- His favorite directors were Stanley Kubrick, Sam Peckinpah, Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
- Directed seventeen serial killer movies in four years.
- His masterpiece Tenderness of the Wolves (1973) was listed as one of the Top 1000 films to change your life on the book "Time Out 1000 Films to Change Your Life".
- In 1980 he directed one of the biggest independent hits, The Boogey Man (1980), which ended up grossing $35,000,000 worldwide. The film's budget was only $300,000.
- Made his first short film in 1959 with Super 8 camera. The film was called "Don't Be Cruel", the name was probably from the song with a same name of his idol Elvis Presley.
- Planned to direct "Life" in 1976, but the film was never made.
- His favorite actor to work with was David Carradine.
- Was the voice of Robin in German-dubbed version of 1960s infamous Batman: The Movie (1966) TV series. He also did dubbing for movies such as The Sons of Katie Elder (1965).
- Son of Ludwig Manfred Lommel and Karla Lommel Kerchensteiner.
- His singing can be heard in Strangers in Paradise (1984).
- Collaborated with German director and producer Rainer Werner Fassbinder on Love Is Colder Than Death (1969), Whity (1971), Beware of a Holy Whore (1971), Tenderness of the Wolves (1973), Effi Briest (1974), Bremen Freedom (1972), World on a Wire (1973), The American Soldier (1970), Chinese Roulette (1976) and Adolf und Marlene (1977).
- He and Barry Hickey attempted to adapt Nicholas Pileggi's 'Casino' and John O'Brien's 'Leaving Las Vegas' to the screen, both projects fell through.
- Became an Elvis Presley fan at the age of thirteen.
- Barry Hickey wrote a script for a sequel to The Boogey Man (1980) but Ulli never used it.
- Revenge of the Stolen Stars (1986) actor Barry Hickey called him "probably one of the worst directors in Hollywood. Like Edward D. Wood Jr.. Ulli is a kind of simple person. He likes the simple things. He often has the ideas but not the budget to do it.".
- Hired Barry Hickey to write the screen adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel 'Fools Die'. Barry wrote six drafts before they were both satisfied with the script. But the project fell apart when they discovered another producer had been given the same rights by Puzo.
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