Biography
His family emigrated to Uruguay in 1939. 1956 scholarship at the Hochschule der Kuenste (HDK) in Berlin, Germany. Between 1959 and 1964 he worked at the German TV channel Suedwestfunk, first as an assistant, later as a director. 1967/68 he was lecturer at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie in Berlin. Co-founder of the German distributor Filmverlag der Autoren. Since 1985 headmaster of the section Film- und Medienkunst at the Akademie der Kuenste in Berlin.
Directed
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David (1979) — Director
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Dear Mr. Wonderful (1982) — Director
- Malatesta (1970) — Director
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The Uprising (1980) — Director
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The Autograph (1984) — Director
- Horror (1969) — Director
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Camilo: The Long Road to Disobedience (2008) — Director
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The Silence of the Poet (1987) — Director
- Das Martyrium des Peter OHey (1964) — Director
- Claire (1967) — Director
- Die Nachbarskinder (1960) — Director
- Der Beginn (1966) — Director
- Bit by Bit (1962) — Director
- Abschied (1966) — Director
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Noon in Tunisia (1969) — Director
- Tramp or the Only and Incomparable Lenny Jacobsen (1968) — Director
- Robert (1966) — Director
- Verbrechen mit Vorbedacht (1967) — Director
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Jakob von Gunten (1971) — Director
- Hauptlehrer Hofer (1975) — Director
- Ein Fremder (2001) — Director
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Es herrscht Ruhe im Land (1975) — Director
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La Victoria (1973) — Director
- Die Sonne angreifen (1971) — Director
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Angesichts der Wälder (1995) — Director
- Biographie eines Schokoladentages (1961) — Director
- Jede Stunde verletzt und die letzte tötet (1963) — Director
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Shirley Chisholm for President (1972) — Director
- Seraphine or the Wonderful Story of Aunt Flora (1965) — Director
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Der Radfahrer von San Cristóbal (1988) — Director
- Kadir (1977) — Director
Also appeared in
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The American Friend (1977) — Marcangelo
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Milo-Milo (1979) — Government member
- Starbuck Holger Meins (2002) — Self
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Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers (2008) — Self
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Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1972) — Carlos
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The Foundling (1967)
- Who is Helene Schwarz? (2005) — Self
- Ein Fremder (2001) — Narrator (voice)
- Julius geht nach Amerika (1984) — Vertreter
- German Film Award (1951) — Self
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Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben (2008) — Self
- Grimme Award (1964) — Self