Harun Farocki

Harun Farocki

Known for
Directing
Born
January 9, 1944
Died
July 30, 2014 (aged 70)
Birthplace
Neutitschein, 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

Photos

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Filmography

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Häuser 1–2

Häuser 1–2

Movie · Director

2025
Single. A Record is Being Produced

Single. A Record is Being Produced

Movie · Director

2025
The Words of the Chairman poster

The Words of the Chairman

Movie · Director

2025
About Narration poster

About Narration

Movie · Director

2025
Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life poster

Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life

Movie · Director

2025
Make Up poster

Make Up

Movie · Director

2020
Labour in a Single Shot

Labour in a Single Shot

Movie · Director

2017
Confusion poster

Confusion

Movie · Director

2014
Parallel I–IV poster

Parallel I–IV

Movie · Director

2013
Sauerbruch Hutton Architects poster

Sauerbruch Hutton Architects

Movie · Director

2012
A New Product poster

A New Product

Movie · Director

2011
Serious Games 1–4 poster

Serious Games 1–4

Movie · Director

2010
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead poster

Serious Games 2 – Three Dead

Movie · Director

2010
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow poster

Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow

Movie · Director

2010
Serious Games 3 – Immersion poster

Serious Games 3 – Immersion

Movie · Director

2010
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" poster

Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"

Movie · Director

2010
The Silver and the Cross poster

The Silver and the Cross

Movie · Director

2010
Repouring, Variation 1

Repouring, Variation 1

Movie · Director

2009
In Comparison poster

In Comparison

Movie · Director

2008
Feasting or Flying

Feasting or Flying

Movie · Director

2007
Memories poster

Memories

Movie · Director

2007
Respite poster

Respite

Movie · Director

2007
Übertragung poster

Übertragung

Movie · Director

2007
Deep Play poster

Deep Play

Movie · Director

2007
Comparison via a Third

Comparison via a Third

Movie · Director

2006
Dubbing

Dubbing

Movie · Director

2006
On Construction of Griffith’s Films poster

On Construction of Griffith’s Films

Movie · Director

2005
Aufstellung poster

Aufstellung

Movie · Director

2005
A Way

A Way

Movie · Director

2004
Nothing Ventured poster

Nothing Ventured

Movie · Director

2004
Counter-Music poster

Counter-Music

Movie · Director

2003
Eye / Machine III poster

Eye / Machine III

Movie · Director

2003
War at a Distance poster

War at a Distance

Movie · Director

2002
Eye / Machine II poster

Eye / Machine II

Movie · Director

2001
Eye / Machine I poster

Eye / Machine I

Movie · Director

2001
The Creators of the Shopping Worlds poster

The Creators of the Shopping Worlds

Movie · Director

2000
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts poster

I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts

Movie · Director

2000
Prison Images poster

Prison Images

Movie · Director

1998
Words and Games poster

Words and Games

Movie · Director

1997
The Expression of Hands poster

The Expression of Hands

Movie · Director

1997
Still Life poster

Still Life

Movie · Director

1997
The Interview

The Interview

Movie · Director

1997
Documenta X - Die Filme

Documenta X - Die Filme

Movie · Director

1996
The Appearance poster

The Appearance

Movie · Director

1995
Workers Leaving the Factory poster

Workers Leaving the Factory

Movie · Director

1995
Interface poster

Interface

Movie · Director

1994
The Leading Role poster

The Leading Role

Movie · Director

1994
Re-education

Re-education

Movie · Director

1993
A Day in the Life of a Consumer poster

A Day in the Life of a Consumer

Movie · Director

1992
Videograms of a Revolution poster

Videograms of a Revolution

Movie · Director

1992
Camera and Reality poster

Camera and Reality

Movie · Director

1991
Images of the World and the Inscription of War poster

Images of the World and the Inscription of War

Movie · Director

1991
What’s Up?

What’s Up?

Movie · Director

1990
How to Live in the German Federal Republic poster

How to Live in the German Federal Republic

Movie · Director

1990
Kinostadt Paris

Kinostadt Paris

Movie · Director

1989
Image und Umsatz, oder: Wie kann man einen Schuh darstellen?

Image und Umsatz, oder: Wie kann man einen Schuh darstellen?

Movie · Director

1988
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith poster

Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith

Movie · Director

1987
Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen poster

Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen

Movie · Director

1987
Indoctrination poster

Indoctrination

Movie · Director

1986
As You See poster

As You See

Movie · Director

1986
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser poster

Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser

Movie · Director

1986
Filmbooks poster

Filmbooks

Movie · Director

1985
Betrayed poster

Betrayed

Movie · Director

1985
Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède

Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède

Movie · Director

1984
The Double Face of Peter Lorre poster

The Double Face of Peter Lorre

Movie · Director

1983
An Image poster

An Image

Movie · Director

1983
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika poster

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

Movie · Director

1983
Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations" poster

Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"

Movie · Director

1982
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam poster

Before Your Eyes - Vietnam

Movie · Director

1982
Filme von Peter Weiss

Filme von Peter Weiss

Movie · Director

1979
Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss

Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss

Movie · Director

1979
The Taste of Life poster

The Taste of Life

Movie · Director

1979
Industry and Photography poster

Industry and Photography

Movie · Director

1978
Between Two Wars poster

Between Two Wars

Movie · Director

1978
A Picture of Sarah Schumann poster

A Picture of Sarah Schumann

Movie · Director

1977
Bedtime Stories: Cat poster

Bedtime Stories: Cat

Movie · Director

1977
Bedtime Stories: Ships poster

Bedtime Stories: Ships

Movie · Director

1977
Bedtime Stories: Railways poster

Bedtime Stories: Railways

Movie · Director

1977
Bedtime Stories: Bridges poster

Bedtime Stories: Bridges

Movie · Director

1976
Die Schlacht - Szenen aus Deutschland

Die Schlacht - Szenen aus Deutschland

Movie · Director

1975
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright poster

About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

Movie · Director

1974
Moderatoren im Fernsehen

Moderatoren im Fernsehen

Movie · Director

1973
The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television poster

The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television

Movie · Director

1973
Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen

Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen

Movie · Director

1973
Brunner is Next poster

Brunner is Next

Movie · Director

1971
Something Self Explanatory (15x) poster

Something Self Explanatory (15x)

Movie · Director

1970
Die Teilung aller Tage poster

Die Teilung aller Tage

Movie · Director

1969
The Inextinguishable Fire poster

The Inextinguishable Fire

Movie · Director

1969
Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets poster

Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets

Movie · Director

1969
Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin poster

Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin

Movie · Director

1968
Untitled or: The Wandering Cinema for Engineering Students

Untitled or: The Wandering Cinema for Engineering Students

Movie · Director

1968
Three Shots at Rudi

Three Shots at Rudi

Movie · Director

1968
Their Newspapers poster

Their Newspapers

Movie · Director

1968
White Christmas poster

White Christmas

Movie · Director

1967
The Campaign Volunteer poster

The Campaign Volunteer

Movie · Director

1966
Everybody a Berliner Kindl poster

Everybody a Berliner Kindl

Movie · Director

1966
Two Paths poster

Two Paths

Movie · Director