Georg Stefan Troller

Georg Stefan Troller (10 December 1921 – 27 September 2025) was an Austrian-born German-language American journalist, writer, director and screenwriter, who became a US-Citizen in WWII and finally settled in Paris in 1949, where he lived until the end of his life.

Early life Troller was born on 10 December 1921 to a Jewish family. In 1938, he fled Austria from the Nazis, first to Czechoslovakia and from there on to France, where he was interned as an enemy alien. In 1941, he obtained a visa for the United States in Marseille. He was stationed in Europe until 1946 and worked for the Rot-Weiß-Rot radio station operated by the U.S. forces.

Back in the United States, Troller studied English at the University of California and theater at Columbia University. He is buried at Montmartre cemetery in Paris, with his second wife Kirsten Troller, née Lerche. His first wife, Davina Troller, née Wynne-Hughes, died in Paris on 16 January 2024 and is buried close by.

Awards

1966: Goldene Kamera 1967: Adolf-Grimme-Preis 1967: Golden Nymph of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival 1968: Berliner Kunstpreis 1969: Adolf-Grimme-Preis 1973: Adolf-Grimme-Preis 1975: Dr. Erich Salomon Award 1986: Award of the Eduard Rhein Foundation 1987: Golden Nymph of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival 1987: Adolf-Grimme-Preis 1987: Academy Award (nomination) 1990: Bambi Award 1991: Special Honour of the Adolf-Grimme-Preis 1991: Honorary professorship of the State of Bavaria 2002: Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st Class 2014: Schiller Prize of the City of Mannheim 2017: Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria 2021: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st Class