Harun Farocki
Known for directing · Born 9 January 1944 · Died 30 July 2014 · aged 70 · Neutitschein, Sudetenland
152 credits
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
Phoenix
2014
Barbara
2012
The State I Am In
2001
A German Youth
2015
Videograms of a Revolution
1992
Ghosts
2005
The Inextinguishable Fire
1969
Images of the World and the Inscription of War
1991
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
1983
An Image
1983
Prison Images
2000
Respite
2007
Acting (43)
2026Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e MisturasSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2025About NarrationFilm
2016EXPRMNTLHimselfFilm
2015A German YouthSelf (archive footage)Film
2014Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011).Harun FarockiFilm
2005Who is Helene Schwarz?SelfFilm
2005Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun FarockiSelfFilm
2005Palette revisitedFilm
2004KulturplatzSelfSeries
2002Starbuck Holger MeinsSelfFilm
1997The Expression of HandsFilm
1995Workers Leaving the FactoryNarradorFilm
1995InterfaceSelfFilm
1993Navy CutFilm
1991Images of the World and the Inscription of WarSelf (uncredited)Film
1988Georg K. Glaser – Writer and SmithSelfFilm
1986Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém FlusserFilm
1984Class RelationsDelamarcheFilm
1983Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s AmerikaFilm
1983Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"Film
1982Filme von Peter WeissSelfFilm
1981"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film criticsSelfFilm
1981Zeit der langen NächteGünterFilm
1980Henry AngstFilm
1979Putting Things StraightFilm
1978CinématonN°1068Film
1978Between Two WarsFilm
1978A Picture of Sarah SchumannSelf / InterviewerFilm
1978"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.Film directorFilm
1976Es stirbt allerdings ein jeder, fragt sich nur wie und wie Du gelebt hast (Holger Meins)Film
1975Kampf um ein KindFilm
1975About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright(voice)Film
1971Something Self Explanatory (15x)Film
1970Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)Film
1970Die Teilung aller TageFilm
1969The Inextinguishable FireFilm
1969Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine FirmaFilm
1968Their NewspapersFilm
1968Break the Power of the ManipulatorsFilm
1967Farocki drehtFilm
19673000 HousesFilm
1964Grimme AwardSelfSeries
—Cinématon n°1068 : Harun FarockiFilm
Crew (1)
2015As If We Were Somebody ElseDramaturgyFilm
Directing (79)
2025Single. A Record is Being ProducedDirector, ScriptFilm
2025The Words of the ChairmanDirector, WriterFilm
2025About NarrationDirectorFilm
2025Make UpDirectorFilm
2025Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your LifeDirectorFilm
2020Labour in a Single ShotDirectorFilm
2017ConfusionDirectorFilm
2014Parallel I–IVDirectorFilm
2013Sauerbruch Hutton ArchitectsDirectorFilm
2011Serious Games 1–4DirectorFilm
2010The Silver and the CrossDirectorFilm
2010Repouring, Variation 1DirectorFilm
2009In ComparisonDirector, Writer, Producer, Still PhotographerFilm
2008Feasting or FlyingDirectorFilm
2007RespiteDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
2007MemoriesDirector, Story, Editor, ProducerFilm
2007ÜbertragungDirectorFilm
2007Deep PlayDirectorFilm
2007Comparison via a ThirdDirectorFilm
2006DubbingDirectorFilm
2006On Construction of Griffith’s FilmsDirectorFilm
2005AufstellungDirectorFilm
2005A WayDirectorFilm
2004Nothing VenturedDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2004Counter-MusicDirectorFilm
2002Eye / Machine IIDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2001The Creators of the Shopping WorldsDirector, Writer, Producer, Director of PhotographyFilm
2001Eye / Machine IDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2000Prison ImagesDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1997The Expression of HandsDirector, WriterFilm
1997The InterviewDirectorFilm
1997Documenta X - Die FilmeDirectorFilm
1996The AppearanceDirectorFilm
