Heinz Emigholz

Heinz Emigholz

Known for
Directing
Born
January 22, 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Achim, Germany

Biography

Born in 1948 near Bremen in Germany, Heinz Emigholz trained first as a draftsman before studying philosophy and literature in Hamburg. He began filmmaking in 1968 and has worked since 1973 as a filmmaker, artist, writer and producer in Germany and the USA. In 1974 he started his encyclopaedic drawing series The Basis of Make-Up . He looks back on numerous exhibitions, retrospectives, lectures and publications. In 1984 he started his film series Photography and beyond. He has held a professorship in Experimental Filmmaking at the Universität der Künste Berlin from 1993 to 2013, and co-founded the Institute for Time-based Media and the program Art and Media, there. Since 2012 member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. In 2003 Filmgalerie 451 started an edition of all his films on DVD. Publications a.o.: Krieg der Augen, Kreuz der Sinne (War of Eyes, Cross of Senses), Seit Freud gesagt hat, der Künstler heile seine Neurose selbst, heilen die Künstler ihre Neurosen selbst (Since Freud Said That the Artist Heals His Neuroses Himself, Artists Have Been Healing Their Neuroses Themselves), Normalsatz – Siebzehn Filme (Ordinary Sentence – Seventeen Films) and Das schwarze Schamquadrat (The Black Sqare of Shame) (all four books at Verlag Martin Schmitz); Die Basis des Make-Up (I) and (II), Der Begnadete Meier (Grace Jones), Kleine Enzyklopädie der Photographie (Little Encyclopaedia of Photography) and Die Basis des Make-Up (III) (in Die Republik No. 68-71, 76-78, 89-91, 94-97 and 123-125); Sense of Architecture with more than 600 photographs.

Known For

Filmography

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Innsbruck, March 6th 2023 poster

Innsbruck, March 6th 2023

Movie · Director

2025
Ecce Mole poster

Ecce Mole

Movie · Director

2024
The Suit poster

The Suit

Movie · Director

2023
Slaughterhouses of Modernity poster

Slaughterhouses of Modernity

Movie · Director

2022
Mamani in El Alto poster

Mamani in El Alto

Movie · Director

2022
Salamone, Pampa poster

Salamone, Pampa

Movie · Director

2021
Antivilla poster

Antivilla

Movie · Director

2021
Casa Golly poster

Casa Golly

Movie · Director

2021
Berlin [Underground]

Berlin [Underground]

Movie · Director

2021
WEISS hoch ZWEI

WEISS hoch ZWEI

Movie · Director

2021
The Last City poster

The Last City

Movie · Director

2020
The Lobby poster

The Lobby

Movie · Director

2019
Years of Construction poster

Years of Construction

Movie · Director

2018
Two Basilicas poster

Two Basilicas

Movie · Director

2017
Streetscapes [Dialogue] poster

Streetscapes [Dialogue]

Movie · Director

2017
2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet] poster

2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

Movie · Director

2017
Dieste [Uruguay] poster

Dieste [Uruguay]

Movie · Director

2016
Bickels [Socialism] poster

Bickels [Socialism]

Movie · Director

2016
Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief] poster

Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief]

Movie · Director

2014
The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III poster

The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III

Movie · Director

2014
Two Museums poster

Two Museums

Movie · Director

2013
Winter poster

Winter

Movie · Director

2012
Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete poster

Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete

Movie · Director

2012
Perret in France and Algeria poster

Perret in France and Algeria

Movie · Director

2011
A Series of Thoughts

A Series of Thoughts

Movie · Director

2009
Sense of Architecture poster

Sense of Architecture

Movie · Director

2009
Two Projects by Friedrich Kiesler

Two Projects by Friedrich Kiesler

Movie · Director

2009
Ornament und Verbrechen

Ornament und Verbrechen

Movie · Director

2008
Loos Ornamental poster

Loos Ornamental

Movie · Director

2007
Schindlers Häuser poster

Schindlers Häuser

Movie · Director

2005
D’Annunzio’s Cave poster

D’Annunzio’s Cave

Movie · Director

2005
The Basis of Make-Up III

The Basis of Make-Up III

Movie · Director

2005
Miscellanea III

Miscellanea III

Movie · Director

2003
Goff in the Desert poster

Goff in the Desert

Movie · Director

2001
Sullivan's Banks poster

Sullivan's Banks

Movie · Director

2001
Maillart's Bridges poster

Maillart's Bridges

Movie · Director

2001
The Basis of Make-Up II

The Basis of Make-Up II

Movie · Director

2001
Miscellanea I

Miscellanea I

Movie · Director

2001
Miscellanea II

Miscellanea II

Movie · Director

1991
The Holy Bunch poster

The Holy Bunch

Movie · Director

1988
The Meadow of Things poster

The Meadow of Things

Movie · Director

1985
Die Basis des Make-Up poster

Die Basis des Make-Up

Movie · Director

1983
The Basis of Make-Up I

The Basis of Make-Up I

Movie · Director

1982
Ordinary Sentence poster

Ordinary Sentence

Movie · Director

1977
Demon

Demon

Movie · Director

1976
Hotel

Hotel

Movie · Director

1976
Schenec-Tady III

Schenec-Tady III

Movie · Director

1976
Wandsbek Gartenstück poster

Wandsbek Gartenstück

Movie · Director

1976
Cup Piece poster

Cup Piece

Movie · Director

1976
Schuhstück poster

Schuhstück

Movie · Director

1975
Tide

Tide

Movie · Director

1975
Schenec-Tady II

Schenec-Tady II

Movie · Director

1975
Stair Piece poster

Stair Piece

Movie · Director

1975
Brooklyn Bathroom Piece poster

Brooklyn Bathroom Piece

Movie · Director

1974
Arrowplane

Arrowplane

Movie · Director

1973
Schenec-Tady I

Schenec-Tady I

Movie · Director