Directing
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DE, FR, EN, IT cinema · 101 credits
Born
31 May 1945
Died
10 June 1982 (aged 37)
Birthplace
Bad Wörishofen, Germany
Also known as Rainer W. Fassbinder · R. W. Fassbinder · Franz Walsch · 雷纳·沃纳·法斯班德
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 — 10 June 1982) was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor. Considered one of the most important figures in the New German Cinema, Fassbinder was prolific; in a professional career less than fifteen years, he completed forty feature-length films, two television film series, three short films, four video productions, twenty-four stage plays, and four radio plays. He had tortured, personal relationships with the actors and technicians around him who formed a surrogate family. However, his pictures demonstrate his deep sensitivity to social outsiders and his hatred of institutionalized violence. He ruthlessly attacked both German bourgeois society and the larger limitations of humanity. Fassbinder died in June 1982 at the age of 37 from a lethal cocktail of cocaine and barbiturates. His death has often been cited as the event that ended the New German Cinema movement.
Known for
Filmography
Peter von Kant
Original Story
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
Fassbinder: Love Without Demands
as Self (archive footage)
Fassbinder
as Self (archive footage)
A German Youth
as Self (archive footage)
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Self (archive footage)
Garbage, the City and Death
Theatre Play
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
as Self (archive footage)
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
as Self (archive footage)
Back to Room 666
2008
Back to Room 666
as Self (archive footage)
Fassbinder in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch
2002
Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch
as Self (archive footage)
Fassbinder's Women
as Self (Archive footage)
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
as Self (archive footage)
Room 666
as Self
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
as Voice of Man and Woman in Train (voice)
Veronika Voss
as Kinobesucher (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer
Kamikaze '89
as Police Lieutenant Jansen
Querelle
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Lili Marleen
as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited), Editor, Director, Screenplay
Lola
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Line Producer
Theater in Trance
Director, Writer
Bourbon Street Blues
as Writer
The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Peddler, Editor, Idea, Director
The Third Generation
Screenplay, Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Director of Photography
Germany in Autumn
as Self (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Der kleine Godard an das Kuratorium junger deutscher Film
1978
Little Godard
as Second Director
In a Year with 13 Moons
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited), Director, Art Direction, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
Despair
Director, Editor
Spiel der Verlierer
1978
Spiel der Verlierer
Editor, Producer
Adolf and Marlene
as Hermann, Producer
Chinese Roulette
Writer, Director
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Director, Writer, Editor
Women in New York
Director
Shadow of Angels
as Raoul, Screenplay, Theatre Play
The American Soldier
as Franz Walsch (uncredited), Writer, Director, Production Design, Producer, Songs
Satan’s Brew
Director, Writer
Fear of Fear
Director, Writer
I Only Want You to Love Me
Director, Writer
Fox and His Friends
as Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf, Writer, Director, Producer
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Director, Writer
Like a Bird on a Wire
Director, Writer
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Eugen, Director, Production Design, Producer, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
1 Berlin-Harlem
as Self
Effi Briest
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer
Martha
Director, Screenplay
Nora Helmer
Director
La Paloma
Writer
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Wittowski, Producer
Jail Bait
Writer, Screenplay, Director
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Zucker, Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer, Producer
Bremen Freedom
as Rumpf, Director, Author
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Beware of a Holy Whore
as Sascha, Writer, Director, Editor
The Ancestress
as Jaromir
Mathias Kneißl
as Flecklbauer
Supergirl
as Man in Front of Shop Window
Whity
as Saloon guest (uncredited), Screenplay, Director, Editor
Haytabo
as Courier
Rio das Mortes
as Hannas Tanzpartner (uncredited), Director, Writer, Editor
Pioneers in Ingolstadt
Director, Screenplay
Gods of the Plague
as Pornokunde, Editor, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Love Is Colder Than Death
as Franz, Editor, Screenplay, Director
Baal
as Baal
The Niklashausen Journey
as Schwarzer Mönch, Director, Writer, Editor
End of the Commune?
as Self (uncredited)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Director, Editor, Screenplay
The Coffee House
Director, Writer
Katzelmacher
as Jorgos, Screenplay, Production Design, Director, Editor, Theatre Play
The City Tramp
as Man #1 on Toilet, Director, Writer, Editor
The Little Chaos
as Franz, Director, Writer
Ein Platz für Günter
1966
Ein Platz für Günter
Assistant Director
This Night
Cinematography, Director, Writer