Biography:​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jürgen Roland, born Jürgen Schellack (25 December 1925 – 21 September 2007) was a German film director. Roland was described as the "father of German TV crime shows". He directed about 80 TV productions and 30 movies Description above from the Wikipedia article Jürgen Roland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia