According to George A. Romero, the rejection of his Resident Evil (2002) script was due to
Eichinger. Everyone else associated with the pre-production apparently
liked the script.
(1984-1987) Co-CEO (with Thomas Schühly) of Constantin Film Produktion GmbH
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Received the "Bayerischer Verdienstorden", an order of merit awarded by the minister-president of Bavaria, Germany (5 July 2006).
Longtime companion of Katja Flint for some years in the 1990s.