Harun Farocki

Known for: Directing
Born: January 9, 1944, Neutitschein, Sudetenland
Died: July 30, 2014
Movies: 144

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

Best-Known Movies

7.1

Barbara

2012

6.8

The State I Am In

2001

6.1

Ghosts

2005

7.1

A German Youth

2015

7.9

Videograms of a Revolution

1992

6.2

The Inextinguishable Fire

1969

6.8

Class Relations

1984

6.7

Images of the World and the Inscription of War

1991

6.3

Cuba Libre

1996

6.4

Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

1983

Filmography

2026	Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025	About Narration
2016	EXPRMNTL	Himself
2015	A German Youth	Self (archive footage)
2014	Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011).	Harun Farocki
2005	Palette revisited
2005	Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki	Self
2005	Who is Helene Schwarz?	Self
2002	Starbuck Holger Meins	Self
1997	The Expression of Hands
1995	Interface	Self
1995	Workers Leaving the Factory	Narrador
1993	Navy Cut
1991	Images of the World and the Inscription of War	Self (uncredited)
1988	Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith	Self
1986	Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser
1984	Class Relations	Delamarche
1983	Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
1983	Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"
1982	Filme von Peter Weiss	Self
1981	"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics	Self
1981	Zeit der langen Nächte	Günter
1980	Henry Angst
1979	Putting Things Straight
1978	Cinématon	N°1068
1978	Between Two Wars
1978	"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.	Film director
1978	A Picture of Sarah Schumann	Self / Interviewer
1976	Es stirbt allerdings ein jeder, fragt sich nur wie und wie Du gelebt hast (Holger Meins)
1975	About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright	(voice)
1975	Kampf um ein Kind
1971	Something Self Explanatory (15x)
1970	Die Teilung aller Tage
1970	Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)
1969	Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma
1969	The Inextinguishable Fire
1968	Their Newspapers
1968	Break the Power of the Manipulators
1967	3000 Houses
1967	Farocki dreht

Directing, Writing & Producing

2025	Single. A Record is Being Produced	Director
2025	About Narration	Director
2025	Make Up	Director
2025	Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life	Director
2025	The Words of the Chairman	Director, Writer
2020	Labour in a Single Shot	Director
2017	Confusion	Director
2014	Parallel I–IV	Director
2013	Sauerbruch Hutton Architects	Director
2012	A New Product	Writer, Director
2012	Barbara	Writer
2011	Serious Games 1–4	Director
2010	Repouring, Variation 1	Director
2010	Serious Games 2 – Three Dead	Writer, Director
2010	Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow	Writer, Director
2010	Serious Games 3 – Immersion	Writer, Director
2010	Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"	Writer, Director
2010	The Silver and the Cross	Director
2009	In Comparison	Director, Writer, Producer
2008	Feasting or Flying	Director
2007	Übertragung	Director
2007	Memories	Director, Producer
2007	Comparison via a Third	Director
2007	Respite	Director, Writer, Producer
2007	Deep Play	Director
2006	Am Rand der Städte	Producer
2006	Dubbing	Director
2006	On Construction of Griffith’s Films	Director
2005	Ghosts	Screenplay
2005	A Way	Director
2005	Aufstellung	Director
2004	Nothing Ventured	Director, Screenplay
2004	Counter-Music	Director
2003	War at a Distance	Screenplay, Director
2003	Eye / Machine III	Screenplay, Director
2002	Eye / Machine II	Director, Screenplay
2001	The Creators of the Shopping Worlds	Director, Writer, Producer
2001	The State I Am In	Writer
2001	Eye / Machine I	Director, Screenplay
2000	I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts	Screenplay, Director
2000	Prison Images	Director, Screenplay
1999	Deutsche Polizisten: Viele Kulturen - eine Truppe	Producer
1998	What Farocki Taught	Writer
1998	Words and Games	Screenplay, Director
1997	Documenta X - Die Filme	Director
1997	The Expression of Hands	Director, Writer
1997	Still Life	Writer, Director
1997	The Interview	Director
1996	Cuba Libre	Screenplay
1996	The Appearance	Director
1995	Interface	Director, Writer, Producer
1995	Workers Leaving the Factory	Director, Writer, Producer
1994	The Leading Role	Director
1994	Re-education	Director, Writer
1993	A Day in the Life of a Consumer	Director
1992	Camera and Reality	Director
1992	Videograms of a Revolution	Director, Writer, Producer
1991	Images of the World and the Inscription of War	Director, Writer, Producer
1991	What’s Up?	Director
1990	Kinostadt Paris	Director
1990	How to Live in the German Federal Republic	Director
1989	Image und Umsatz, oder: Wie kann man einen Schuh darstellen?	Director
1988	Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith	Director, Writer
1987	Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen	Director
1987	Indoctrination	Director, Writer
1986	As You See	Director, Writer
1986	Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser	Director, Writer
1986	Filmbooks	Director
1985	Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède	Director
1985	Betrayed	Director, Screenplay
1984	The Double Face of Peter Lorre	Director, Writer, Producer
1983	Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika	Director, Screenplay
1983	An Image	Director
1983	Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"	Director
1982	Filme von Peter Weiss	Director, Writer
1982	Before Your Eyes - Vietnam	Director
1979	Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss	Writer, Director
1979	The Taste of Life	Director
1979	Industry and Photography	Director
1978	Between Two Wars	Director, Writer
1978	A Picture of Sarah Schumann	Director, Writer
1977	Bedtime Stories: Railways	Director
1977	Bedtime Stories: Cat	Director
1977	Bedtime Stories: Ships	Director
1977	Bedtime Stories: Bridges	Director
1976	Die Schlacht - Szenen aus Deutschland	Director
1975	Bent or Broken	Screenplay
1975	About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright	Writer, Director
1974	Moderatoren im Fernsehen	Director
1973	Brunner is Next	Director, Writer
1973	The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television	Director
1973	Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen	Director, Writer
1971	Something Self Explanatory (15x)	Director, Writer
1970	Die Teilung aller Tage	Director
1969	The Inextinguishable Fire	Director, Producer, Screenplay
1969	Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets	Producer, Director, Writer
1969	Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin	Producer, Writer, Director
1968	Untitled or: The Wandering Cinema for Engineering Students	Director
1968	Three Shots at Rudi	Director
1968	Their Newspapers	Director, Writer
1968	White Christmas	Writer, Director
1967	The Campaign Volunteer	Director, Screenplay
1966	Everybody a Berliner Kindl	Writer, Director
1966	Two Paths	Writer, Director

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