Narcisa Hirsch

Narcisa Hirsch

Known for
Directing
Born
January 16, 1928
Died
May 4, 2024 (aged 96)
Birthplace
Berlin, Germany
Website

Biography

Narcisa Hirsch (née Heuser, born 1928) is an Argentine experimental filmmaker of German birth. Her work centered on themes of the body, love, sex, death, movement, and the female gaze. Despite this focus on women, she has resisted being labeled as a feminist. She began as a painter, and but her later and better known work centers on performance and film, though she has also written several books. She cites Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel as influences to her experimental film work, as well as the Bauhaus artists of Germany. During her time as an experimental filmmaker in Argentina, she frequented the Di Tella Institute and the Goethe Institute, a place where many of her works premiered. Recenlty, her work has been honored through several retrospectives at international film festivals, though it was relatively unknown outside of exclusive circles when it first premiered. Description above from the Wikipedia article Narcisa Hirsch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

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Chicos 1969

Chicos 1969

Movie · Director

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Pradera poster

Pradera

Movie · Director

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Bariloche. Fotos byn poster

Bariloche. Fotos byn

Movie · Director

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Descartes: Filmo, luego existo poster

Descartes: Filmo, luego existo

Movie · Director

2019
Myst poster

Myst

Movie · Director

2017
Kosmos poster

Kosmos

Movie · Director

2013
Narcisa Hirsch: Experimental Films poster

Narcisa Hirsch: Experimental Films

Movie · Director

2012
la velocidad del tiempo poster

la velocidad del tiempo

Movie · Director

2012
Postal Austria

Postal Austria

Movie · Director

2011
El Mito de Narciso

El Mito de Narciso

Movie · Director

2011
Rumi

Rumi

Movie · Director

2007
Celebración

Celebración

Movie · Director

2006
El erotismo del tiempo

El erotismo del tiempo

Movie · Director

2005
El Aleph poster

El Aleph

Movie · Director

1999
Rumi poster

Rumi

Movie · Director

1991
Warnes poster

Warnes

Movie · Director

1989
A-Dios

A-Dios

Movie · Director

1985
Mujeres poster

Mujeres

Movie · Director

1985
Ana, ¿Dónde Estás? poster

Ana, ¿Dónde Estás?

Movie · Director

1984
Rafael agosto 1984 poster

Rafael agosto 1984

Movie · Director

1983
AMA-ZONA

AMA-ZONA

Movie · Director

1981
Aigokeros poster

Aigokeros

Movie · Director

1980
The Bengali Night poster

The Bengali Night

Movie · Director

1979
Pichón en el Obelisco poster

Pichón en el Obelisco

Movie · Director

1979
Para Virginia poster

Para Virginia

Movie · Director

1979
Surely Bach Closed the Door When He Wanted to Work poster

Surely Bach Closed the Door When He Wanted to Work

Movie · Director

1979
Ulises poster

Ulises

Movie · Director

1979
Señales de vida poster

Señales de vida

Movie · Director

1979
Hombres (Que hablan con su propia imagen) poster

Hombres (Que hablan con su propia imagen)

Movie · Director

1978
Mundial 78 poster

Mundial 78

Movie · Director

1978
Homecoming

Homecoming

Movie · Director

1978
Mundial poster

Mundial

Movie · Director

1978
Capricornio 78 poster

Capricornio 78

Movie · Director

1977
Testamento y vida interior

Testamento y vida interior

Movie · Director

1977
Rafael in Rio poster

Rafael in Rio

Movie · Director

1977
Patagonia poster

Patagonia

Movie · Director

1976
Orpheus and Eurydice poster

Orpheus and Eurydice

Movie · Director

1976
Pocos son los que conocen el secreto del amor poster

Pocos son los que conocen el secreto del amor

Movie · Director

1976
Pioneros poster

Pioneros

Movie · Director

1976
Aída poster

Aída

Movie · Director

1975
Workshop poster

Workshop

Movie · Director

1975
Rafael, 1975 poster

Rafael, 1975

Movie · Director

1974
Retrato de Marta Minujín poster

Retrato de Marta Minujín

Movie · Director

1974
Portraits poster

Portraits

Movie · Director

1973
Andrea 1973 poster

Andrea 1973

Movie · Director

1973
Paddock poster

Paddock

Movie · Director

1972
Diarios Patagónicos 2 poster

Diarios Patagónicos 2

Movie · Director

1972
Patagonia poster

Patagonia

Movie · Director

1972
Pink Freud poster

Pink Freud

Movie · Director

1972
Muñecos (Have a baby) poster

Muñecos (Have a baby)

Movie · Director

1971
Descendencia poster

Descendencia

Movie · Director

1971
Edgardo poster

Edgardo

Movie · Director

1971
Come Out poster

Come Out

Movie · Director

1970
Tambores en la plaza poster

Tambores en la plaza

Movie · Director

1970
Diarios Patagónicos 1

Diarios Patagónicos 1

Movie · Director

1970
Neapolitan Songs poster

Neapolitan Songs

Movie · Director

1969
Retrato de una artista como ser humano poster

Retrato de una artista como ser humano

Movie · Director

1967
Marabunta poster

Marabunta

Movie · Director

1966
Apples poster

Apples

Movie · Director