945 1967 -- 2008 werner schroeter.jpg werner schroeter
 werner schroeter film director screenwriter
werner schroeter

werner schroeter -lrb- 7 april 1945 -- 12 april 2010 -rrb- 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 .
