Auteur

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

1945–1982 · German filmmaker, playwright and actor

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, dramatist and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. He directed over 40 films that span a variety of genres; frequently his work blends elements of Hollywood melodrama with social criticism and avant-garde techniques. His films, according to him, explored "the exploitability of feelings". His work was deeply rooted in post-war German culture: the aftermath of Nazism, the German economic miracle and the Red Army Faction. Early on, Fassbinder focused on marginalized figures in the city—migrant workers, prisoners, and gay people. He worked with a company of actors and technicians who frequently appeared in his projects.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, in order

  1. 1966 The City Tramp (short film): directed, wrote
  2. 1966 This Night (short film): directed, wrote
  3. 1967 Das kleine Chaos (short film): directed, wrote, acted
  4. 1968 The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp (short film): acted · directed by Jean-Marie Straub
  5. 1969 Gods of the Plague: directed, wrote, produced, acted
  6. 1969 Katzelmacher: directed, wrote, produced, acted
  7. 1969 Love Is Colder Than Death: directed, wrote, produced, acted
  8. 1970 Baal: acted · directed by Volker Schlöndorff
  9. 1970 Pioneers in Ingolstadt (TV movie): directed, wrote, acted
  10. 1970 Rio das Mortes (TV movie): directed, wrote, acted
  11. 1970 The American Soldier: directed, wrote, acted
  12. 1970 The Coffee Shop (TV movie): directed, wrote
  13. 1970 The Niklashausen Journey (TV movie): directed, wrote, acted
  14. 1970 Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?: directed, wrote, acted
  15. 1971 Beware of a Holy Whore: directed, wrote, acted
  16. 1971 Mathias Kneissl (TV movie): acted · directed by Reinhard Hauff
  17. 1971 Supergirl – Das Mädchen von den Sternen (TV movie): acted · directed by Rudolf Thome
  18. 1971 The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (TV movie): acted · directed by Volker Schlöndorff
  19. 1971 Whity: directed, wrote, acted
  20. 1972 Bremen Freedom (TV movie): directed, wrote, acted
  21. 1972 Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (TV series): directed, wrote, created
  22. 1972 Jail Bait (TV movie): directed, wrote
  23. 1972 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant: directed, wrote, produced
  24. 1972 The Merchant of Four Seasons: directed, wrote, created, produced, acted
  25. 1973 The Tenderness of Wolves: produced, acted · directed by Ulli Lommel
  26. 1973 World on a Wire (TV movie): directed, wrote, created
  27. 1974 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul: directed, wrote, produced, acted
  28. 1974 Effi Briest: directed, wrote, acted
  29. 1974 Martha: directed, wrote
  30. 1974 Nora Helmer (TV movie): directed, wrote, produced
  31. 1975 Fear of Fear (TV movie): directed, wrote
  32. 1975 Fox and His Friends: directed, wrote, produced, acted
  33. 1975 Like a Bird on a Wire (TV movie): directed
  34. 1975 Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven: directed, wrote, acted
  35. 1975 Rainer Werner Fassbinder: acted · directed by Christian Braad Thomsen
  36. 1976 Chinese Roulette: directed, wrote
  37. 1976 I Only Want You To Love Me (TV movie): directed, wrote, acted
  38. 1976 Satan's Brew: directed, wrote
  39. 1976 Shadow of Angels: acted · directed by Daniel Schmid
  40. 1977 Adolf and Marlene: acted · directed by Ulli Lommel
  41. 1977 The Stationmaster's Wife (TV movie): directed, wrote
  42. 1977 Women in New York (TV movie): directed
  43. 1978 Despair: directed, acted
  44. 1978 Germany in Autumn: directed, wrote, acted
  45. 1978 Germany in Autumn. Episode 02: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (short film): directed
  46. 1978 In a Year of 13 Moons: directed, wrote, produced, acted
  47. 1979 The Marriage of Maria Braun: directed, wrote, acted
  48. 1979 The Third Generation: directed, wrote, produced, acted
  49. 1980 Berlin Alexanderplatz (TV series): directed, wrote, created, acted
  50. 1980 Wissen ist Macht und Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund (TV movie): directed
  51. 1981 Lili Marleen: directed, wrote, acted
  52. 1981 Lola: directed, wrote
  53. 1981 Rainer Werner Fassbinder: My Dream of the Dream of Franz Biberkopf: On the Death of a Child and the Birth of a Useful One (TV movie): directed, wrote
  54. 1981 Theater in Trance: directed
  55. 1982 Kamikaze 1989: acted · directed by Wolf Gremm
  56. 1982 Querelle: directed, wrote
  57. 1982 Room 666: acted · directed by Wim Wenders · audiences 53% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  58. 1982 Veronika Voss: directed, wrote, produced, acted
  59. 2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series): acted · directed by Mark Cousins · critics 86%, audiences 90% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  60. 2012 Garbage, the City and Death: wrote · directed by Jan Hřebejk
  61. 2015 Fassbinder: acted · directed by Annekatrin Hendel
  62. 2015 Fassbinder - To Love Without Demands: acted · directed by Christian Braad Thomsen