Harun Farocki

Directing • 220 Credits

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.

🎬 Directed Titles (75)

Directorial Filmography
Videograms of a Revolution

Videograms of a Revolution

1992 ⭐ 4.0
The Inextinguishable Fire

The Inextinguishable Fire

1969 ⭐ 3.1
Images of the World and the Inscription of War

Images of the World and the Inscription of War

1991 ⭐ 3.4
An Image

An Image

1983 ⭐ 2.9
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

1983 ⭐ 3.2
Prison Images

Prison Images

2000 ⭐ 3.6
Respite

Respite

2007 ⭐ 3.1
Still Life

Still Life

1997 ⭐ 3.5
How to Live in the German Federal Republic

How to Live in the German Federal Republic

1990 ⭐ 3.0
Workers Leaving the Factory

Workers Leaving the Factory

1995 ⭐ 3.2
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts

I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts

2000 ⭐ 3.3
The Expression of Hands

The Expression of Hands

1997 ⭐ 3.1
Between Two Wars

Between Two Wars

1978 ⭐ 3.3
As You See

As You See

1986 ⭐ 3.5
Memories

Memories

2007 ⭐ 2.8
War at a Distance

War at a Distance

2003 ⭐ 3.2
A Day in the Life of a Consumer

A Day in the Life of a Consumer

1993 ⭐ 2.9
The Appearance

The Appearance

1996 ⭐ 3.3
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser

Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser

1986 ⭐ 3.3
In Comparison

In Comparison

2009 ⭐ 3.3
Nothing Ventured

Nothing Ventured

2004 ⭐ 3.5
The Creators of the Shopping Worlds

The Creators of the Shopping Worlds

2001 ⭐ 3.3
Words and Games

Words and Games

1998 ⭐ 3.3
A New Product

A New Product

2012 ⭐ 3.3
Interface

Interface

1995 ⭐ 3.3
The Double Face of Peter Lorre

The Double Face of Peter Lorre

1984 ⭐ 2.9
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith

Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith

1988 ⭐ 3.1
Übertragung

Übertragung

2007 ⭐ 3.1
White Christmas

White Christmas

1968 ⭐ 2.9
Their Newspapers

Their Newspapers

1968 ⭐ 3.5
Aufstellung

Aufstellung

2005 ⭐ 5.0
Eye / Machine II

Eye / Machine II

2002 ⭐ 4.5
Eye / Machine I

Eye / Machine I

2001 ⭐ 4.5
Eye / Machine III

Eye / Machine III

2003 ⭐ 5.0
The Leading Role

The Leading Role

1994 ⭐ 3.5
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam

Before Your Eyes - Vietnam

1982 ⭐ 3.5
Betrayed

Betrayed

1985 ⭐ 4.5
Parallel I–IV

Parallel I–IV

2014 ⭐ 4.0
The Words of the Chairman

The Words of the Chairman

2025 ⭐ 4.0
Serious Games 1–4

Serious Games 1–4

2011 ⭐ 4.0
Counter-Music

Counter-Music

2004 ⭐ 3.5
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow

Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow

2010 ⭐ 5.0
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead

Serious Games 2 – Three Dead

2010 ⭐ 5.0
Serious Games 3 – Immersion

Serious Games 3 – Immersion

2010 ⭐ 5.0
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"

Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"

2010 ⭐ 5.0
The Campaign Volunteer

The Campaign Volunteer

1967 ⭐ 5.0
Everybody a Berliner Kindl

Everybody a Berliner Kindl

1966 ⭐ 5.0
The Taste of Life

The Taste of Life

1979 ⭐ 4.0
A Picture of Sarah Schumann

A Picture of Sarah Schumann

1978 ⭐ 4.5
About Narration

About Narration

2025 ⭐ 4.0
Two Paths

Two Paths

1966 ⭐ 3.5
Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets

Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets

1969 ⭐ 3.5
Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin

Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin

1969 ⭐ 4.0
Make Up

Make Up

2025 ⭐ 5.0
Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life

Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life

2025 ⭐ 4.5
Industry and Photography

Industry and Photography

1979 ⭐ 4.5
Something Self Explanatory (15x)

Something Self Explanatory (15x)

1971 ⭐ 5.0
Brunner is Next

Brunner is Next

1973 ⭐ 4.0
Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen

Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen

1987 ⭐ 3.5
Camera and Reality

Camera and Reality

1992 ⭐ 4.0
Sauerbruch Hutton Architects

Sauerbruch Hutton Architects

2013
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

1975
The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television

The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television

1973
The Silver and the Cross

The Silver and the Cross

2010
Deep Play

Deep Play

2007
On Construction of Griffith’s Films

On Construction of Griffith’s Films

2006
Bedtime Stories: Railways

Bedtime Stories: Railways

1977
Bedtime Stories: Cat

Bedtime Stories: Cat

1977
Bedtime Stories: Ships

Bedtime Stories: Ships

1977
Bedtime Stories: Bridges

Bedtime Stories: Bridges

1977
Die Teilung aller Tage

Die Teilung aller Tage

1970
Filmbooks

Filmbooks

1986
Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"

Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"

1983
Confusion

Confusion

2017
Indoctrination

Indoctrination

1987

✍️ Written & Story Credits (49)

