Klaus Wyborny

Biography

Klaus Wyborny (b.June 5, 1945 in Bittkau bei Magdeburg; lives and works in Hamburg) is a German filmmaker, producer, film director, actor, cameraman and screenwriter, known for his experimental films. Klaus Wyborny studied from 1963 to 1970 Theoretical Physics at the University of Hamburg and the Yeshiva University in New York City. Wyborny was co-founder in 1968, with Hellmuth Costard, Thomas Struck, Werner Nekes, Helmut Herbst, Werner Grassmann, and others, of the Hamburger Filmmacher Cooperative, which took the New American Cinema as an example and would develop an European version of American underground cinema. He worked for the literary journals BOA VISTA and Henry, and was co-founder of the 'Hamburger Filmgespräche'. Klaus Wyborny participated with others in the Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 with Das abenteuerliche, aber glücklose Leben des William Parmagino, Dallas Texas - After the Goldrush, Chimney Piece and A Crowd in the Face, and Percy McPhee in the section Film review: New European Cinema on the Documenta 6 (1977). Wyborny participated in 1975, 1980-1982, 1986, 1992 and 1994 at the International Forum of New Cinema in Berlin. He was also several times (2002, 2005, 2010) represented at the Viennale Festival in Vienna. In 2003 he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe.

Known for

The Birth of a Nation

30 May 1973

Werner Nekes - Das Leben zwischen den Bildern

Klammer auf Klammer zu

1 November 1966

The Fantastic World of Matthew Madson

22 May 1974

The critical mass

1 July 1999

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2017	Werner Nekes - Das Leben zwischen den Bildern	Self
1999	The critical mass	Himself
1991	The Holy Bunch
1988	Burning Beds
1985	Home Movies 1971-81
1978	Four Shadows
1974	Diwan
1974	The Fantastic World of Matthew Madson
1973	The Birth of a Nation	Narrator
1966	Klammer auf Klammer zu

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2016	Cinéma Vérité	Director
2016	Cinéma Vérité	Director of Photography
2016	Britain’s Glory	Director
2016	Britain’s Glory	Editor
2016	Britain’s Glory	Director of Photography
2015	The Light of the World	Writer
2015	The Light of the World	Director of Photography
2015	The Light of the World	Producer
2015	The Light of the World	Editor
2015	The Light of the World	Director
2014	Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum)	Director
2014	Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum)	Producer
2014	Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum)	Editor
2014	Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum)	Writer
2014	Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum)	Director of Photography
2012	Syrakus	Director
2012	Syrakus	Editor
2012	Syrakus	Director of Photography
2012	Syrakus	Writer
2010	Studies for the Decay of the West	Director
2010	Studies for the Decay of the West	Editor
2010	Studies for the Decay of the West	Director of Photography
2010	Studies for the Decay of the West	Original Music Composer
2010	Studies for the Decay of the West	Writer
2010	Durs Grünbein liest die dritte Satire des Juvenal	Director
2009	Begegnung mit Werner Schroeter	Director
2009	The Last Year	Director
2006	Hommage an Ludwig van Beethoven	Director
2005	D’Annunzio’s Cave	Director of Photography
2005	Histoire du cinema	Director
2004	Another World (Song of the Earth Part 2)	Director
2003	Sulla	Writer
2003	Sulla	Director
2003	Sulla	Editor
2003	Sulla	Director of Photography
1995	The Narthex-Mosaics of San Marco in Venice	Director
1994	From the Age of Recklessness (Song of the Earth Part 4)	Director
1994	Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Schlachtfeld	Director
1993	The Open Universe	Director
1992	Abandoned; Lost; Lonely, Cold (Song of the Earth Part 3)	Director
1985	At the Edge of Darkness (Song of the Earth Part 1)	Director
1985	Grace, Things (Song of the Earth Part 5)	Director
1982	2084	Director
1981	Richard	Director
1981	Elementary Editing Theory	Director
1981	The Blanket of Life	Director
1981	3 Miniatures after Melanie Klein	Director
1980	The Scenic Sacrifice	Director
1979	Potpourri from "East of No West"	Director
1978	Unreachable Homeless - Sonata on Film	Director
1977	6 Small Pieces of Film	Director
1977	Valiantly Towards the Waves	Director
1977	Der Ort der Handlung	Producer
1977	Der Ort der Handlung	Writer
1977	Der Ort der Handlung	Director
1977	Der Ort der Handlung	Director of Photography
1976	Housefilm	Director
1976	Syntax	Director
1976	Bartleby	Director
1975	Flight from SF to NYC	Director
1975	Pictures of the Lost Word	Director
1975	Window Film	Director
1974	The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser	Second Unit
1974	Elementary Filmhistory	Director
1974	The Ideal: Ecstasy & Beauty	Director
1974	The Fantastic World of Matthew Madson	Writer
1973	The Birth of a Nation	Director
1973	The Birth of a Nation	Writer
1973	The Birth of a Nation	Director of Photography
1972	4 Rural Sketches	Director
1971	Dallas Texas / After the Goldrush	Director
1971	Chimney Piece	Director
1970	Programmhinweise	Sound
1970	Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge)	Cinematography
1970	Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge)	Editor
1970	Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge)	Producer
1970	Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge)	Director
1970	Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge)	Writer
1969	The Adventurous but Luckless Life of William Parmagino	Director
1969	Thorium 232	Director
1969	The Greatest Crime of All Time	Director
1969	The Haunted Screen	Director
1968	A Crowd in the Face	Director
1968	Up to the Stars	Director
1968	Three Days with Janine	Director
1968	Home Sweet Home	Director
1968	Im KZ	Director