Harun Farocki
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 9, 1944
- Died
- July 30, 2014
- Birthplace
- Neutitschein, Sudetenland
Harun Farocki was a German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film. He made over 90 films, the vast majority of them short experimental documentaries.
Filmography
- Häuser 1–2
Häuser 1–2 TBA
Director
- Cinématon n°1068 : Harun Farocki
Cinématon n°1068 : Harun Farocki TBA
Actor
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas 2026
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Single. A Record is Being Produced
Single. A Record is Being Produced 2025
Script, Director
Make Up 2025
Director
Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life 2025
Director
About Narration 2025
Actor, Director
The Words of the Chairman 2025
Director, Writer
- Labour in a Single Shot
Labour in a Single Shot 2020
Director
Confusion 2017
Director
EXPRMNTL 2016
as Himself
As If We Were Somebody Else 2015
Dramaturgy
A German Youth 2015
as Self (archive footage)
Phoenix 2014
Co-Writer
Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011). 2014
as Harun Farocki
Parallel I–IV 2014
Director
Sauerbruch Hutton Architects 2013
Director
A New Product 2012
Editor, Writer, Director
Barbara 2012
Writer
Serious Games 1–4 2011
Director
- Repouring, Variation 1
Repouring, Variation 1 2010
Director
The Silver and the Cross 2010
Director
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" 2010
Director, Writer, Editor
Serious Games 3 – Immersion 2010
Director, Writer, Editor
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow 2010
Director, Editor, Writer
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead 2010
Director, Editor, Writer
In Comparison 2009
Director, Writer, Producer, Still Photographer
- Feasting or Flying
Feasting or Flying 2008
Director
Übertragung 2007
Director
Yella 2007
Script Editor
Memories 2007
Director, Editor, Story, Producer
- Comparison via a Third
Comparison via a Third 2007
Director
Respite 2007
Director, Writer, Producer
Deep Play 2007
Director
Am Rand der Städte 2006
Producer
On Construction of Griffith’s Films 2006
Director
- Dubbing
Dubbing 2006
Director
Palette revisited 2005
Actor
Ghosts 2005
Screenplay, Dramaturgy
- A Way
A Way 2005
Director
- Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki
Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki 2005
as Self
- Who is Helene Schwarz?
Who is Helene Schwarz? 2005
as Self
Aufstellung 2005
Director
Nothing Ventured 2004
Screenplay, Director
Counter-Music 2004
Director
War at a Distance 2003
Screenplay, Director
Eye / Machine III 2003
Director, Screenplay
- Starbuck Holger Meins
Starbuck Holger Meins 2002
as Self
Eye / Machine II 2002
Screenplay, Director
The Creators of the Shopping Worlds 2001
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
The State I Am In 2001
Writer
Eye / Machine I 2001
Director, Screenplay
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts 2000
Screenplay, Director
Prison Images 2000
Director, Screenplay
Deutsche Polizisten: Viele Kulturen - eine Truppe 1999
Producer
- What Farocki Taught
What Farocki Taught 1998
Writer
Words and Games 1998
Screenplay, Director
- Documenta X - Die Filme
Documenta X - Die Filme 1997
Director
The Expression of Hands 1997
Actor, Director, Writer
Still Life 1997
Writer, Editor, Director
- The Interview
The Interview 1997
Director
Cuba Libre 1996
Screenplay
The Appearance 1996
Director
Interface 1995
as Self, Director, Writer, Producer
Pilots 1995
Script Editor
Workers Leaving the Factory 1995
as Narrador, Director, Writer, Producer
The Leading Role 1994
Director
- Re-education
Re-education 1994
Director, Writer
A Day in the Life of a Consumer 1993
Director
- Navy Cut
Navy Cut 1993
Actor
Camera and Reality 1992
Director
Videograms of a Revolution 1992
Director, Writer, Producer
The Warm Money 1992
Script Editor
Images of the World and the Inscription of War 1991
as Self (uncredited), Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
- What’s Up?
What’s Up? 1991
Director
- Kinostadt Paris
Kinostadt Paris 1990
Director
How to Live in the German Federal Republic 1990
Director
- Image und Umsatz, oder: Wie kann man einen Schuh darstellen?
Image und Umsatz, oder: Wie kann man einen Schuh darstellen? 1989
Director
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith 1988
as Self, Director, Writer
Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen 1987
Director, Editor
Indoctrination 1987
Director, Writer
As You See 1986
Director, Writer
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser 1986
Actor, Director, Writer
Filmbooks 1986
Director
- Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède
Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède 1985
Director
Betrayed 1985
Director, Screenplay
The Double Face of Peter Lorre 1984
Director, Writer, Producer
Class Relations 1984
as Delamarche
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika 1983
Actor, Director, Screenplay, Editor
An Image 1983
Director
Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations" 1983
Actor, Director
- Filme von Peter Weiss
Filme von Peter Weiss 1982
as Self, Director, Writer, Editor
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam 1982
Director
"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics 1981
as Self
- Zeit der langen Nächte
Zeit der langen Nächte 1981
as Günter
- Henry Angst
Henry Angst 1980
Actor
Putting Things Straight 1979
Actor
- Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss
Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss 1979
Writer, Director
The Taste of Life 1979
Director
Industry and Photography 1979
Director
Cinématon 1978
as N°1068
Between Two Wars 1978
Actor, Director, Writer
- "Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.
"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec. 1978
as Film director
A Picture of Sarah Schumann 1978
as Self / Interviewer, Director, Writer
Bedtime Stories: Bridges 1977
Director
Bedtime Stories: Railways 1977
Director
Bedtime Stories: Ships 1977
Director
Bedtime Stories: Cat 1977
Director
- Die Schlacht - Szenen aus Deutschland
Die Schlacht - Szenen aus Deutschland 1976
Director
Es stirbt allerdings ein jeder, fragt sich nur wie und wie Du gelebt hast (Holger Meins) 1976
Actor
Bent or Broken 1975
Screenplay
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright 1975
as (voice), Writer, Director
Kampf um ein Kind 1975
Actor
- Moderatoren im Fernsehen
Moderatoren im Fernsehen 1974
Director, Script
Brunner is Next 1973
Director, Writer
The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television 1973
Director
- Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen
Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen 1973
Director, Writer
Something Self Explanatory (15x) 1971
Actor, Writer, Director
Die Teilung aller Tage 1970
Actor, Director
- Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)
Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904) 1970
Actor
- Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma
Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma 1969
Actor
The Inextinguishable Fire 1969
Actor, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin 1969
Writer, Producer, Director
Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets 1969
Editor, Director, Producer, Writer
- Untitled or: The Wandering Cinema for Engineering Students
Untitled or: The Wandering Cinema for Engineering Students 1968
Director
- Three Shots at Rudi
Three Shots at Rudi 1968
Director
Their Newspapers 1968
Actor, Writer, Director, Editor
White Christmas 1968
Writer, Director, Editor
Break the Power of the Manipulators 1968
Actor
3000 Houses 1967
Actor
The Campaign Volunteer 1967
Screenplay, Director
- Farocki dreht
Farocki dreht 1967
Actor
Everybody a Berliner Kindl 1966
Director, Writer
Two Paths 1966
Writer, Director
Credits from TMDB.