Klaus Wyborny

Klaus Wyborny

Known for
Directing
Born
June 5, 1945 (age 81)
Birthplace
Bittkau, Germany

Biography

Klaus Wyborny (b.June 5, 1945 in Bittkau bei Magdeburg; lives and works in Hamburg) is a German filmmaker, producer, film director, actor, cameraman and screenwriter, known for his experimental films. Klaus Wyborny studied from 1963 to 1970 Theoretical Physics at the University of Hamburg and the Yeshiva University in New York City. Wyborny was co-founder in 1968, with Hellmuth Costard, Thomas Struck, Werner Nekes, Helmut Herbst, Werner Grassmann, and others, of the Hamburger Filmmacher Cooperative, which took the New American Cinema as an example and would develop an European version of American underground cinema. He worked for the literary journals BOA VISTA and Henry, and was co-founder of the 'Hamburger Filmgespräche'. Klaus Wyborny participated with others in the Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 with Das abenteuerliche, aber glücklose Leben des William Parmagino, Dallas Texas - After the Goldrush, Chimney Piece and A Crowd in the Face, and Percy McPhee in the section Film review: New European Cinema on the Documenta 6 (1977). Wyborny participated in 1975, 1980-1982, 1986, 1992 and 1994 at the International Forum of New Cinema in Berlin. He was also several times (2002, 2005, 2010) represented at the Viennale Festival in Vienna. In 2003 he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe.

Known For

Filmography

2016
Britain’s Glory poster

Britain’s Glory

Movie · Director

2015
The Light of the World

The Light of the World

Movie · Director

2014
Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum) poster

Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum)

Movie · Director

2012
Syrakus poster

Syrakus

Movie · Director

2010
Studies for the Decay of the West poster

Studies for the Decay of the West

Movie · Director

2010
Durs Grünbein liest die dritte Satire des Juvenal

Durs Grünbein liest die dritte Satire des Juvenal

Movie · Director

2009
Begegnung mit Werner Schroeter

Begegnung mit Werner Schroeter

Movie · Director

2009
The Last Year poster

The Last Year

Movie · Director

2006
Hommage an Ludwig van Beethoven poster

Hommage an Ludwig van Beethoven

Movie · Director

2005
Histoire du cinema poster

Histoire du cinema

Movie · Director

2004
Another World (Song of the Earth Part 2)

Another World (Song of the Earth Part 2)

Movie · Director

2003
Sulla poster

Sulla

Movie · Director

1995
The Narthex-Mosaics of San Marco in Venice

The Narthex-Mosaics of San Marco in Venice

Movie · Director

1994
From the Age of Recklessness (Song of the Earth Part 4)

From the Age of Recklessness (Song of the Earth Part 4)

Movie · Director

1994
Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Schlachtfeld

Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Schlachtfeld

Movie · Director

1992
Abandoned; Lost; Lonely, Cold (Song of the Earth Part 3)

Abandoned; Lost; Lonely, Cold (Song of the Earth Part 3)

Movie · Director

1990
The Open Universe poster

The Open Universe

Movie · Director

1988
Out of New York

Out of New York

Movie · Director

1985
At the Edge of Darkness (Song of the Earth Part 1) poster

At the Edge of Darkness (Song of the Earth Part 1)

Movie · Director

1985
Grace, Things (Song of the Earth Part 5) poster

Grace, Things (Song of the Earth Part 5)

Movie · Director

1985
Gnade und Dinge. 11 Stücke auf Film

Gnade und Dinge. 11 Stücke auf Film

Movie · Director

1982
2084 poster

2084

Movie · Director

1981
Richard poster

Richard

Movie · Director

1981
The Blanket of Life poster

The Blanket of Life

Movie · Director

1981
3 Miniatures after Melanie Klein poster

3 Miniatures after Melanie Klein

Movie · Director

1980
The Scenic Sacrifice

The Scenic Sacrifice

Movie · Director

1979
Potpourri from "East of No West"

Potpourri from "East of No West"

Movie · Director

1978
Unreachable Homeless - Sonata on Film

Unreachable Homeless - Sonata on Film

Movie · Director

1977
6 Small Pieces of Film

6 Small Pieces of Film

Movie · Director

1977
Valiantly Towards the Waves

Valiantly Towards the Waves

Movie · Director

1977
Der Ort der Handlung poster

Der Ort der Handlung

Movie · Director

1976
Housefilm

Housefilm

Movie · Director

1976
Syntax poster

Syntax

Movie · Director

1976
Bartleby poster

Bartleby

Movie · Director

1975
Window Film

Window Film

Movie · Director

1975
Pictures of the Lost Word poster

Pictures of the Lost Word

Movie · Director

1975
Flight from SF to NYC

Flight from SF to NYC

Movie · Director

1974
Elementary Filmhistory poster

Elementary Filmhistory

Movie · Director

1974
The Ideal: Ecstasy & Beauty

The Ideal: Ecstasy & Beauty

Movie · Director

1973
The Birth of a Nation poster

The Birth of a Nation

Movie · Director

1972
4 Rural Sketches

4 Rural Sketches

Movie · Director

1971
Dallas Texas / After the Goldrush

Dallas Texas / After the Goldrush

Movie · Director

1971
Chimney Piece

Chimney Piece

Movie · Director

1970
Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge) poster

Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge)

Movie · Director

1970
Ludwig van Beethoven - Ein Leben für die Musik

Ludwig van Beethoven - Ein Leben für die Musik

Movie · Director

1969
The Greatest Crime of All Time

The Greatest Crime of All Time

Movie · Director

1969
The Adventurous but Luckless Life of William Parmagino

The Adventurous but Luckless Life of William Parmagino

Movie · Director

1969
Thorium 232

Thorium 232

Movie · Director

1969
The Haunted Screen poster

The Haunted Screen

Movie · Director

1968
A Crowd in the Face

A Crowd in the Face

Movie · Director

1968
Im KZ

Im KZ

Movie · Director

1968
Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

Movie · Director

1968
Three Days with Janine, Three Days with John

Three Days with Janine, Three Days with John

Movie · Director

1968
Up to the Stars

Up to the Stars

Movie · Director

1968
Der Markt von Ringköbing

Der Markt von Ringköbing

Movie · Director

1968
Null-Null-Zero

Null-Null-Zero

Movie · Assistant Director

1967
Going to Stuttgart

Going to Stuttgart

Movie · Director