Monika Treut

Biography

Monika Treut (1954, Mönchengladbach, Germany) is an award-winning director and writer of documentaries and features. She has been teaching film at various universities in the U.S. and served on juries at international film festivals like Toronto (TIFF), Amsterdam (IDFA), and many others. At the Berlin Film Festival 2017, she was awarded the Special Teddy for her lifetime achievement.

Directed

1. Of Girls and Horses (2014) — Director
2. Ghosted (2009) — Director
3. Erotique (1994) — Director
4. Seduction: The Cruel Woman (1986) — Director
5. Virgin Machine (1989) — Director
6. Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities (1999) — Director
7. Female Misbehavior (1992) — Director
8. My Father Is Coming (1991) — Director
9. Danish Girls Show Everything (1996) — Director
10. Didn't Do It For Love (1998) — Director
11. Annie (1989) — Director
12. Max (1992) — Director
13. Genderation (2021) — Director
14. Warrior of Light (2001) — Director
15. Bondage (1983) — Director
16. The Raw and the Cooked (2012) — Director
17. Zona Norte (2016) — Director
18. Made in Taiwan (2005) — Director
19. Dr. Paglia (1992) — Director
20. Tigerwomen Grow Wings (2005) — Director
21. Begegnung mit Werner Schroeter (2003) — Director
22. Cooking Up Democracy (2026) — Director
23. Axensprung (2003) — Director
24. Space-Chaser im Sperrgebiet (1981) — Director
25. Fucking Different Generations (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities (1999) — Self
2. Lavender Limelight (1998) — Self
3. Genderation (2021) — Self
4. Domenica. Alle kommen, keiner war da (1994) — Sozialarbeiterin
5. Acting Out: 25 Years of Queer Film & Community in Hamburg (2014) — Monika Treut
6. Masculinity/Femininity (2015) — Self
7. Mona Mur in Conversation (2025) — Self (archive footage)
8. No Mercy (2026) — Self
9. I Wonder in Pornoland (1991) — Self
10. Fucking Different Generations (2026)
11. Porn Culture (2019) — Self