Reiner Holzemer
Known for
Directing
Biography
Reiner Holzemer has been working as a documentary film director since 1983. The portraits of internationally renowned artists, especially from the fields of photography and fashion, are the focus of his work to date.
His film DRIES, which portrays fashion designer Dries Van Noten, and MARTIN MARGIELA IN HIS OWN WORDS have been shown at numerous film festivals around the world and sold in over 64 countries.
In 2020, the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER voted Reiner Holzemer's film about Martin Margiela the best fashion documentary of the decade.
His latest documentary portrait about the exceptional actor Lars Eidinger will premiere at Filmfest Hamburg in October 2022.
Best known work
Dries
2017
Martin Margiela: In His Own Words
2020
Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be
2023
Der Autobahnkrieg - damals und heute
2013
Das Kino ist tot, es lebe das Kino - Berlinale-Beobachtungen
2020Manhattan Storys
1997
Der Autobahnkrieg
1991
Magnum Photos: The Changing of a Myth
2001Willy Bogner - Durch Feuer und Eis
2020
August Sander: People of the 20th Century
2002Filmography
TBA
Juergen TellerDirector
TBA
The Six of AntwerpDirector, Producer, Writer
TBA
Leica – A Century of VisionDirector, Writer, Producer
2025
Akris: Fashion With a HeritageDirector, Camera Operator, Producer, Writer
2024
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors DreamsDirector, Executive Producer, Writer, Camera Operator
2023
Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To BeWriter, Director, Director of Photography, Producer
2020
Martin Margiela: In His Own WordsDirector, Producer, Writer
2020
Das Kino ist tot, es lebe das Kino - Berlinale-BeobachtungenCamera Operator
2020
Willy Bogner - Durch Feuer und EisWriter, Cinematography, Director
2017
DriesDirector of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer
2013
2008
William Eggleston: PhotographerDirector, Writer
2002
August Sander: People of the 20th CenturyWriter, Director
2001
1997
Manhattan StorysSound
1995
1991
Der AutobahnkriegEditor, Sound