Werner Schroeter
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| Born | 7 April 1945 Georgenthal, Germany |
| Died | 12 April 2010 (aged 65) Hesse, Germany |
| Occupation | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1967 - 2008 |
Werner Schroeter (7 April 1945 – 12 April 2010) was a German film director and screenwriter,[1][2] who some consider among the most important German writer-directors of the post-war period.
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[edit] Biography
Schroeter had also worked in film as a producer, cinematographer, editor and actor. In the later function he appeared in several films directed by his friend Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including Beware of a Holy Whore (1971), and a number of theatre productions.
His 1980 film Palermo oder Wolfsburg, telling the story of a Sicilian guest worker in Germany, won the Golden Bear at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival,[3] while his 1991 production Malina was entered into that year's Cannes Film Festival.[4]
At the time of his death, Schroeter had been organizing a photography exhibit with art dealer friend Christian Holzfuss featuring his own work, most of which were manipulated portraits of the many actresses he had worked with throughout the years.[5]
[edit] Filmography
- 1968 La morte d'Isotta
- 1968 Grotesk - Burlesk - Pittoresk
- 1969 Nicaragua
- 1969 Eika Katappa
- 1970 Anglia
- 1970 Der Bomberpilot (TV movie)
- 1971 Salome (TV movie)
- 1971 Macbeth (TV movie)
- 1972 Der Tod der Maria Malibran
- 1973 Willow Springs
- 1975 Der schwarze Engel
- 1976 Goldflocken
- 1978 The Reign of Naples
- 1980 Weiße Reise
- 1980 Palermo oder Wolfsburg
- 1982 Liebeskonzil
- 1986 Der Rosenkönig
- 1991 Malina
- 2002 Two
- 2008 This Night
[edit] Shorts
- 1967 Verona
- 1968 Virginia's Death
- 1968 Übungen mit Darstellern
- 1968 Paula - Je reviens
- 1968 Mona Lisa
- 1968 Maria Callas Porträt
- 1968 Himmel hoch
- 1968/II Faces
- 1968 Callas Walking Lucia
- 1968 Callas-Text mit Doppelbeleuchtung
- 1968 Aggressionen
- 1969 Neurasia
- 1969 Argila
- 1975 Johannas Traum
[edit] Documentaries
- 1981 Tag der Idioten
- 1980 Die Generalprobe
- 1983 Der lachende Stern
- 1986 De l'Argentine
- 1986 Auf der Suche nach der Sonne
- 1996 Poussières d'amour - Abfallprodukte der Liebe
- 2000 The Queen
[edit] Personal life
In the 1960s, Schroeter worked with Rosa von Praunheim, who is also gay.[6] Schroeter has also worked as a theater and opera director, in Germany and elsewhere. In the late 1970s Schroeter met the Irish artist Reginald Gray at a collection of Yves Saint Laurent in Paris. Gray painted a portrait of Schroeter.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Obituary New York Times, 22 April 2010; page A26.
- ^ Obituary London Guardian, 23 April 2010.
- ^ "Berlinale 1980: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1980/03_preistr_ger_1980/03_Preistraeger_1980.html. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Malina". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/89/year/1991.html. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ Gifts After Death: The Photos of Late Filmmaker Werner Schroeter at ARTINFO.com
- ^ Aldrich, Robert F.; Garry Wotherspoon (2001). Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II. Routledge. p. 336. ISBN 041522974X.
- ^ Portrait of Werner Schroeter by Reginald Gray
- Langford, Michelle. Allegorical Images: Tableau, Time and Gesture in the Cinema of Werner Schroeter. ISBN 1841501387.
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