donated to SOS Children's Villages. In 1998 Wortmann founded his own production company . From 2007 he worked on the project to adapt the novel "Pope Joan". The production was carried out by Bernd Eichinger. Initially, the female pope Johanna was going to be portrayed by Franka Potente. In Mai 2008 though, the production company announced that Johanna Wokalek was going to play the pope. The production was also conducted under Oliver Berben. In the year 2009, the film was released in cinemas. Sönke Wortmann is married to the actress Cecilia Kunz and has three children. Wortmann is an active member of the German authors' national football team (Autonama). He also supports "Dein Fußballclub" since April 2008. This club's aim is to engage over 30,000 new members every year, who pay €39.95 each every year. The foundation of this club was modeled after the English club Ebbsfleet United F.C. Sönke Wortmann is also member of Alliance '90/The Greens political party. Awards 1985 – Special award at the Royal College of Art in London for Nachtfahrer (Night driver) 1988 – Kodak-Eastmann award for Three D 1988 – Nomination for the Oscar category of student film for Three D 1988 – Filmband in gold for Noblesse oblige 1991 – promotional award from the Hypo-Bank for the Munich Film Festival for Alone Among Women 1991 – German video award for Alone Among Women 1992 – Filmband in gold for Little Sharks 1992 – Award (Best young director) at the World Film Festival for Little Sharks 1992 – Award (Best film) at the film festival in Quebec for Little Sharks 1994 – DIVA award 1994 – Bambi award for Der bewegte Mann 1995 – German film award, nomination (film, director) for Der bewegte Mann 1995 – Ernst Lubitsch award for Der bewegte Mann 1998 – Bavarian film award for Der Campus 2003 – Bavarian film award for The Miracle of Bern 2004 – Landesmedien award from North Rhine-Westphalia for The Miracle of Bern 2006 – Bambi for the category "Documentary" for Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen 2007 – Adolf-Grimme award for the category "information and culture" for Germany for Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen 2007 – Merrit award from North Rhine-Westphalia 2009 – culture award from the Sparkasse culture-foundation Rhine-Westphalia 2010 – Askania Award Filmography As a director 1981: Nachtfahrer (Short) 1984: Anderthalb (Short) 1986: Fotofinish (Short) 1988: 1990: Liebesgeschichten: Die Hochzeit des Figaro (TV series episode) 1990: