Harun Farocki
Directing1944Neutitschein, Sudetenland
Biography
Harun Farocki was a German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film. He made over 90 films, the vast majority of them short experimental documentaries.
Known For
A German Youth
Self (archive footage)
Class Relations
Delamarche
The Inextinguishable Fire
Images of the World and the Inscription of War
Self (uncredited)
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
Workers Leaving the Factory
Narrador
Cinématon
N°1068
Between Two Wars
Acting History
Future
2025
2020
Labour in a Single Shot
Director
2017
Confusion
Director
2016
EXPRMNTL
as Himself
2015
A German Youth
as Self (archive footage)
As If We Were Somebody Else
Dramaturgy
2014
Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011).
as Harun Farocki
Phoenix
Co-Writer
Parallel I–IV
Director
2013
Sauerbruch Hutton Architects
Director
2012
2011
Serious Games 1–4
Director
2010
The Silver and the Cross
Director
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead
Director
Serious Games 3 – Immersion
Director
2009
2008
Feasting or Flying
Director
2006
2005
2004
2003
Eye / Machine III
Director
War at a Distance
Screenplay
War at a Distance
Director
Eye / Machine III
Screenplay
2002
2001
The State I Am In
Writer
Eye / Machine I
Director
Eye / Machine I
Screenplay
The Creators of the Shopping Worlds
Director of Photography
2000
Prison Images
Director
Prison Images
Screenplay
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts
Director
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts
Screenplay
1998
1997
Still Life
Writer
Still Life
Editor
Still Life
Director
The Interview
Director
Documenta X - Die Filme
Director
The Expression of Hands
Director
The Expression of Hands
Writer
1996
Cuba Libre
Screenplay
The Appearance
Director
1995
Workers Leaving the Factory
as Narrador
Interface
as Self
Pilots
Script Editor
Workers Leaving the Factory
Director
Workers Leaving the Factory
Producer
Interface
Director
Interface
Writer
Interface
Producer
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Kinostadt Paris
Director
1985
1984
Class Relations
as Delamarche
The Double Face of Peter Lorre
Director
1983
An Image
Director
1982
Filme von Peter Weiss
as Self
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
Director
Filme von Peter Weiss
Director
Filme von Peter Weiss
Writer
Filme von Peter Weiss
Editor
1981
1980
1979
Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss
Writer
Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss
Director
The Taste of Life
Director
Industry and Photography
Director
1978
Cinématon
as N°1068
"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.
as Film director
A Picture of Sarah Schumann
as Self / Interviewer
Between Two Wars
Director
Between Two Wars
Writer
A Picture of Sarah Schumann
Director
1977
Bedtime Stories: Bridges
Director
Bedtime Stories: Cat
Director
Bedtime Stories: Ships
Director
Bedtime Stories: Railways
Director
1975
1974
Moderatoren im Fernsehen
Director
Moderatoren im Fernsehen
Script
1969
The Inextinguishable Fire
Director
The Inextinguishable Fire
Producer
The Inextinguishable Fire
Screenplay
1968
Their Newspapers
Writer
Their Newspapers
Director
Their Newspapers
Editor
White Christmas
Writer
White Christmas
Director
White Christmas
Editor
Three Shots at Rudi
Director
1967
1966
1964
Grimme Award
TVas Self