Screenplay, Novel & Story
Barbara

Barbara

2012 ⭐ 3.6
Writer
The State I Am In

The State I Am In

2001 ⭐ 3.4
Writer
Ghosts

Ghosts

2005 ⭐ 3.0
Screenplay
Videograms of a Revolution

Videograms of a Revolution

1992 ⭐ 4.0
Writer
The Inextinguishable Fire

The Inextinguishable Fire

1969 ⭐ 3.1
Screenplay
Images of the World and the Inscription of War

Images of the World and the Inscription of War

1991 ⭐ 3.4
Writer
Cuba Libre

Cuba Libre

1996 ⭐ 3.1
Screenplay
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

1983 ⭐ 3.2
Screenplay
Prison Images

Prison Images

2000 ⭐ 3.6
Screenplay
Still Life

Still Life

1997 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
Respite

Respite

2007 ⭐ 3.1
Writer
Workers Leaving the Factory

Workers Leaving the Factory

1995 ⭐ 3.2
Writer
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts

I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts

2000 ⭐ 3.3
Screenplay
As You See

As You See

1986 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
The Expression of Hands

The Expression of Hands

1997 ⭐ 3.1
Writer
Between Two Wars

Between Two Wars

1978 ⭐ 3.3
Writer
Memories

Memories

2007 ⭐ 2.8
Story
War at a Distance

War at a Distance

2003 ⭐ 3.2
Screenplay
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser

Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser

1986 ⭐ 3.3
Writer
A New Product

A New Product

2012 ⭐ 3.3
Writer
In Comparison

In Comparison

2009 ⭐ 3.3
Writer
Nothing Ventured

Nothing Ventured

2004 ⭐ 3.5
Screenplay
Words and Games

Words and Games

1998 ⭐ 3.3
Screenplay
The Creators of the Shopping Worlds

The Creators of the Shopping Worlds

2001 ⭐ 3.3
Writer
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith

Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith

1988 ⭐ 3.1
Writer
Interface

Interface

1995 ⭐ 3.3
Writer
The Double Face of Peter Lorre

The Double Face of Peter Lorre

1984 ⭐ 2.9
Writer
White Christmas

White Christmas

1968 ⭐ 2.9
Writer
Their Newspapers

Their Newspapers

1968 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
Eye / Machine III

Eye / Machine III

2003 ⭐ 5.0
Screenplay
Eye / Machine I

Eye / Machine I

2001 ⭐ 4.5
Screenplay
Eye / Machine II

Eye / Machine II

2002 ⭐ 4.5
Screenplay
Betrayed

Betrayed

1985 ⭐ 4.5
Screenplay
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead

Serious Games 2 – Three Dead

2010 ⭐ 5.0
Writer
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow

Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow

2010 ⭐ 5.0
Writer
Serious Games 3 – Immersion

Serious Games 3 – Immersion

2010 ⭐ 5.0
Writer
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"

Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"

2010 ⭐ 5.0
Writer
The Campaign Volunteer

The Campaign Volunteer

1967 ⭐ 5.0
Screenplay
Everybody a Berliner Kindl

Everybody a Berliner Kindl

1966 ⭐ 5.0
Writer
The Words of the Chairman

The Words of the Chairman

2025 ⭐ 4.0
Writer
Two Paths

Two Paths

1966 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin

Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin

1969 ⭐ 4.0
Writer
Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets

Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets

1969 ⭐ 3.5
Writer
A Picture of Sarah Schumann

A Picture of Sarah Schumann

1978 ⭐ 4.5
Writer
Something Self Explanatory (15x)

Something Self Explanatory (15x)

1971 ⭐ 5.0
Writer
Brunner is Next

Brunner is Next

1973 ⭐ 4.0
Writer
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

1975
Writer
Bent or Broken

Bent or Broken

1975 ⭐ 4.5
Screenplay
Indoctrination

Indoctrination

1987
Writer

🎭 Acting Roles (30)

Ranked by Prestige & Popularity
A German Youth

A German Youth

2015 ⭐ 3.5
as Self (archive footage)
The Inextinguishable Fire

The Inextinguishable Fire

1969 ⭐ 3.1
Class Relations

Class Relations

1984 ⭐ 3.4
as Delamarche
Images of the World and the Inscription of War

Images of the World and the Inscription of War

1991 ⭐ 3.4
as Self (uncredited)
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

1983 ⭐ 3.2
Cinématon

Cinématon

1978 ⭐ 2.5
as N°1068
Workers Leaving the Factory

Workers Leaving the Factory

1995 ⭐ 3.2
as Narrador
Es stirbt allerdings ein jeder, fragt sich nur wie und wie Du gelebt hast (Holger Meins)

Es stirbt allerdings ein jeder, fragt sich nur wie und wie Du gelebt hast (Holger Meins)

1976 ⭐ 3.5
Between Two Wars

Between Two Wars

1978 ⭐ 3.3
The Expression of Hands

The Expression of Hands

1997 ⭐ 3.1
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser

Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser

1986 ⭐ 3.3
Interface

Interface

1995 ⭐ 3.3
as Self
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith

Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith

1988 ⭐ 3.1
as Self
Their Newspapers

Their Newspapers

1968 ⭐ 3.5
Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011).

Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011).

2014 ⭐ 2.0
as Harun Farocki
A Picture of Sarah Schumann

A Picture of Sarah Schumann

1978 ⭐ 4.5
as Self / Interviewer
Kampf um ein Kind

Kampf um ein Kind

1975 ⭐ 3.5
About Narration

About Narration

2025 ⭐ 4.0
Something Self Explanatory (15x)

Something Self Explanatory (15x)

1971 ⭐ 5.0
Kulturplatz

Kulturplatz

2004 ⭐ 3.0
as Self
Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"

Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations"

1983
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

1975
as (voice)
Palette revisited

Palette revisited

2005
3000 Houses

3000 Houses

1967 ⭐ 4.5
"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics

"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics

1981
as Self
Die Teilung aller Tage

Die Teilung aller Tage

1970
Putting Things Straight

Putting Things Straight

1979
EXPRMNTL

EXPRMNTL

2016
as Himself
Break the Power of the Manipulators

Break the Power of the Manipulators

1968
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

2026
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)