Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 31, 1945
- Died
- June 10, 1982
- Birthplace
- Bad Wörishofen, Germany
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.
Filmography
Sukowa - Playful Like A Child 2024
Actor
Peter von Kant 2022
Original Story
Wim Wenders, Desperado 2020
as Self (archive footage)
Photographer "Eise" 2019
as Self
A German Youth 2015
as Self (archive footage)
Fassbinder 2015
as Self (archive footage)
Fassbinder: Love Without Demands 2015
as Self (archive footage)
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance 2014
as Self (archive footage)
Frogman Katzelmacher 2013
Writer
Garbage, the City and Death 2012
Theatre Play
Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun 2012
as Self (archive footage)
My Name Is Not Ali 2011
as Self (archive footage)
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense 2010
as Self (archive footage)
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers 2008
as Self (archive footage)
- Back to Room 666
Back to Room 666 2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Marriage of Maria Braun 2008
Writer
- Atlètic Club Banyoles
Atlètic Club Banyoles 2007
as self
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977 2005
as Self
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch
Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch 2002
as Self (archive footage)
Fassbinder in Hollywood 2002
as Self (archive footage)
Fassbinder's Women 2000
as Self (Archive footage)
Water Drops on Burning Rocks 2000
Writer
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me 1992
as Self (archive footage)
- Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk
Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk 1987
as Self
Room 666 1985
as Self
The Last Trip to Harrisburg 1984
as Voice of Man and Woman in Train (voice)
Querelle 1982
Director, Editor, Screenplay
The Wizard of Babylon 1982
as Self
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works 1982
as Self
Kamikaze '89 1982
as Police Lieutenant Jansen
Veronika Voss 1982
as Kinobesucher (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer
Theater in Trance 1981
Director, Writer
Lola 1981
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Line Producer
- Polnischer Sommer
Polnischer Sommer 1981
as Babiuch
Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1981
as Self
Lili Marleen 1981
as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited), Editor, Director, Screenplay
- Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars 1980
as Self
Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz' 1980
as Self
The Third Generation 1979
Screenplay, Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Director of Photography
The Marriage of Maria Braun 1979
as Peddler, Editor, Idea, Director
Bourbon Street Blues 1979
as Writer
In a Year with 13 Moons 1978
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited), Director, Art Direction, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
- Spiel der Verlierer
Spiel der Verlierer 1978
Editor, Producer
Despair 1978
Director, Editor
Life Stories: A Conversation with RW Fassbinder 1978
as Self
- Little Godard
Little Godard 1978
as Second Director
Germany in Autumn 1978
as Self (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
The Stationmaster’s Wife 1977
Director, Writer, Editor
Women in New York 1977
Director
Adolf and Marlene 1977
as Hermann, Producer
Chinese Roulette 1977
Writer, Director
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema 1976
as Self
Fear of Fear 1976
Director, Writer
The American Soldier 1976
as Franz Walsch (uncredited), Writer, Director, Production Design, Producer, Songs
Satan’s Brew 1976
Director, Writer
Shadow of Angels 1976
as Raoul, Screenplay, Theatre Play
I Only Want You to Love Me 1976
Director, Writer
The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me 1976
as Self
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven 1975
Director, Writer
Fox and His Friends 1975
as Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf, Writer, Director, Producer
- Die Wohngenossin
Die Wohngenossin 1975
Actor
Like a Bird on a Wire 1975
Director, Writer
- Auf dem Trümmerfeld der Träume
Auf dem Trümmerfeld der Träume 1975
as Self
La Paloma 1974
Writer
Effi Briest 1974
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer
Martha 1974
Director, Screenplay
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974
as Eugen, Director, Production Design, Producer, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
Nora Helmer 1974
Director
1 Berlin-Harlem 1974
as Self
Tenderness of the Wolves 1973
as Wittowski, Producer
Jail Bait 1973
Writer, Screenplay, Director
Bremen Freedom 1972
as Rumpf, Director, Author
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant 1972
Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Ancestress 1971
as Jaromir
The Merchant of Four Seasons 1971
as Zucker, Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer, Producer
Beware of a Holy Whore 1971
as Sascha, Writer, Director, Editor
Whity 1971
as Saloon guest (uncredited), Screenplay, Director, Editor
Mathias Kneißl 1971
as Flecklbauer
Pioneers in Ingolstadt 1971
Director, Screenplay
Supergirl 1971
as Man in Front of Shop Window
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach 1971
as Bauer
Rio das Mortes 1971
as Hannas Tanzpartner (uncredited), Director, Writer, Editor
- Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 1971
as Self
Haytabo 1971
as Courier
The Niklashausen Journey 1970
as Schwarzer Mönch, Director, Writer, Editor
Gods of the Plague 1970
as Pornokunde, Editor, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? 1970
Director, Editor, Screenplay
End of the Commune? 1970
as Self (uncredited)
The Coffee House 1970
Director, Writer
Love Is Colder Than Death 1970
as Franz, Editor, Screenplay, Director
Baal 1970
as Baal
Katzelmacher 1969
as Jorgos, Screenplay, Production Design, Director, Editor, Theatre Play
- Al Capone im deutschen Wald
Al Capone im deutschen Wald 1969
as Heini
- Frei bis zum nächsten Mal
Frei bis zum nächsten Mal 1969
as Mechaniker
- Tonys Freunde
Tonys Freunde 1969
as Mallard
The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp 1968
as the pimp
Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt 1968
as Soldier
The Little Chaos 1966
as Franz, Director, Writer
This Night 1966
Cinematography, Director, Writer
- Ein Platz für Günter
Ein Platz für Günter 1966
Assistant Director
The City Tramp 1966
as Man #1 on Toilet, Director, Writer, Editor
Credits from TMDB.