Werner Nekes

Biography

Werner Nekes was born in 1944 in Erfurt and studied linguistics and psychology in Freiburg. He then went to Bonn in 1964 where he was a head of the University Film Club and later chairman of the FIAG. He developed friendships with film directors, sculptors and painters. These included Dore 0., his companion and collaborator since 1967. He began painting in 1965 with diverse materials and objects. He started his practice of film with 8mm and went on with 16mm. He decided to free the film from narration and psychology and organized his films according to temporal units and structural systems. In spring 1967, his films were rejected by the Kurzfilmtage of Oberhausen. Thus, Nekes organized a counter-event. The same year in November, he comes to Hamburg with Dore 0., whom he marries the following month. He was a co-founder of the Hamburg cooperative of filmmakers and was a co-organizer of the « Hamburger Filmschau » in 1967. From 1973, he travelled all over the world to make seminaries about film theory and retrospectives. He moved to Mülheim an der Ruhr in summer 1978. He co-founded the Filmbüro NW in 1980 and the ICNC (International Center for New Cinema) in Riga in 1988. His w…

Directed

1. Start (1966) — Director
2. Johnny Flash (1986) — Director
3. T-Wo-Men (1972) — Director
4. Film Before Film (1987) — Director
5. Uliisses (1982) — Director
6. Diwan (1974) — Director
7. Jüm-Jüm (1967) — Director
8. Hynningen (1974) — Director
9. Beuys (1981) — Director
10. Makimono (1974) — Director
11. The Day of the Painter (1997) — Director
12. Amalgam I-IV (1976) — Director
13. Abbandono (1970) — Director
14. Kelek (1968) — Director
15. Multi-Thousand Picture Show (1996) — Director
16. Vis-à-vis (1968) — Director
17. Lagado (1977) — Director
18. Alternatim (1974) — Director
19. Mirador (1978) — Director
20. Das Seminar (1967) — Director
21. Schnitte für Ababa (1967) — Director
22. Schwarzhuhnbraunhuhnschwarzhuhnweißhuhnrothuhnweiß oder put-putt (1967) — Director
23. Fehlstart (1966) — Director
24. Artikel (1966) — Director
25. Hurrycan (1979) — Director
26. Gewebe (1976) — Director
27. Geflecht (1976) — Director
28. Bogen (1967) — Director
29. Gurtrug N°1 (1967) — Director
30. Beyond the Image (1996) — Director
31. Pictures Come to Life (1996) — Director
32. The Ambiguous Image and Space (1996) — Director
33. The Magic Drum (1996) — Director
34. Textur (1976) — Director
35. Knoten (1976) — Director
36. Downup (2010) — Director
37. Womanbird (2008) — Director
38. K/örper (1967) — Director
39. Sun-A-Mul (1974) — Director
40. Moto (1974) — Director

Also appeared in

1. 00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter (1994) — Man in Swimclothing
2. Start (1966)
3. Film Before Film (1987) — Self
4. Eva Hesse (2016) — Self
5. Cinématon (1978) — N°261
6. Diwan (1974)
7. Uliisses (1982)
8. Werner Nekes - Life Between the Pictures (2017) — Self
9. Vis-à-vis (1968)
10. Kaskara (1974)
11. The Critical Mass (1999) — Himself
12. Blonde Barbarei (1973)
13. Bambi (1948) — Self
14. Home Movies 1971-81 (1985)
15. Cinématon XXVII (1982) — N°261
16. Cinématon n°261 : Werner Nekes (1982)
17. EXPRMNTL (2016) — Himself
18. Mama, da steht ein Mann (1968)