Elfi Mikesch

Biography

Elfi Mikesch was born on May 31, 1940 in Judenburg, Styria, Austria. She is a cinematographer and director, known for Execution: A Story of Mary (1979), I Often Think of Hawaii (1978) and Malina (1991). She has been married to Fritz Mikesch since 1960.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Straw Into Gold (1997) — Self
2. Canale grande (1983)
3. Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Elfi Mikesch (2000) — Self
4. Mona Mur in Conversation (2025) — Self (archive footage)
5. Eine Hommage an Lautréamont (2011) — Self

Directed

1. Seduction: The Cruel Woman (1986) — Director
2. 24 Hours Berlin (2009) — Director
3. I Often Think of Hawaii (1978) — Director
4. Fever (2014) — Director
5. What Shall We Do Without Death (1980) — Director
6. Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter (2011) — Director
7. Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast (2001) — Director
8. Macumba (1982) — Director
9. Exekution: A Study of Mary (1979) — Director
10. The Hyena's Breakfast (1982) — Director
11. Die Markus Family (2001) — Director
12. Die blaue Distanz (1983) — Director
13. Marocain (1989) — Director
14. Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben (1997) — Director
15. Bombenwerfer (1996) — Director
16. Judenburg findet Stadt (2011) — Director
17. Die Straße als Erzählung (2022) — Director
18. Krieg oder Frieden (2024) — Director
19. Eine Hommage an Lautréamont (2011) — Director
20. Der Fluß (1994) — Director
21. I am a Poem (2012) — Director