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After graduating from Munich's Film and Television Academy in 1973, Bernd Eichinger founded his first production company, Solaris Film and began a career that was to change the course of the German film industry. His early productions brought international attention to a new German filmmakers like Wim Wenders (THE WRONG MOVEMENT), Edgar Reitz (ZERO HOUR), Hans W. Geissendorfer (THE GLASS CELL) and Wolfgang Petersen (THE CONSEQUENCE).

In 1979, Eichinger assumed directorship of Constantin Film, the Munich-based production and distribution company that he has guided to the forefront of the international film industry. Among his most successful international productions are; Wolfgang Petersen's THE NEVERENDING STORY, Uli Edel's CHRISTIANE F and LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN, Jean Jacques Annaud's THE NAME OF THE ROSE, Doris Dorrie's ME & HIM, Billie August's THE HOUSE OF SPIRITS and SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW.

Most recently, Eichinger produced the Best Foreign Language Oscar winning NOWHERE IN AFRICA and the box-office hits, RESIDENT EVIL and its sequel, RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE. He is currently producing THE FANTASTIC FOUR, based on the Marvel comics.

In March 2005, Eichinger will make his stage directorial debut with Parsifal (Daniel Barenboim conducting) for the Berlin State Opera. He will follow that endeavor with his production of the highly anticipated film adaptation of Patrick Susskind's best selling novel, Perfume.