Fassbinder's top 10 most influential filmmakers in the New German Cinema
by roxen_96 | created - 17 Mar 2020 | updated - 17 Mar 2020 | PublicTaken from ‘’The Anarchy of the Imagination’’, as of 1981.
1. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer | Faustrecht der Freiheit
Above all, Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a rebel whose life and art was marked by gross contradiction. Openly homosexual, he married twice; one of his wives acted in his films and the other served as his editor. Accused variously by detractors of being anticommunist, male chauvinist, antiSemitic and...
2. Werner Schroeter
Director | Nel regno di Napoli
The key person of the New German Cinema of the '70s. His works, mostly shot in 16mm, combine an intense interest and knowledge of German history and personal dramatic and emotional investigations. Malina (1991) which stars Isabelle Huppert is one of the great classics of modern cinema and deals ...
3. Wim Wenders
Director | Der Himmel über Berlin
Wim Wenders is an Oscar-nominated German filmmaker who was born Ernst Wilhelm Wenders on August 14, 1945 in Düsseldorf, which then was located in the British Occupation Zone of what became the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany, known colloquially as West Germany until ...
4. Rudolf Thome
Producer | Berlin Chamissoplatz
Rudolf Thome was born on November 14, 1939 in Wallau, Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany. He is a producer and director, known for Berlin Chamissoplatz (1980), The Philosopher (1989) and Tagebuch (1975). He was previously married to Karin Thome.
5. Volker Schlöndorff
Director | Die Blechtrommel
Has studied economy and political sciences as well as at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographique (IDHEC) in Paris, France. Worked as an assistant director with Louis Malle, Jean-Pierre Melville and Alain Resnais. Founded his own production company Bioskop Film together with Reinhard Hauff ...
6. Alexander Kluge
Director | Abschied von gestern - (Anita G.)
Writer. Director. Producer. Studied law and graduated. Was one of the founders of the Oberhausener Manifest in 1962. Since 1962 Headmaster of the 'Institut fuer Filmgestaltung' at the 'Hochschule fuer Gestaltung' in Ulm, Germany. Since 1988 produces broadcastings dealing with cultural aspects in ...
7. Ulrike Ottinger
Director | Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia
Ulrike Ottinger was born on June 6, 1942 in Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is a director and writer, known for Joan of Arc of Mongolia (1989), China. Die Künste - der Alltag. Eine filmische Reisebeschreibung (1986) and Prater (2007).
8. Niklaus Schilling
Director | Der Willi-Busch-Report
Niklaus Schilling was born on April 23, 1944 in Basel, Switzerland. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Der Willi-Busch-Report (1979), Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies (1977) and Rhinegold (1978). He died on May 6, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.
9. Werner Herzog
Director | Fitzcarraldo
Director. Writer. Producer. Actor. Poet. He studied history, literature and theatre for some time, but didn't finish it and founded instead his own film production company in 1963. Later in his life, Herzog also staged several operas in Bayreuth, Germany, and at the Milan Scala in Italy. Herzog has...
10. Walter Bockmayer
Director | Flammende Herzen
Walter Bockmayer was born on July 4, 1948 in Fehrbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Flaming Hearts (1978), Looping (1981) and Rivalinnen unter griechischer Sonne (1974). He died on October 7, 2014 in Cologne, Germany.
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