Wolfgang Becker (22 June 1954 – 12 December 2024) was a German film director and screenwriter, best known to international audiences for his work Good Bye, Lenin!

[5] In 1994 Becker co-founded the production company X Filme Creative Pool with Tom Tykwer, Stefan Arndt, and Dani Levy.

[6] He worked with Tykwer on the Berlinale competition feature Das Leben ist eine Baustelle (Life Is All You Get, 1997).

[8] The short film Ballero was produced for the 2006 FIFA World Cup draw ceremony and broadcast worldwide on television.

[9] In October 2024, Becker directed a last film Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße about German-German history.