Pamela Adlon’s ex-husband Felix O. Adlon Bio: Films, Children, Wife, Age, Net Worth, Siblings, Parents, Awards

Felix O. Adlon (born Felix Oktavian Adlon) is a multifaceted personality known for his work as a writer, director, producer, and editor.

He is the son of acclaimed director Percy Adlon and screenwriter Eleonore Adlon.

He first garnered attention with his screenplay for Salmonberries (1991), a drama that earned critical praise for its nuanced storytelling.

Over the following decades, Adlon moved seamlessly between writing, directing, and production, with notable credits including Eat Your Heart Out (1997) and Mahler on the Couch (2010), the latter of which he co-directed with his father and was lauded for its intimate portrayal of Alma Mahler’s entanglements with Sigmund Freud’s circle.

Profile

• Full name: Felix Oktavian Adlon
• Date of birth: June 26, 1967
• Age: 58 years old
• Gender: Male
• Place of birth: Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
• State of origin: Bavaria
• Nationality: German (holds dual German–American citizenship, having spent significant time in the U.S.)
• Profession: Writer; director; producer; editor
• Height: 6’1
• Parents: Father: Percy Adlon; Mother: Eleonore Adlon
• Siblings: None (only child)
• Spouse: Pamela Adlon (m. 1996; divorced 2010)
• Children: Three daughters—Gideon Adlon, Odessa Adlon, Valentine “Rocky” Adlon
• Relationship status: Divorced; remarried to Nina Adlon
• Religion: Judaism
• Ethnicity: German (paternal); American with Jewish and Anglican heritage (maternal)
• Net worth: $3.2 million

Early Life and Education

Felix Oktavian Adlon was born on June 26, 1967, in Munich, West Germany, into a family renowned for its significant contributions to the film and arts industries. His father, Percy Adlon, had already gained acclaim for works such as Out of Rosenheim (1987), while his mother, Eleonore Adlon, was a respected screenwriter; together, they provided a richly creative environment that shaped Felix’s early outlook on storytelling and cinema.

Adlon spent his formative years immersed in the cultural milieu of Munich, attending local schools whose names are not widely documented but which provided him with a bilingual upbringing—German at home and English during extended stays in Los Angeles, where his family had relocated briefly in the late 1980s to work on transatlantic projects.

Adlon later enrolled at Ithaca College in New York, graduating with a degree in Film and Television in the late 1980s.  

Personal Life

In 1996, Felix O. Adlon married American–British actress Pamela Adlon (née Segall), daughter of writer-producer Don Segall, in a ceremony that united Munich’s film lineage with Hollywood’s television legacy.

The couple welcomed three daughters—Gideon (born 1997), Odessa (born June 17, 1999), and Valentine “Rocky” Adlon (born 2002)—all of whom have pursued acting careers in the U.S. and Germany.  

During this period, Felix balanced his filmmaking endeavours between Los Angeles and Munich, often collaborating with Pamela on projects like Eat Your Heart Out (1997), which he directed and in which she starred.

The marriage ended in divorce in 2010, after which Adlon relocated back to Germany, settling in Vienna, Austria. He later remarried Nina Adlon, a German-Austrian singer, vocal coach, and actress. The couple currently resides in Vienna with their children.  

Career

Felix O. Adlon’s professional journey began shortly after he graduated from Ithaca College, with his first major screenwriting credit on Salmonberries (1991). This drama explores themes of identity and belonging through the relationship between a German expatriate and an Alaskan Inupiat woman, directed by him and co-written with his parents.

The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and garnered critical acclaim for its lyrical storytelling, firmly establishing Adlon as a promising screenwriter in European cinema.

In 1993, Adlon served as associate producer on Younger and Younger, another family-led venture directed by Percy Adlon, further sharpening his production skills while deepening his narrative voice.

His directorial and screenplay breakthrough arrived in 1997 with Eat Your Heart Out, a romantic comedy filmed in Venice Beach, California, which he wrote, directed, and co-produced through his parents’ Leora Films imprint.

The film’s playful yet heartfelt approach to cross-cultural romance underscored Adlon’s ability to navigate both American and German sensibilities in storytelling.

Throughout the early 2000s, Adlon expanded his portfolio by taking on multiple roles—director, producer, editor, and camera operator—on documentary and feature projects.

He served as editor on Koenigs Kugel – Der Bildhauer und der 11. September (2002), a documentary exploring post–9/11 artistic responses, revealing his commitment to engaging with contemporary global issues through film.

His most lauded work came in 2010 with Mahler on the Couch, co-directed with his father Percy, which premiered at the Hof International Film Festival.

The period drama delves into composer Gustav Mahler’s psychoanalytic sessions with Sigmund Freud and his volatile marriage to Alma Mahler, earning the Audience Award for Best Picture at the 2011 Bavarian Film Awards.  

Awards

• Audience Award – Best Picture for Mahler on the Couch (2011) – Winner

Net Worth

Felix O. Adlon’s net worth is estimated to be approximately $3.2 million.  

Controversy

In 1997, Eat Your Heart Out—his first solo directorial effort—faced criticism in Germany for its portrayal of “American excess,” leading some German journalists to claim the film catered too heavily to U.S. audiences at the expense of domestic themes.

Adlon defended the choice by highlighting his aim to build cross-cultural bridges, drawing on his bicultural upbringing and noting that the movie’s universal romantic comedy tropes appealed equally to German viewers, who had come to embrace Hollywood-style narratives.

Another point of contention arose within the Adlon family’s hotel legacy. In 2022, when Felix participated in negotiations over restitution related to the expropriation of the Hotel Adlon in postwar East Germany, he was criticized by a faction of distant relatives for allegedly prioritizing legal recourse over historical reconciliation.

Opponents contended that too much emphasis was being placed on financial compensation rather than addressing wartime legacies linked to the family’s partial involvement with Nazi-era operations.

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Filmography

• Salmonberries (1991)
• Younger and Younger (1993)
• Eat Your Heart Out (1997) – Writer
• Mahler on the Couch (2010)
• Koenigs Kugel – Der Bildhauer und der 11. September (2002)
• In der glanzvollen Welt des Hotel Adlon (1996)