From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Robert Schwentke born 1968 is a German film director best known for the films Tattoo and Flightplan He was a graduate of Columbia College Hollywood in 1992 Schwentke directed 2009s The Time Travelers Wife based on the bestselling novel and starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams On June 12 2008 it was announced on the front page of The Hollywood Reporter that Summit Entertainment had optioned Red the 2003 graphic novel thriller by writer Warren Ellis and artist Cully Hamner as a feature film Schwentke directed the film from a script by Whiteout screenwriters Erich and Jon Hoeber and the adaptation was produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian of Transformers Principal photography began in January 2010 in Toronto and Louisiana with stars Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Schwentke licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia