Hendrik Handloegten

• Name — Hendrik Handloegten • Born — 1968 • Birthplace — Celle, West Germany • Education — Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin • Occupation — * Director • screenwriter • Years Active — 2000–present • Spouse — Fritzi Haberlandt

Handloegten was born in Celle, West Germany. Due to his father's job with the Federal Foreign Office, he and his family moved between Helsinki, São Paulo, Zurich, and Paris in his youth. At the age of 16, his family permanently relocated to East Berlin, where his father worked in the permanent mission. Although the family lived in East Berlin, Handloegten attended school in West Berlin, crossing Checkpoint Charlie daily. He was co-managing Eiszeit Cinema in Kreuzberg when the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989. He later studied film at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB).

Handloegten's DFFB graduation film, Paul Is Dead (film) (2000), won the Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis and a Grimme-Preis. He then wrote and directed the film Learning to Lie (2003), which received funding from the Filmförderungsanstalt, and co-wrote the film Love in Thoughts (2004), directed by Achim von Borries. He also directed Fenster zum Sommer (2011), based on the novel of the same name by Hannelore Valencak. He co-created, wrote, and directed the neo-noir television series Babylon Berlin (2017–present) with Achim von Borries and Tom Tykwer. He also co-wrote the screenplay of Paweł Pawlikowski's Fatherland (2026), which premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.

Handloegten is married to actress Fritzi Haberlandt. They live in Berlin.

• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Notes — Reference • 2006 — Tatort: Pechmarie — Television film • 2007 — Ein spätes Mädchen — Television film • 2007 — Polizeiruf 110: Dunkler Sommer — Television film • 2008 — Tatort: Der tote Chinese — Television film; co-written with David Keller • 2012 — Sechzehneichen (Film) — Television film • 2012 — Polizeiruf 110: Fieber — Television film • 2014 — Tatort: Der Eskimo — Television film; co-written with Achim von Borries • 2017–2022 — Babylon Berlin — Also co-creator