
Heinz Emigholz
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 22, 1948
- Birthplace
- Achim, Germany
Born in 1948 near Bremen in Germany, Heinz Emigholz trained first as a draftsman before studying philosophy and literature in Hamburg. He began filmmaking in 1968 and has worked since 1973 as a filmmaker, artist, writer and producer in Germany and the USA. In 1974 he started his encyclopaedic drawing series The Basis of Make-Up . He looks back on numerous exhibitions, retrospectives, lectures and publications. In 1984 he started his film series Photography and beyond. He has held a professorship in Experimental Filmmaking at the Universität der Künste Berlin from 1993 to 2013, and co-founded the Institute for Time-based Media and the program Art and Media, there. Since 2012 member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. In 2003 Filmgalerie 451 started an edition of all his films on DVD. Publications a.o.: Krieg der Augen, Kreuz der Sinne (War of Eyes, Cross of Senses), Seit Freud gesagt hat, der Künstler heile seine Neurose selbst, heilen die Künstler ihre Neurosen selbst (Since Freud Said That the Artist Heals His Neuroses Himself, Artists Have Been Healing Their Neuroses Themselves), Normalsatz – Siebzehn Filme (Ordinary Sentence – Seventeen Films) and Das schwarze Schamquadrat (The Black Sqare of Shame) (all four books at Verlag Martin Schmitz); Die Basis des Make-Up (I) and (II), Der Begnadete Meier (Grace Jones), Kleine Enzyklopädie der Photographie (Little Encyclopaedia of Photography) and Die Basis des Make-Up (III) (in Die Republik No. 68-71, 76-78, 89-91, 94-97 and 123-125); Sense of Architecture with more than 600 photographs.
Filmography

Innsbruck, March 6th 2023 TBA
Director

Ecce Mole 2025
Director

The Suit 2024
Director

Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben 2023
Director of Photography

Slaughterhouses of Modernity 2023
as (voice over), Director, Editor, Writer, Cinematography

Salamone, Pampa 2022
Director

Mamani in El Alto 2022
Director, Cinematography, Screenplay, Editor

The Last City 2021
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
- Berlin [Underground]
Berlin [Underground] 2021
Director
- WEISS hoch ZWEI
WEISS hoch ZWEI 2021
Director

Casa Golly 2021
Director

Antivilla 2021
Director, Cinematography, Editor

The Lobby 2020
Director

Years of Construction 2019
Director

Two Basilicas 2018
Director
![Poster for Dieste [Uruguay]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw185%2FiXdwycGTb426h8wf5Ogr8PD0UDh.jpg&w=96&q=75)
Dieste [Uruguay] 2017
Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
![Poster for Streetscapes [Dialogue]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw185%2FlbaDCCZJ6xwvNLO5qFDBmjnjaOH.jpg&w=96&q=75)
Streetscapes [Dialogue] 2017
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
![Poster for 2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw185%2FxZmFnEC2gNQq2NjIpoLYaws5TRO.jpg&w=96&q=75)
2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet] 2017
Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
![Poster for Bickels [Socialism]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw185%2F7l3LMzod0pJoDIlOlyne1jwOGYW.jpg&w=96&q=75)
Bickels [Socialism] 2016
Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
![Poster for Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw185%2F3kc0g7jiQ3N93Lg2mx9kPM3iE9H.jpg&w=96&q=75)
Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief] 2016
Director

The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III 2014
Director of Photography, Editor, Director

Two Museums 2014
Director, Camera Operator

Winter 2013
Director

Perret in France and Algeria 2012
Director

Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete 2012
Director
- A Series of Thoughts
A Series of Thoughts 2011
Director, Writer

Saturn Returns 2009
as Edgar

Sense of Architecture 2009
Director
- Ornament und Verbrechen
Ornament und Verbrechen 2009
Director
- Two Projects by Friedrich Kiesler
Two Projects by Friedrich Kiesler 2009
Director, Writer

Loos Ornamental 2008
Director

Schindlers Häuser 2007
Director

D’Annunzio’s Cave 2005
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- Miscellanea III
Miscellanea III 2005
Director, Writer
- The Basis of Make-Up III
The Basis of Make-Up III 2005
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor

Goff in the Desert 2003
Director
- Miscellanea I
Miscellanea I 2001
Writer, Director
- Miscellanea II
Miscellanea II 2001
Director, Writer
- The Basis of Make-Up II
The Basis of Make-Up II 2001
Director, Cinematography, Writer, Editor

Maillart's Bridges 2001
Writer, Director

Sullivan's Banks 2001
Director
- Bombenwerfer
Bombenwerfer 1996
Actor

Brother of Sleep 1995
as Haintz

Stalingrad 1993
as Edgar Emigholz
- Sons
Sons 1992
as Man with Knife

The Holy Bunch 1991
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography

Virgin Machine 1989
Thanks

She Must Be Seeing Things 1988
Director of Photography, Thanks

The Meadow of Things 1988
Actor, Director

Die Basis des Make-Up 1985
Director

Home Movies 1971-81 1985
Actor

Fury Is a Feeling Too 1984
Actor

Committed 1984
as Dr. Kraus, Director of Photography
- The Basis of Make-Up I
The Basis of Make-Up I 1983
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Writer

Die blaue Distanz 1983
as Voice at telephone

Ordinary Sentence 1982
Actor, Editor, Writer, Director

Macumba 1982
as Vinzenz Nola

Exekution: A Study of Mary 1979
as Narrator (voice)

Four Shadows 1978
Actor
- Demon
Demon 1977
Director

Der Ort der Handlung 1977
Actor

Schuhstück 1976
Director

Wandsbek Gartenstück 1976
Director

Cup Piece 1976
Director
- Schenec-Tady III
Schenec-Tady III 1976
Director, Writer
- Hotel
Hotel 1976
Director

Bartleby 1976
Actor
- Schenec-Tady II
Schenec-Tady II 1975
Director, Writer

Brooklyn Bathroom Piece 1975
Director

Stair Piece 1975
Director
- Tide
Tide 1975
Director
- Arrowplane
Arrowplane 1974
Writer, Director
- Schenec-Tady I
Schenec-Tady I 1973
Director, Writer
Credits from TMDB.