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Harun Farocki

Harun Farocki was a German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film. He made over 90 films, the vast majority of them short experimental documentaries.

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Directing

1966

[ ] Everybody a Berliner Kindl (Director)
[ ] Two Paths (Director)

1967

[ ] The Campaign Volunteer (Director)

1968

[ ] Untitled or: The Wandering Cinema for Engineering Students (Director)
[ ] Three Shots at Rudi (Director)
[ ] Their Newspapers (Director)
[ ] White Christmas (Director)

1969

[ ] The Inextinguishable Fire (Director)
[ ] Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets (Director)
[ ] Untitled or: Nixon comes to Berlin (Director)

1970

[ ] Die Teilung aller Tage (Director)

1971

[ ] Something Self Explanatory (15x) (Director)

1973

[ ] The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television (Director)
[ ] Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen (Director)
[ ] Brunner ist dran (Director)

1975

[ ] About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright (Director)

1977

[ ] Bedtime Stories: Cat (Director)
[ ] Bedtime Stories: Ships (Director)
[ ] Bedtime Stories: Railways (Director)
[ ] Bedtime Stories: Bridges (Director)

1978

[ ] Between Two Wars (Director)
[ ] A Picture of Sarah Schumann (Director)

1979

[ ] Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss (Director)
[ ] The Taste of Life (Director)
[ ] Industry and Photography (Director)

1982

[ ] Before Your Eyes - Vietnam (Director)
[ ] Filme von Peter Weiss (Director)

1983

[ ] An Image (Director)
[ ] Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika (Director)
[ ] Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations" (Director)

1984

[ ] The Double Face of Peter Lorre (Director)

1985

[ ] Betrayed (Director)
[ ] Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède (Director)

1986

[ ] As You See (Director)
[ ] Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser (Director)
[ ] Filmbooks (Director)

1987

[ ] Indoctrination (Director)
[ ] Filmtip: Der Tod des Empedokles (Director)
[ ] Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen (Director)

1988

[ ] Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith (Director)

1989

[ ] Image und Umsatz, oder: Wie kann man einen Schuh darstellen? (Director)

1990

[ ] How to Live in the German Federal Republic (Director)
[ ] Kinostadt Paris (Director)

1991

[ ] Images of the World and the Inscription of War (Director)
[ ] What’s Up? (Director)

1992

[ ] Videograms of a Revolution (Director)

1993

[ ] A Day in the Life of a Consumer (Director)

1994

[ ] The Leading Role (Director)
[ ] Re-education (Director)

1995

[ ] Workers Leaving the Factory (Director)
[ ] Interface (Director)

1996

[ ] The Appearance (Director)

1997

[ ] The Expression of Hands (Director)
[ ] Still Life (Director)
[ ] The Interview (Director)
[ ] Documenta X - Die Filme (Director)

1998

[ ] Words and Games (Director)

2000

[ ] I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts (Director)
[ ] Prison Images (Director)

2001

[ ] Eye / Machine I (Director)
[ ] The Creators of the Shopping Worlds (Director)

2002

[ ] Eye / Machine II (Director)

2003

[ ] Eye / Machine III (Director)
[ ] War at a Distance (Director)

2004

[ ] Nothing Ventured (Director)
[ ] Counter-Music (Director)

2005

[ ] Aufstellung (Director)
[ ] A Way (Director)

2006

[ ] Dubbing (Director)
[ ] On Construction of Griffith’s Films (Director)

2007

[ ] Memories (Director)
[ ] Respite (Director)
[ ] Übertragung (Director)
[ ] Deep Play (Director)
[ ] Comparison via a Third (Director)

2008

[ ] Feasting or Flying (Director)

2009

[ ] In Comparison (Director)

2010

[ ] Serious Games 2 – Three Dead (Director)
[ ] Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow (Director)
[ ] Serious Games 3 – Immersion (Director)
[ ] Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" (Director)
[ ] The Silver and the Cross (Director)

2011

[ ] Serious Games 1–4 (Director)

2012

[ ] A New Product (Director)

2013

[ ] Sauerbruch Hutton Architects (Director)

2014

[ ] Parallel I–IV (Director)

2017

[ ] Confusion (Director)

2020

[ ] Labour in a Single Shot (Director)

2025

[ ] Single. A Record is Being Produced (Director)
[ ] The Words of the Chairman (Director)
[ ] About Narration (Director)
[ ] Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Director)
[ ] Make Up (Director)

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[ ] Häuser 1–2 (Director)

Writing

1966

[ ] Everybody a Berliner Kindl (Writer)
[ ] Two Paths (Writer)

1967

[ ] The Campaign Volunteer (Screenplay)

1968

[ ] Their Newspapers (Writer)
[ ] White Christmas (Writer)

1969

[ ] The Inextinguishable Fire (Screenplay)
[ ] Untitled or: Nixon comes to Berlin (Writer)
[ ] Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets (Writer)

1971

[ ] Something Self Explanatory (15x) (Writer)

1973

[ ] Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen (Writer)
[ ] Brunner ist dran (Writer)

1975

[ ] About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright (Writer)
[ ] Bent or Broken (Screenplay)

1978

[ ] Between Two Wars (Writer)
[ ] A Picture of Sarah Schumann (Writer)

1979

[ ] Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss (Writer)

1982

[ ] Filme von Peter Weiss (Writer)

1983

[ ] Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika (Screenplay)

1985

[ ] Betrayed (Screenplay)

