Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Biography
He was born in the Bavarian town of Bad Wörishofen. In his short life he not only made 43 films (including two shorts and the 15 1/2 hour Berlin Alexanderplatz), but he also worked as an actor (film and theatre), cameraman, composer, designer, editor, producer and theatre manager.Fassbinder's prodigious cinematic output is legendary. He made, on average, a film every hundred days. His intense discipline and phenomenal creative energy when working were in violent contrast with the excesses of abasement and tortured relationships of his personal life with the people he drew around him in a surrogate family of actors (including Kurt Raab and Hanna Schygulla), technicians and cameramen (notably Michael Ballhaus) in a similar way to John Cassavetes.
Fassbinder died of a drug overdose at the age of 37. There is debate as to whether this was a deliberate drug overdose. His death is often considered to mark the end of New German Cinema.
There is a biography in English, Fassbinder: The Life and Work of a Provocative Genius by Christian Braad Thomsen, translated by Martin Chalmers (ISBN 0-571-17842-1).
Major works
| Year | English Title | German Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Love Is Colder than Death | Liebe ist kälter als der Tod | Film |
| 1969 | Katzelmacher | Katzelmacher | Film |
| 1969 | Gods of the Plague | Götter der Pest | Film |
| 1969 | Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? | Warum läuft Herr R. Amok? | Film |
| 1970 | Rio Das Mortes | Rio das Mortes | TV |
| 1970 | Whity | Whity | Film |
| 1970 | The Niklashausen Journey | Die Niklashauser Fahrt | TV |
| 1970 | The American Soldier | Der Amerikanische Soldat | Film |
| 1970 | Beware of a Holy Whore | Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte | Film |
| 1971 | Pioneers in Ingolstadt | Pioniere in Ingolstadt | Film |
| 1971 | The Merchant of Four Seasons | Händler der vier Jahreszeiten | Film |
| 1972 | The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant | Die bitteren Tränen der Petra Von Kant | Film |
| 1972 | Jail Bait (1972) | Wildwechsel | Film |
| 1972 | Eight Hours Are Not A Day | Acht Stunden sind kein Tag | TV |
| 1973 | World on a Wire | Welt am Draht | TV |
| 1973 | Martha | Martha | TV |
| 1973 | Angst essen Seele auf | Film | |
| 1974 | Effi Briest | Fontane Effi Briest | Film |
| 1974 | Fox and His Friends | Faustrecht der Freiheit | Film |
| 1975 | Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven | Mütter Küsters Fahrt zum Himmel | Film |
| 1976 | I Only Want You to Love Me | Ich will doch nur, dass Ihr mich liebt | TV |
| 1976 | Satan's Brew | Satansbraten | Film |
| 1976 | Chinese Roulette | Chinesisches Roulette | Film |
| 1977 | The Stationmaster's Wife | Bolwieser | Film |
| 1977 | Despair | Eine Reise Ins Licht-Despair | Film |
| 1978 | Germany in Autumn | Deutschland Im Herbst | Film |
| 1978 | The Marriage of Maria Braun | Die Ehe der Maria Braun | Film |
| 1978 | In a Year with Thirteen Moons | In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden | Film |
| 1979 | The Third Generation | Die dritte Generation | Film |
| 1980 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | Berlin Alexanderplatz | TV |
| 1980 | Lili Marleen | Lili Marleen | Film |
| 1981 | Lola | Lola | Film |
| 1982 | Veronika Voss | Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss | Film |
| 1982 | Querelle | Querelle | Film |
| 1975 | Garbage, the City and Death | Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod | Theater |
Bibliographies
External links
- http://www.fassbinderfoundation.de
- http://www.rafamorata.com/fassbinder.html
- [Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database]
- [filmportal.de] including biography, filmography, photos, texts
- [Rainer Fassbinder's Gravesite]
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