Klaus Wyborny
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 5, 1945
- Birthplace
- Bittkau, Germany
Klaus Wyborny (b.June 5, 1945 in Bittkau bei Magdeburg; lives and works in Hamburg) is a German filmmaker, producer, film director, actor, cameraman and screenwriter, known for his experimental films. Klaus Wyborny studied from 1963 to 1970 Theoretical Physics at the University of Hamburg and the Yeshiva University in New York City. Wyborny was co-founder in 1968, with Hellmuth Costard, Thomas Struck, Werner Nekes, Helmut Herbst, Werner Grassmann, and others, of the Hamburger Filmmacher Cooperative, which took the New American Cinema as an example and would develop an European version of American underground cinema. He worked for the literary journals BOA VISTA and Henry, and was co-founder of the 'Hamburger Filmgespräche'. Klaus Wyborny participated with others in the Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 with Das abenteuerliche, aber glücklose Leben des William Parmagino, Dallas Texas - After the Goldrush, Chimney Piece and A Crowd in the Face, and Percy McPhee in the section Film review: New European Cinema on the Documenta 6 (1977). Wyborny participated in 1975, 1980-1982, 1986, 1992 and 1994 at the International Forum of New Cinema in Berlin. He was also several times (2002, 2005, 2010) represented at the Viennale Festival in Vienna. In 2003 he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe.
Filmography
- Werner Nekes - Life Between the Pictures
Werner Nekes - Life Between the Pictures 2017
as Self
Britain’s Glory 2016
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
- The Light of the World
The Light of the World 2015
Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Editor, Director
Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum) 2014
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
Syrakus 2012
Editor, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Studies for the Decay of the West 2010
Director, Editor, Writer, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography
- Durs Grünbein liest die dritte Satire des Juvenal
Durs Grünbein liest die dritte Satire des Juvenal 2010
Director
- Begegnung mit Werner Schroeter
Begegnung mit Werner Schroeter 2009
Director
The Last Year 2009
Director
Hommage an Ludwig van Beethoven 2006
Director
The Cathedral of New Emotions 2006
Writer
D’Annunzio’s Cave 2005
Director of Photography
Histoire du cinema 2005
Director
- Another World (Song of the Earth Part 2)
Another World (Song of the Earth Part 2) 2004
Director
Sulla 2003
Editor, Director, Director of Photography, Writer
- The Critical Mass
The Critical Mass 1999
as Himself
- The Narthex-Mosaics of San Marco in Venice
The Narthex-Mosaics of San Marco in Venice 1995
Director
- Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Schlachtfeld
Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Schlachtfeld 1994
Director
- From the Age of Recklessness (Song of the Earth Part 4)
From the Age of Recklessness (Song of the Earth Part 4) 1994
Director
- Abandoned; Lost; Lonely, Cold (Song of the Earth Part 3)
Abandoned; Lost; Lonely, Cold (Song of the Earth Part 3) 1992
Director
The Holy Bunch 1991
Actor
The Open Universe 1990
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Music
Burning Beds 1988
Actor
- Out of New York
Out of New York 1988
Director
She Must Be Seeing Things 1988
Thanks
At the Edge of Darkness (Song of the Earth Part 1) 1985
Director
- Gnade und Dinge. 11 Stücke auf Film
Gnade und Dinge. 11 Stücke auf Film 1985
Director
Grace, Things (Song of the Earth Part 5) 1985
Director
Home Movies 1971-81 1985
Actor
- Tropiafric - Grüße aus der Wildnis
Tropiafric - Grüße aus der Wildnis 1983
as (cameo)
2084 1982
Director
The Blanket of Life 1981
Director
3 Miniatures after Melanie Klein 1981
Director
Richard 1981
Director
- The Scenic Sacrifice
The Scenic Sacrifice 1980
Director
- Potpourri from "East of No West"
Potpourri from "East of No West" 1979
Director
Four Shadows 1978
Actor
- Unreachable Homeless - Sonata on Film
Unreachable Homeless - Sonata on Film 1978
Director
- Valiantly Towards the Waves
Valiantly Towards the Waves 1977
Director
Der Ort der Handlung 1977
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
- 6 Small Pieces of Film
6 Small Pieces of Film 1977
Director
Bartleby 1976
Director
Syntax 1976
Director
- Housefilm
Housefilm 1976
Director
Pictures of the Lost Word 1975
Director
- Flight from SF to NYC
Flight from SF to NYC 1975
Director
- Window Film
Window Film 1975
Director
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1974
Second Unit
The Fantastic World of Matthew Madson 1974
Actor, Writer
Diwan 1974
Actor
- The Ideal: Ecstasy & Beauty
The Ideal: Ecstasy & Beauty 1974
Director
Elementary Filmhistory 1974
Director
The Birth of a Nation 1973
as Narrator, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 4 Rural Sketches
4 Rural Sketches 1972
Director
- Chimney Piece
Chimney Piece 1971
Director
- Dallas Texas / After the Goldrush
Dallas Texas / After the Goldrush 1971
Director
- Prince and Delusion
Prince and Delusion 1971
Writer
Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge) 1970
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Producer, Writer
Programmhinweise 1970
Sound
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Ein Leben für die Musik
Ludwig van Beethoven - Ein Leben für die Musik 1970
Director
The Haunted Screen 1969
Director
- Thorium 232
Thorium 232 1969
Director, Writer
- Bumps. Shake. Two Hamburgers
Bumps. Shake. Two Hamburgers 1969
Actor, Director of Photography
- Kubla Khan
Kubla Khan 1969
Sound
- The Adventurous but Luckless Life of William Parmagino
The Adventurous but Luckless Life of William Parmagino 1969
Director
- The Greatest Crime of All Time
The Greatest Crime of All Time 1969
Director
- Up to the Stars
Up to the Stars 1968
Director
- Three Days with Janine, Three Days with John
Three Days with Janine, Three Days with John 1968
Director
- Im KZ
Im KZ 1968
Actor, Director
- A Crowd in the Face
A Crowd in the Face 1968
Actor, Director
- Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home 1968
Director
- Der Markt von Ringköbing
Der Markt von Ringköbing 1968
Director
- Null-Null-Zero
Null-Null-Zero 1968
Actor, Assistant Director, Writer
- Going to Stuttgart
Going to Stuttgart 1967
Director
- One Brachet Close Brachet
One Brachet Close Brachet 1966
Actor
Credits from TMDB.