Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-01-09

Deathday

2014-07-30 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Neutitschein, Sudetenland

Also Known As

Rosa Mercedes
Mercedes Rossa

Harun Farocki

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

7.1%

A German Youth

Feb 7, 2015

6.2%

The Inextinguishable Fire

Jul 26, 1969

6.8%

Class Relations

Feb 21, 1984

6.5%

Images of the World and the Inscription of War

Nov 13, 1991

6.1%

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

Nov 13, 1983

4.3%

Cinématon

Dec 20, 1978

5.8%

Workers Leaving the Factory

Apr 2, 1995

6.0%

Between Two Wars

Nov 5, 1978

5.6%

Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser

May 1, 1986

5.3%

Interface

Nov 8, 1995

5.7%

Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith

Sep 20, 1988

SHM

4.3%

Starbuck Holger Meins

May 23, 2002

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Acting

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Cinématon n°1068 : Harun Farocki

2016

EXPRMNTL as Himself

2015

A German Youth as (archive material)

2014

Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011). as Harun Farocki

2005		Palette revisited
2005		Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki as Self
2005		Who is Helene Schwarz? as Self

2004

Kulturplatz as Self

2002

Starbuck Holger Meins as Self

1995		Interface as Self
1995		Workers Leaving the Factory as Narrador

1993

Navy Cut

1991

Images of the World and the Inscription of War as Self (uncredited)

1988

Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith

1987

Filmtip: Der Tod des Empedokles

1986

Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser

1984

Class Relations as 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 as Self

1981

Kino 81 as Self

1980

Henry Angst

1979

Putting Things Straight

1978		Cinématon as N°1068
1978		Between Two Wars
1978		"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec. as Film director
1978		A Picture of Sarah Schumann as Self / Interviewer

1975		About Narration
1975		About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright as (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

1967		3000 Houses
1967		Farocki dreht

1964

Grimme Awards Ceremony as Self

Camera

2009

In Comparison as Still Photographer

Crew

2015

As If We Were Somebody Else as Dramaturgy

2005

Ghosts as Dramaturgy

1980

Single. A Record is Being Produced as Script

Directing

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Häuser 1–2 as Director

2020

Labour in a Single Shot as Director

2017

Confusion as Director

2014

Parallel I–IV as Director

2013

Sauerbruch Hutton Architects as Director

2012

A New Product as Director

2010		Serious Games 1–4 as Director
2010		Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" as Director
2010		Serious Games 2 – Three Dead as Director
2010		Serious Games 3 – Immersion as Director
2010		Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow as Director
2010		The Silver and the Cross as Director

2009

In Comparison as Director

2008

Feasting or Flying as Director

2007		Übertragung as Director
2007		Comparison via a Third as Director
2007		Respite as Director
2007		Memories as Director
2007		Deep Play as Director

2006		Dubbing as Director
2006		On Construction of Griffith’s Films as Director

2005		A Way as Director
2005		Aufstellung as Director

2004		Nothing Ventured as Director
2004		Counter-Music as Director

2003		War at a Distance as Director
2003		Eye / Machine III as Director

2002

Eye / Machine II as Director

2001		The Creators of the Shopping Worlds as Director
2001		Eye / Machine I as Director

2000		Prison Images as Director
2000		I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts as Director

1998

Words and Games as Director

1997		Documenta X - Die Filme as Director
1997		The Expression of Hands as Director
1997		Still Life as Director
1997		The Interview as Director

1996

The Appearance as Director

1995		Interface as Director
1995		Workers Leaving the Factory as Director

1994		The Leading Role as Director
1994		Re-education as Director

1993

A Day in the Life of a Consumer as Director

1992

Videograms of a Revolution as Director

1991		Images of the World and the Inscription of War as Director
1991		What’s Up? as Director

1990		Kinostadt Paris as Director
1990		How to Live in the German Federal Republic as Director

1989

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

1988

Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith as Director

1987		Filmtip: Der Tod des Empedokles as Director
1987		Indoctrination as Director

1986		As You See as Director
1986		Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser as Director
1986		Filmbooks as Director

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

1984

The Double Face of Peter Lorre as Director

1983		Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika as Director
1983		An Image as Director
1983		Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations" as Director

1982		Filme von Peter Weiss as Director
1982		Before Your Eyes - Vietnam as Director

1980

Single. A Record is Being Produced as Director

1979		Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss as Director
1979		The Taste of Life as Director
1979		Industry and Photography as Director

