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Heinz Emigholz

Heinz Emigholz

Director · Born January 22, 1948 · Achim, Germany

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Biography

Born in 1948 near Bremen in Germany, Heinz Emigholz trained first as a draftsman before studying philosophy and literature in Hamburg. He began filmmaking in 1968 and has worked since 1973 as a filmmaker, artist, writer and producer in Germany and the USA. In 1974 he started his encyclopaedic drawing series The Basis of Make-Up . He looks back on numerous exhibitions, retrospectives, lectures and publications. In 1984 he started his film series Photography and beyond. He has held a professorship in Experimental Filmmaking at the Universität der Künste Berlin from 1993 to 2013, and co-founded the Institute for Time-based Media and the program Art and Media, there. Since 2012 member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. In 2003 Filmgalerie 451 started an edition of all his films on DVD. Publications a.o.: Krieg der Augen, Kreuz der Sinne (War of Eyes, Cross of Senses), Seit Freud gesagt hat, der Künstler heile seine Neurose selbst, heilen die Künstler ihre Neurosen selbst (Since Freud Said That the Artist Heals His Neuroses Himself, Artists Have Been Healing Their Neuroses Themselves), Normalsatz – Siebzehn Filme (Ordinary Sentence – Seventeen Films) and Das schwarze Schamquadrat (The Black Sqare of Shame) (all four books at Verlag Martin Schmitz); Die Basis des Make-Up (I) and (II), Der Begnadete Meier (Grace Jones), Kleine Enzyklopädie der Photographie (Little Encyclopaedia of Photography) and Die Basis des Make-Up (III) (in Die Republik No. 68-71, 76-78, 89-91, 94-97 and 123-125); Sense of Architecture with more than 600 photographs.

Directed 38

2020s

  1. 2025

    Ecce Mole

    Director

  2. 2024

    The Suit

    Director

  3. 2023

    Slaughterhouses of Modernity

    Director

  4. 2022

    Salamone, Pampa

    Director

  5. Mamani in El Alto

    Director

  6. 2021

    The Last City

    Director

  7. Casa Golly

    Director

  8. Antivilla

    Director

  9. 2020

    The Lobby

    Director

2010s

  1. 2019

    Years of Construction

    Director

  2. 2018

    Two Basilicas

    Director

  3. 2017

    Dieste [Uruguay]

    Director

  4. Streetscapes [Dialogue]

    Director

  5. 2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

    Director

  6. 2016

    Bickels [Socialism]

    Director

  7. Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief]

    Director

  8. 2014

    The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III

    Director

  9. Two Museums

    Director

  10. 2013

    Winter

    Director

  11. 2012

    Perret in France and Algeria

    Director

  12. Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete

    Director

2000s

  1. 2009

    Sense of Architecture

    Director

  2. 2008

    Loos Ornamental

    Director

  3. 2007

    Schindlers Häuser

    Director

  4. 2005

    D’Annunzio’s Cave

    Director

  5. 2003

    Goff in the Desert

    Director

  6. 2001

    Sullivan's Banks

    Director

  7. Maillart's Bridges

    Director

1990s

  1. 1991

    The Holy Bunch

    Director

1980s

  1. 1988

    The Meadow of Things

    Director

  2. 1985

    Die Basis des Make-Up

    Director

  3. 1982

    Ordinary Sentence

    Director

1970s

  1. 1976

    Wandsbek Gartenstück

    Director

  2. Schuhstück

    Director

  3. Cup Piece

    Director

  4. 1975

    Brooklyn Bathroom Piece

    Director

  5. Stair Piece

    Director

No release date

  1. Innsbruck, March 6th 2023

    Director

Acted in 14

2020s

  1. 2023

    Slaughterhouses of Modernity

    (voice over)

2000s

  1. 2009

    Saturn Returns

    Edgar

1980s

  1. 1988

    The Meadow of Things

    Movie

  2. 1985

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Movie

  3. 1984

    Fury Is a Feeling Too

    Movie

  4. Committed

    Dr. Kraus

  5. 1983

    Die blaue Distanz

    Voice at telephone

  6. 1982

    Ordinary Sentence

    Movie

  7. Macumba

    Vinzenz Nola

1970s

  1. 1978

    Four Shadows

    Movie

  2. 1977

    Der Ort der Handlung

    Movie

  3. 1976

    Bartleby

    Movie

Camera 11

2020s

  1. 2023

    Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben

    Director of Photography

  2. 2021

    The Last City

    Director of Photography

2010s

  1. 2017

    Dieste [Uruguay]

    Director of Photography

  2. 2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

    Director of Photography

  3. 2016

    Bickels [Socialism]

    Director of Photography

  4. 2014

    The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III

    Director of Photography

  5. Two Museums

    Camera Operator

2000s

  1. 2005

    D’Annunzio’s Cave

    Director of Photography

1990s

  1. 1991

    The Holy Bunch

    Director of Photography

1980s

  1. 1988

    She Must Be Seeing Things

    Director of Photography

  2. 1984

    Committed

    Director of Photography

Wrote 11

2020s

  1. 2023

    Slaughterhouses of Modernity

    Writer

  2. 2022

    Mamani in El Alto

    Screenplay

  3. 2021

    The Last City

    Writer

2010s

  1. 2017

    Dieste [Uruguay]

    Writer

  2. Streetscapes [Dialogue]

    Writer

  3. 2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

    Writer

  4. 2016

    Bickels [Socialism]

    Writer

2000s

  1. 2005

    D’Annunzio’s Cave

    Writer

  2. 2001

    Maillart's Bridges

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1991

    The Holy Bunch

    Screenplay

1980s

  1. 1982

    Ordinary Sentence

    Writer

Edited 10

2020s

  1. 2023

    Slaughterhouses of Modernity

    Editor

  2. 2022

    Mamani in El Alto

    Editor

  3. 2021

    The Last City

    Editor

  4. Antivilla

    Editor

2010s

  1. 2017

    Dieste [Uruguay]

    Editor

  2. Streetscapes [Dialogue]

    Editor

  3. 2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

    Editor

  4. 2016

    Bickels [Socialism]

    Editor

  5. 2014

    The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III

    Editor

1980s

  1. 1982

    Ordinary Sentence

    Editor

Other crew 4

2020s

  1. 2023

    Slaughterhouses of Modernity

    Cinematography

  2. 2022

    Mamani in El Alto

    Cinematography

  3. 2021

    Antivilla

    Cinematography

2010s

  1. 2017

    Streetscapes [Dialogue]

    Cinematography

Produced 1

2010s

  1. 2017

    2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

    Producer

Appearances1

1970s

  1. 1979

    Exekution: A Study of Mary

    Narrator (voice)

Thanked in the credits2

1980s

  1. 1989

    Virgin Machine

    Thanks

  2. 1988

    She Must Be Seeing Things

    Thanks