
Valie Export
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 17, 1940
- Died
- May 14, 2026
- Birthplace
- Linz, Austria
Valie Export (1940-2026), born Waltraud Lehner, was an Austrian artist. Her artistic work includes video installations, body performances, expanded cinema, computer animations, photography, sculptures and publications covering contemporary arts.
Filmography

No Mercy 2026
as Self

Valie Export - Icon and Rebel 2015
as Herself

Anagrammatical Composition with Dice by VALIE EXPORT (after W.A. Mozart, Piano) for Soprano Saxophone 2010
as Performer, Director, Writer

I turn over the pictures of my voice in my head 2009
Director

The Voice as Performance, Act and Body 2007
Director

Seven Easy Pieces 2007
Writer

Birth of a Nation 1997
as Self
- Vaginan
Vaginan 1997
Director
- The Unspeakable Speaking
The Unspeakable Speaking 1992
Director

Aktionskunst International. Dokumente zum Internationalen Aktionismus 1989
as Self, Director

Lust 1988
Director, Writer

Sieben Frauen, sieben Sünden 1988
Director, Writer

Elfriede Jelinek. News from Home 18.8.88 1988
Director, Writer

The Duality of Nature 1986
Director

The Practice of Love 1985
Director, Screenplay

Home Movies 1971-81 1985
Actor

The Armed Eye – VALIE EXPORT in a Dialogue with the Film Avant-Garde 1984
Actor, Writer

Syntagma 1983
Director, Producer
- Valie Export: Portrait of a Filmmaker
Valie Export: Portrait of a Filmmaker 1981
Actor

The Total Family 1981
as Sister Helga

Menschenfrauen 1980
Director, Producer

Space Seeing - Space Hearing 1980
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer

Adjunct Dislocations II 1978
Director

Invisible Adversaries 1977
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor

Delta. A Piece 1977
Director

ViennaFilm 1896-1976 1977
as Self
- Homo Meter II
Homo Meter II 1976
as Self, Director
- Seeing-Space and Hearing-Space - Original length/linear cut
Seeing-Space and Hearing-Space - Original length/linear cut 1974
Actor, Director, Writer

Body Politics 1974
Director
- Asemie – The inability to express oneself through facial expressions
Asemie – The inability to express oneself through facial expressions 1973
Director, Producer

Adjunct Dislocations 1973
Actor, Director

...Remote..... Remote.... 1973
Actor, Director

Man & Woman & Animal 1973
Actor, Director

Moving Pictures about Moving People 1973
Director

Hyperbulie 1973
Director
- Visual Text: Finger Poem
Visual Text: Finger Poem 1973
Director

Breath Text: Love Poem 1973
Director

Interrupted Line 1972
Director
- Facing a Family
Facing a Family 1971
Director

Body Tape 1970
Director

TAP and TOUCH CINEMA 1969
Actor, Director

The Sweet Number - An Experience of Consumption 1969
as Performer, Director, Writer, Editor

Hernals 1967
Actor
- Orgasmus
Orgasmus 1967
Director

Self-Portrait with Head 1967
Director

Abstract Film No. 1 1967
Director
Credits from TMDB.