1978		Between Two Wars as Director
1978		A Picture of Sarah Schumann as Director

1977		Bedtime Stories: Ships as Director
1977		Bedtime Stories: Bridges as Director
1977		Bedtime Stories: Railways as Director
1977		Bedtime Stories: Cat as Director

1975		About Narration as Director
1975		About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright as Director

1973		Make Up as Director
1973		The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television as Director
1973		Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen as Director

1972

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

1971

Something Self Explanatory (15x) as Director

1970

Die Teilung aller Tage as Director

1969		The Inextinguishable Fire as Director
1969		Untitled or: Nixon comes to Berlin as Director
1969		Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets as Director

1968		Untitled or: The Wandering Cinema for Engineering Students as Director
1968		Three Shots at Rudi as Director
1968		Their Newspapers as Director
1968		White Christmas as Director

1967		The Words of the Chairman as Director
1967		The Campaign Volunteer as Director

1966		Everybody a Berliner Kindl as Director
1966		Two Paths as Director

Editing

2012

A New Product as Editor

2010		Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" as Editor
2010		Serious Games 2 – Three Dead as Editor
2010		Serious Games 3 – Immersion as Editor
2010		Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow as Editor

2007

Memories as Editor

1997

Still Life as Editor

1991

Images of the World and the Inscription of War as Editor

1987

Filmtip: Der Tod des Empedokles as Editor

1983

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

1982

Filme von Peter Weiss as Editor

1969		The Inextinguishable Fire as Editor
1969		Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets as Editor

1968		Their Newspapers as Editor
1968		White Christmas as Editor

Production

2009

In Comparison as Producer

2007		Respite as Producer
2007		Memories as Producer

2006

Am Rand der Städte as Producer

1999

Deutsche Polizisten: Viele Kulturen - eine Truppe as Producer

1995		Interface as Producer
1995		Workers Leaving the Factory as Producer

1992

Videograms of a Revolution as Producer

1991

Images of the World and the Inscription of War as Producer

1969		The Inextinguishable Fire as Producer
1969		Untitled or: Nixon comes to Berlin as Producer
1969		Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets as Producer

Writing

2014

Phoenix as Co-Writer

2012		A New Product as Writer
2012		Barbara as Writer

2010		Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" as Writer
2010		Serious Games 2 – Three Dead as Writer
2010		Serious Games 3 – Immersion as Writer
2010		Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow as Writer

2009

In Comparison as Writer

2007		Yella as Script Editor
2007		Respite as Writer
2007		Memories as Story

2005

Ghosts as Screenplay

2004

Nothing Ventured as Screenplay

2003		War at a Distance as Screenplay
2003		Eye / Machine III as Screenplay

2002

Eye / Machine II as Screenplay

2001		The Creators of the Shopping Worlds as Writer
2001		The State I Am In as Writer
2001		Eye / Machine I as Screenplay

2000		Prison Images as Screenplay
2000		I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts as Screenplay

1998		What Farocki Taught as Writer
1998		Words and Games as Screenplay

1997		The Expression of Hands as Writer
1997		Still Life as Writer

1996

Cuba Libre as Screenplay

1995		Interface as Writer
1995		Pilots as Script Editor
1995		Workers Leaving the Factory as Writer

1994

Re-education as Writer

1992		Videograms of a Revolution as Writer
1992		The Warm Money as Script Editor

1991

Images of the World and the Inscription of War as Writer

1988

Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith as Writer

1987

Filmtip: Der Tod des Empedokles as Screenplay

1986		As You See as Writer
1986		Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser as Writer

1985

Betrayed as Screenplay

1983

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

1982

Filme von Peter Weiss as Writer

1979

Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss as Writer

1978		Between Two Wars as Writer
1978		A Picture of Sarah Schumann as Writer

1975		Bent or Broken as Screenplay
1975		About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright as Writer

1973

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

1971

Something Self Explanatory (15x) as Writer

1969		The Inextinguishable Fire as Screenplay
1969		Untitled or: Nixon comes to Berlin as Writer
1969		Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets as Writer

1968		Their Newspapers as Writer
1968		White Christmas as Writer

1967		The Words of the Chairman as Writer
1967		The Campaign Volunteer as Screenplay

1966		Everybody a Berliner Kindl as Writer
1966		Two Paths as Writer