Sönke Wortmann

Career overview

Task: Write a career overview of Sönke Wortmann (Directing).
Constraint 1: Use only verifiable facts from the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
Constraint 2: No inventing/guessing titles, names, dates, awards, etc.
Constraint 3: Write original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text.
Constraint 4: No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points.
Constraint 5: Word count 180-260 words.
Constraint 6: 2-3 short paragraphs.
Constraint 7: Focus on "Directing".
Source [1]: Sönke Wortmann (August 25, 1959 in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German film director and producer.
Source [2]: Wikipedia page structure (Biography, Awards, Filmography, etc.). No specific directing details in the snippet.
Source [3]: Sönke Wortmann is the son of a miner. After his Abitur, he wanted to be a professional football player and played in the third-highest division for Westfalia Herne and SpVgg Erkenschwick.
Name: Sönke Wortmann.
Birth date: August 25, 1959.
Birth place: Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Nationality/Profession: German film director and producer.
Background: Son of a miner.
Early life/pre-film career: Wanted to be a professional football player after his Abitur. Played in the third-highest division for Westfalia Herne and SpVgg Erkenschwick.
The user wants a "career overview of Sönke Wortmann (Directing)".
Problem: The provided sources contain almost zero information about his directing career (no film titles, no years of directing, no specific directing achievements).
The sources only state he is a director and producer.
The sources provide details about his birth, his father's job, and his football career.
If I strictly follow "Use ONLY facts present above" and "Write a 180-260 word career overview of Sönke Wortmann (Directing)", I am in a bind because the sources do not contain directing details.
However, as an archivist, I must report what is there. If I can't meet the word count without inventing facts, I must prioritize the "ONLY verifiable facts" rule over the word count rule, or find a way to expand on the biographical facts provided that lead up to his career.
Wait, the prompt says: "Write a 180-260 word career overview...". If the source material is insufficient to reach 180 words without violating the "no inventing" rule, I have a conflict.
Let's re-read: "You write ONLY verifiable facts that are explicitly supported by the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES. You never invent or guess... If a detail is not in the provided material, you omit it rather than guess."
This means I cannot reach 180 words if the source material only has ~50 words of factual content.
Let's check the source content again.
Sönke Wortmann was born on August 25, 1959, in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia.
He is a German film director and producer.
He is the son of a miner.
After his Abitur, he intended to become a professional football player.
He played in the third-highest division for Westfalia Herne and SpVgg Erkenschwick.
Total word count of facts: ~55 words.
The prompt asks for 180-260 words.