Thilo Wydra, born in 1968, studied comparative studies, German, art history and film studies. He has been freelancing as an author and journalist since the 1990s.
He has contributed to various newspapers and periodicals (including Der Tagesspiegel, FAZ and NZZ am Sonntag), and was the chief German correspondent at the Cannes Film Festival from 2004 to 2011.
Since 2012, he has also acted as advisor for ZDF’s history documentaries. He is the author of numerous biographies of artists and of film books, including “Romy Schneider” (2008), “Alfred Hitchcock” (2010), “Grace” (2012), “Ingrid Bergman” (2017), “Hitchcock’s Blondes” (2018), the bestselling “Eine Liebe in Paris – Romy und Alain” (‘Love in Paris: Romy and Alain’, 2020), and “Grace Kelly and Diana Spencer” (2022).
His books have been translated into several languages.