1995Workers Leaving the FactoryDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
1995InterfaceDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
1994The Leading RoleDirectorFilm
1994Re-educationDirector, WriterFilm
1993A Day in the Life of a ConsumerDirectorFilm
1992Videograms of a RevolutionDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
1992Camera and RealityDirectorFilm
1991Images of the World and the Inscription of WarDirector, Writer, Producer, EditorFilm
1991What’s Up?DirectorFilm
1990How to Live in the German Federal RepublicDirectorFilm
1990Kinostadt ParisDirectorFilm
1989Image und Umsatz, oder: Wie kann man einen Schuh darstellen?DirectorFilm
1988Georg K. Glaser – Writer and SmithDirector, WriterFilm
1987Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den StraßenDirector, EditorFilm
1987IndoctrinationDirector, WriterFilm
1986As You SeeDirector, WriterFilm
1986Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém FlusserDirector, WriterFilm
1986FilmbooksDirectorFilm
1985Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’ArchimèdeDirectorFilm
1985BetrayedDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1984The Double Face of Peter LorreDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
1983An ImageDirectorFilm
1983Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s AmerikaDirector, Screenplay, EditorFilm
1983Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"DirectorFilm
1982Before Your Eyes - VietnamDirectorFilm
1982Filme von Peter WeissDirector, Writer, EditorFilm
1979The Taste of LifeDirectorFilm
1979Industry and PhotographyDirectorFilm
1978Between Two WarsDirector, WriterFilm
1978A Picture of Sarah SchumannDirector, WriterFilm
1977Bedtime Stories: RailwaysDirectorFilm
1977Bedtime Stories: CatDirectorFilm
1977Bedtime Stories: ShipsDirectorFilm
1977Bedtime Stories: BridgesDirectorFilm
1974Moderatoren im FernsehenDirector, ScriptFilm
1973Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von HeftromanenDirector, WriterFilm
1973Brunner is NextDirector, WriterFilm
1973The Trouble with Images. A Critique of TelevisionDirectorFilm
1971Something Self Explanatory (15x)Director, WriterFilm
1970Die Teilung aller TageDirectorFilm
1969The Inextinguishable FireDirector, Producer, Screenplay, EditorFilm
1968Their NewspapersDirector, Writer, EditorFilm
1968Untitled or: The Wandering Cinema for Engineering StudentsDirectorFilm
1968Three Shots at RudiDirectorFilm
1967The Campaign VolunteerDirector, ScreenplayFilm
—Häuser 1–2DirectorFilm
Production (4)
2006Am Rand der StädteProducerFilm
1999Deutsche Polizisten: Viele Kulturen - eine TruppeProducerFilm
1969Instructions on how to Pull off Police HelmetsProducer, Editor, Director, WriterFilm
1969Untitled or: Nixon Comes to BerlinProducer, Writer, DirectorFilm
Writing (25)
2014PhoenixCo-WriterFilm
2012BarbaraWriterFilm
2012A New ProductWriter, Editor, DirectorFilm
2010Serious Games 2 – Three DeadWriter, Director, EditorFilm
2010Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No ShadowWriter, Director, EditorFilm
2010Serious Games 3 – ImmersionWriter, Editor, DirectorFilm
2010Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"Writer, Director, EditorFilm
2007YellaScript EditorFilm
2005GhostsScreenplay, DramaturgyFilm
2003War at a DistanceScreenplay, DirectorFilm
2003Eye / Machine IIIScreenplay, DirectorFilm
2001The State I Am InWriterFilm
2000I Thought I Was Seeing ConvictsScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1998What Farocki TaughtWriterFilm
1998Words and GamesScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1997Still LifeWriter, Editor, DirectorFilm
1996Cuba LibreScreenplayFilm
1995PilotsScript EditorFilm
1992The Warm MoneyScript EditorFilm
1979Zur Ansicht: Peter WeissWriter, DirectorFilm
1975About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil WrightWriter, DirectorFilm
1975Bent or BrokenScreenplayFilm
1968White ChristmasWriter, Editor, DirectorFilm
1966Everybody a Berliner KindlWriter, DirectorFilm
1966Two PathsWriter, DirectorFilm