Background
Edel was born in Neuenburg am Rhein, South Baden, Germany.
Edel was born in Neuenburg am Rhein, South Baden, Germany.
University of Television and Film Munich.
After studying theatre science in Munich, he was accepted into Munich Film School alongside Bernd Eichinger. Uli befriended him and they started working together on their exercise movies, sharing a love for the nouvelle vague and Italian neorealism as well as popular United States. mainstream cinema. While still enrolled in film school, Edel started taking acting lessons.
He wanted to know about the Stanislavski and Strasberg theories.
After finishing the studies Uli worked as assistant director with Douglas Sirk and directed two television productions. In 1980 he joined Bernd Eichinger (production) and Herman Weigel (screenplay) for the authentic story of adolescent drug addict Christiane F., Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo.
lieutenant turned out to be a big domestic and international success when it was released a year later. lieutenant starred Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Language, Jerry Orbach, Burt Young, Ricki Lake, Alexis Arquette and Sam Rockwell.
A haunting musical score was provided by Mark Knopfler of rock band Dire Straits.
However, the film remained a fringe success, probably because its theme was far too downbeat for mainstream consumption. In 2004 he directed a feature film/television two-parter Sword Of Xanten (aka Ring of the Nibelungs and aka Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King), based on the Volsunga saga and the Nibelungenlied. In 2008 his film Der Baader Meinhof Komplex was released in Germany.
The critically acclaimed drama was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.