1986

[ ] As You See (Writer)
[ ] Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser (Writer)

1987

[ ] Filmtip: Der Tod des Empedokles (Screenplay)

1988

[ ] Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith (Writer)

1991

[ ] Images of the World and the Inscription of War (Writer)

1992

[ ] The Warm Money (Script Editor)
[ ] Videograms of a Revolution (Writer)

1994

[ ] Re-education (Writer)

1995

[ ] Pilots (Script Editor)
[ ] Interface (Writer)
[ ] Workers Leaving the Factory (Writer)

1996

[ ] Cuba Libre (Screenplay)

1997

[ ] Still Life (Writer)
[ ] The Expression of Hands (Writer)

1998

[ ] What Farocki Taught (Writer)
[ ] Words and Games (Screenplay)

2000

[ ] I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts (Screenplay)
[ ] Prison Images (Screenplay)

2001

[ ] The State I Am In (Writer)
[ ] Eye / Machine I (Screenplay)
[ ] The Creators of the Shopping Worlds (Writer)

2002

[ ] Eye / Machine II (Screenplay)

2003

[ ] War at a Distance (Screenplay)
[ ] Eye / Machine III (Screenplay)

2004

[ ] Nothing Ventured (Screenplay)

2005

[ ] Ghosts (Screenplay)

2007

[ ] Memories (Story)
[ ] Respite (Writer)
[ ] Yella (Script Editor)

2009

[ ] In Comparison (Writer)

2010

[ ] Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow (Writer)
[ ] Serious Games 3 – Immersion (Writer)
[ ] Serious Games 2 – Three Dead (Writer)
[ ] Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" (Writer)

2012

[ ] A New Product (Writer)
[ ] Barbara (Writer)

2014

[ ] Phoenix (Co-Writer)

2025

[ ] The Words of the Chairman (Writer)

Editing

1968

[ ] White Christmas (Editor)
[ ] Their Newspapers (Editor)

1969

[ ] The Inextinguishable Fire (Editor)
[ ] Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets (Editor)

1982

[ ] Filme von Peter Weiss (Editor)

1983

[ ] Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika (Editor)

1987

[ ] Filmtip: Der Tod des Empedokles (Editor)
[ ] Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen (Editor)

1991

[ ] Images of the World and the Inscription of War (Editor)

1997

[ ] Still Life (Editor)

2007

[ ] Memories (Editor)

2010

[ ] Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow (Editor)
[ ] Serious Games 2 – Three Dead (Editor)
[ ] Serious Games 3 – Immersion (Editor)
[ ] Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" (Editor)

2012

[ ] A New Product (Editor)

Production

1969

[ ] The Inextinguishable Fire (Producer)
[ ] Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets (Producer)
[ ] Untitled or: Nixon comes to Berlin (Producer)

1991

[ ] Images of the World and the Inscription of War (Producer)

1992

[ ] Videograms of a Revolution (Producer)

1995

[ ] Interface (Producer)
[ ] Workers Leaving the Factory (Producer)

1999

[ ] Deutsche Polizisten: Viele Kulturen - eine Truppe (Producer)

2001

[ ] The Creators of the Shopping Worlds (Producer)

2006

[ ] Am Rand der Städte (Producer)

2007

[ ] Memories (Producer)
[ ] Respite (Producer)

2009

[ ] In Comparison (Producer)

Crew

2005

[ ] Ghosts (Dramaturgy)

2015

[ ] As If We Were Somebody Else (Dramaturgy)

2025

[ ] Single. A Record is Being Produced (Script)

Camera

2001

[ ] The Creators of the Shopping Worlds (Director of Photography)

2009

[ ] In Comparison (Still Photographer)

Actor

1967

[ ] Farocki dreht (????)
[ ] 3000 Houses (????)

1968

[ ] Their Newspapers (????)
[ ] Break the Power of the Manipulators (????)

1969

[ ] The Inextinguishable Fire (????)
[ ] Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma (????)

1970

[ ] Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904) (????)
[ ] Die Teilung aller Tage (????)

1971

[ ] Something Self Explanatory (15x) (????)

1975

[ ] Kampf um ein Kind (????)
[ ] About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright ((voice))

1978

[ ] A Picture of Sarah Schumann (Self / Interviewer)
[ ] "Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec. (Film director)
[ ] Between Two Wars (????)
[ ] Cinématon (N°1068)

1979

[ ] Putting Things Straight (????)

1980

[ ] Henry Angst (????)

1981

[ ] "Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics (Self)
[ ] Zeit der langen Nächte (Günter)

1982

[ ] Filme von Peter Weiss (Self)

1983

[ ] Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations" (????)
[ ] Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika (????)

1984

[ ] Class Relations (Delamarche)

1986

[ ] Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser (????)

1987

[ ] Filmtip: Der Tod des Empedokles (????)

1988

[ ] Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith (????)

1991

[ ] Images of the World and the Inscription of War (Self (uncredited))

1993

[ ] Navy Cut (????)

1995

[ ] Interface (Self)
[ ] Workers Leaving the Factory (Narrador)

2002

[ ] Starbuck Holger Meins (Self)

2005

[ ] Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki (Self)
[ ] Who is Helene Schwarz? (Self)
[ ] Palette revisited (????)

2014

[ ] Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011). (Harun Farocki)

2015

[ ] A German Youth (Self (archive footage))

2016

[ ] EXPRMNTL (Himself)

2025

[ ] About Narration (????)

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[ ] Cinématon n°1068 : Harun Farocki (????)