Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing45
movieQuerelle
1982
Director
movieVeronika Voss
1982
Director
movieLola
1981
Director
movieTheater in Trance
1981
Director
movieLili Marleen
1981
Director
tvBerlin Alexanderplatz
1980
Director
movieThe Third Generation
1979
Director
movieIn a Year with 13 Moons
1978
Director
movieDespair
1978
Director
movieGermany in Autumn
1978
Director
movieWomen in New York
1977
Director
movieChinese Roulette
1977
Director
movieThe American Soldier
1976
Director
movieSatan’s Brew
1976
Director
movieFear of Fear
1975
Director
movieFox and His Friends
1975
Director
movieLike a Bird on a Wire
1975
Director
movieEffi Briest
1974
Director
movieMartha
1974
Director
movieAli: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
Director
movieNora Helmer
1974
Director
tvWorld on a Wire
1973
Director
movieJail Bait
1973
Director
movieBremen Freedom
1972
Director
movieBeware of a Holy Whore
1971
Director
movieWhity
1971
Director
moviePioneers in Ingolstadt
1971
Director
movieRio das Mortes
1971
Director
movieGods of the Plague
1970
Director
movieThe Coffee House
1970
Director
movieKatzelmacher
1969
Director
movieThe Little Chaos
1966
Director
movieThis Night
1966
Director
Ein Platz für Günter
1966
Assistant Director
movieThe City Tramp
1966
Director
Acting84
movieWim Wenders, Desperado
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieA German Youth
2015
Self (archive footage)
movieFassbinder
2015
Self (archive footage)
movieFassbinder: Love Without Demands
2015
Self (archive footage)
movieAlfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieOnce Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieMy Name Is Not Ali
2011
Self (archive footage)
movieDaniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
2010
Self (archive footage)
movieCounter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008
Self (archive footage)
Back to Room 666
2008
Self (archive footage)
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2006
Self (archive footage)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieFassbinder in Hollywood
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieFassbinder's Women
2000
Self (Archive footage)
movieI Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Last Trip to Harrisburg
1984
Voice of Man and Woman in Train (voice)
movieKamikaze '89
1982
Police Lieutenant Jansen
movieVeronika Voss
1982
Kinobesucher (uncredited)
movieLili Marleen
1981
Günther Weissenborn (uncredited)
tvBerlin Alexanderplatz
1980
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
movieIn a Year with 13 Moons
1978
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Little Godard
1978
Second Director
movieGermany in Autumn
1978
Self (uncredited)
movieAdolf and Marlene
1977
Hermann
movieThe American Soldier
1976
Franz Walsch (uncredited)
movieFox and His Friends
1975
Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf
movieEffi Briest
1974
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
tvAm laufenden Band
1974
Self - Guest
movieTenderness of the Wolves
1973
Wittowski
movieThe Ancestress
1971
Jaromir
movieWhity
1971
Saloon guest (uncredited)
movieMathias Kneißl
1971
Flecklbauer
movieSupergirl
1971
Man in Front of Shop Window
movieRio das Mortes
1971
Hannas Tanzpartner (uncredited)
movieHaytabo
1971
Courier
movieThe Niklashausen Journey
1970
Schwarzer Mönch
movieGods of the Plague
1970
Pornokunde
movieEnd of the Commune?
1970
Self (uncredited)
movieBaal
1970
Baal
movieKatzelmacher
1969
Jorgos
movieThe City Tramp
1966
Man #1 on Toilet
Writing48
moviePeter von Kant
2022
Original Story
movieGarbage, the City and Death
2012
Theatre Play
movieQuerelle
1982
Screenplay
movieVeronika Voss
1982
Screenplay
movieLola
1981
Screenplay
movieLili Marleen
1981
Screenplay
movieThe Third Generation
1979
Screenplay
movieGermany in Autumn
1978
Screenplay
movieSatan’s Brew
1976
Writer
movieShadow of Angels
1976
Theatre Play, Screenplay
movieFear of Fear
1975
Writer
movieLa Paloma
1974
Writer
movieEffi Briest
1974
Screenplay
movieMartha
1974
Screenplay
movieAli: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
Screenplay
tvWorld on a Wire
1973
Writer
movieJail Bait
1973
Writer, Screenplay
movieBremen Freedom
1972
Author
movieThe Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
Screenplay
movieWhity
1971
Screenplay
moviePioneers in Ingolstadt
1971
Screenplay
movieRio das Mortes
1971
Writer
movieGods of the Plague
1970
Screenplay
movieWhy Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970
Screenplay
movieLove Is Colder Than Death
1970
Screenplay
movieKatzelmacher
1969
Screenplay, Theatre Play
movieThis Night
1966
Writer
movieThe City Tramp
1966
Writer
Editing17
movieQuerelle
1982
Editor
movieLola
1981
Editor
movieLili Marleen
1981
Editor
movieDespair
1978
Editor
movieWhity
1971
Editor
movieRio das Mortes
1971
Editor
movieKatzelmacher
1969
Editor
movieThe City Tramp
1966
Editor
Production15
movieVeronika Voss
1982
Co-Producer
movieLola
1981
Line Producer
movieThe Third Generation
1979
Producer
movieIn a Year with 13 Moons
1978
Producer
movieAdolf and Marlene
1977
Producer
movieThe American Soldier
1976
Producer
movieFox and His Friends
1975
Producer
movieEffi Briest
1974
Producer
movieAli: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
Producer
movieGods of the Plague
1970
Producer
Art4
movieIn a Year with 13 Moons
1978
Art Direction
movieThe American Soldier
1976
Production Design
movieAli: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
Production Design
movieKatzelmacher
1969
Production Design
Creator3
tvBerlin Alexanderplatz
1980
Creator
tvWorld on a Wire
1973
Creator
Sound3
movieAli: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
Original Music Composer
movieThe Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
Original Music Composer
Camera2
movieThe Third Generation
1979
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
movieIn a Year with 13 Moons
1978
Director of Photography
Crew1
movieThis Night
1966
Cinematography