Harun Farocki

Known for

Directing

Born

January 9, 1944

Birthplace

Neutitschein, Sudetenland

Died

July 30, 2014 (aged 70)

Biography

Harun Farocki was a German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film. He made over 90 films, the vast majority of them short experimental documentaries.

Best known work

Phoenix

2014

Barbara

2012

Yella

2007

The State I Am In

2001

Ghosts

2005

A German Youth

2015

Videograms of a Revolution

1992

The Inextinguishable Fire

1969

Class Relations

1984

Images of the World and the Inscription of War

1991

Filmography

TBA
Cinématon n°1068 : Harun Farocki
TBA
Häuser 1–2
Director
2026
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Single. A Record is Being Produced
Script, Director
2025
About Narration
Director
2025
Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life
Director
2025
Make Up
Director
2025
The Words of the Chairman
Director, Writer
2020
Labour in a Single Shot
Director
2017
Confusion
Director
2016
EXPRMNTL
as Himself
2015
As If We Were Somebody Else
Dramaturgy
2015
A German Youth
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Phoenix
Co-Writer
2014
Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011).
as Harun Farocki
2014
Parallel I–IV
Director
2013
Sauerbruch Hutton Architects
Director
2012
A New Product
Editor, Writer, Director
2012
Barbara
Writer
2011
Serious Games 1–4
Director
2010
Repouring, Variation 1
Director
2010
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead
Director, Editor, Writer
2010
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
Director, Editor, Writer
2010
Serious Games 3 – Immersion
Director, Writer, Editor
2010
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"
Director, Writer, Editor