Directing
Harun Farocki
FR, DE, PT, EN cinema · 134 credits
Born
9 January 1944
Died
30 July 2014 (aged 70)
Birthplace
Neutitschein, Sudetenland
Also known as Rosa Mercedes · Mercedes Rossa
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
Filmography
Häuser 1–2
Häuser 1–2
Director
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
About Narration
Actor, Director
Single. Eine Schallplatte wird produziert
2025
Single. A Record is Being Produced
Director, Script
The Words of the Chairman
Director, Writer
Make Up
Director
Confusion
Director
EXPRMNTL
as Himself
A German Youth
as Self (archive footage)
Parallel I–IV
Director
Phoenix
Co-Writer
A New Product
Writer, Editor, Director
Barbara
Writer
Serious Games 1–4
Director
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead
Writer, Director, Editor
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
Writer, Director, Editor
Serious Games 3 – Immersion
Writer, Editor, Director
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"
Writer, Director, Editor
In Comparison
Director, Writer, Producer, Still Photographer
Memories
Director, Story, Editor, Producer
Übertragung
Director
Respite
Director, Writer, Producer
Yella
Script Editor
Deep Play
Director
Ghosts
Screenplay, Dramaturgy
Aufstellung
Director
Nothing Ventured
Director, Screenplay
Counter-Music
Director
War at a Distance
Screenplay, Director
Eye / Machine III
Screenplay, Director
Eye / Machine II
Director, Screenplay
Eye / Machine I
Director, Screenplay
The Creators of the Shopping Worlds
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Prison Images
Director, Screenplay
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts
Screenplay, Director
Words and Games
Screenplay, Director
The Expression of Hands
Actor, Director, Writer
Still Life
Writer, Editor, Director
Cuba Libre
Screenplay
The Appearance
Director
Interface
as Self, Director, Writer, Producer
Workers Leaving the Factory
as Narrador, Director, Writer, Producer
Pilots
Script Editor
The Leading Role
Director
Die Umschulung
1994
Re-education
Director, Writer
The Warm Money
Script Editor
Videograms of a Revolution
Director, Writer, Producer
Camera and Reality
Director
Images of the World and the Inscription of War
as Self (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith
as Self, Director, Writer
Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen
Director, Editor
Indoctrination
Director, Writer
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser
Actor, Director, Writer
As You See
Director, Writer
Filmbooks
Director
Betrayed
Director, Screenplay
Class Relations
as Delamarche
The Double Face of Peter Lorre
Director, Writer, Producer
Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"
Actor, Director
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
Actor, Director, Screenplay, Editor
An Image
Director
Filme von Peter Weiss
1982
Filme von Peter Weiss
as Self, Director, Writer, Editor
Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss
1979
Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss
Writer, Director
The Taste of Life
Director
A Picture of Sarah Schumann
as Self / Interviewer, Director, Writer
"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.
1978
"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.
as Film director
Between Two Wars
Actor, Director, Writer
Cinématon
as N°1068
Es stirbt allerdings ein jeder, fragt sich nur wie und wie Du gelebt hast (Holger Meins)
Actor
Die Schlacht - Szenen aus Deutschland
1976
Die Schlacht - Szenen aus Deutschland
Director
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright
as (voice), Writer, Director
Bent or Broken
Screenplay
Brunner is Next
Director, Writer
Something Self Explanatory (15x)
Actor, Director, Writer
Die Teilung aller Tage
Actor, Director
The Inextinguishable Fire
Actor, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Editor
Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma
1969
Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma
Actor
Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets
Producer, Editor, Director, Writer
Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin
Producer, Writer, Director
Their Newspapers
Actor, Director, Writer, Editor
White Christmas
Writer, Editor, Director
The Campaign Volunteer
Director, Screenplay
Everybody a Berliner Kindl
Writer, Director
Two Paths
Writer, Director