Heinz Emigholz
Known for

Directing

Credits

128

Gender

Man

Birthday

22 Jan 1948 (76)

Place of birth

Achim, Germany

Also known as

Heinz Emigholz

Biography

Born in 1948 near Bremen in Germany, Heinz Emigholz trained first as a draftsman before studying philosophy and literature in Hamburg. He began filmmaking in 1968 and has worked since 1973 as a filmmaker, artist, writer and producer in Germany and the USA. In 1974 he started his encyclopaedic drawing series The Basis of Make-Up . He looks back on numerous exhibitions, retrospectives, lectures and publications. In 1984 he started his film series Photography and beyond. He has held a professorship in Experimental Filmmaking at the Universität der Künste Berlin from 1993 to 2013, and co-founded the Institute for Time-based Media and the program Art and Media, there. Since 2012 member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. In 2003 Filmgalerie 451 started an edition of all his films on DVD. Publications a.o.: Krieg der Augen, Kreuz der Sinne (War of Eyes, Cross of Senses), Seit Freud gesagt hat, der Künstler heile seine Neurose selbst, heilen die Künstler ihre Neurosen selbst (Since Freud Said That the Artist Heals His Neuroses Himself, Artists Have Been Healing Their Neuroses Themselves), Normalsatz – Siebzehn Filme (Ordinary Sentence – Seventeen Films) and Das schwarze Schamquadrat (The Black Sqare of Shame) (all four books at Verlag Martin Schmitz); Die Basis des Make-Up (I) and (II), Der Begnadete Meier (Grace Jones), Kleine Enzyklopädie der Photographie (Little Encyclopaedia of Photography) and Die Basis des Make-Up (III) (in Die Republik No. 68-71, 76-78, 89-91, 94-97 and 123-125); Sense of Architecture with more than 600 photographs.

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2023Slaughterhouses of Modernity(voice over)
Bombenwerfer
2009Saturn ReturnsEdgar
1995Brother of SleepHaintz
1993StalingradEdgar Emigholz
1988The Meadow of Things
1985Home Movies 1971-81
1984CommittedDr. Kraus
1984Fury Is a Feeling Too
1983Die blaue DistanzVoice at telephone
1982MacumbaVinzenz Nola
1982Ordinary Sentence
1981Elementary Editing Theory
1979Execution: A Story of MaryNarrator (voice)
1978Four Shadows
1977Der Ort der Handlung
1976Bartleby
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
Innsbruck, March 6th 2023Director
2024The SuitDirector
2023Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches LebenDirector of Photography
2023Slaughterhouses of ModernityDirector
2023Slaughterhouses of ModernityCinematography
2023Slaughterhouses of ModernityEditor
2023Slaughterhouses of ModernityWriter
2022Mamani in El AltoDirector
2022Salamone, PampaDirector
2022Mamani in El AltoScreenplay
2022Mamani in El AltoCinematography
2022Mamani in El AltoEditor
2021AntivillaDirector
2021AntivillaCinematography
2021AntivillaEditor
2021Casa GollyDirector
2021Berlin [Underground]Director
2021WEISS hoch ZWEIDirector
2021The Last CityDirector
2021The Last CityEditor
2021The Last CityWriter
2021The Last CityDirector of Photography
2020The LobbyDirector
2019Years of ConstructionDirector
2018Two BasilicasDirector
2017Streetscapes [Dialogue]Director
2017Streetscapes [Dialogue]Writer
2017Streetscapes [Dialogue]Cinematography
2017Streetscapes [Dialogue]Editor
20172 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]Director
20172 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]Editor
20172 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]Writer
20172 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]Director of Photography
20172 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]Producer
2017Dieste [Uruguay]Director
2017Dieste [Uruguay]Editor
2017Dieste [Uruguay]Director of Photography
2017Dieste [Uruguay]Writer
2016Bickels [Socialism]Director
2016Bickels [Socialism]Writer
2016Bickels [Socialism]Editor
2016Bickels [Socialism]Director of Photography
2016Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief]Director
2014Two MuseumsDirector
2014Two MuseumsCamera Operator
2014The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part IIIEditor
2014The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part IIIDirector
2014The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part IIIDirector of Photography
2013WinterDirector
2012Perret in France and AlgeriaDirector
2012Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman ConcreteDirector
2011A Series of ThoughtsDirector
2011A Series of ThoughtsWriter
2009Sense of ArchitectureDirector
2009Two Projects by Friedrich KieslerWriter
2009Two Projects by Friedrich KieslerDirector
2009Ornament und VerbrechenDirector
2008Loos OrnamentalDirector
2007Schindler's HousesDirector
2005D’Annunzio’s CaveDirector
2005D’Annunzio’s CaveWriter
2005D’Annunzio’s CaveDirector of Photography
2005The Basis of Make-Up IIIDirector
2005Miscellanea IIIDirector
2005Miscellanea IIIWriter
2005The Basis of Make-Up IIIWriter
2005The Basis of Make-Up IIICinematography
2005The Basis of Make-Up IIIEditor
2003Goff in the DesertDirector
2001Sullivan's BanksDirector
2001Maillart's BridgesDirector
2001Maillart's BridgesWriter
2001Miscellanea IIWriter
2001Miscellanea IIDirector
2001The Basis of Make-Up IIDirector
2001Miscellanea IDirector
2001Miscellanea IWriter
2001The Basis of Make-Up IICinematography
2001The Basis of Make-Up IIEditor
2001The Basis of Make-Up IIWriter
1991The Holy BunchDirector
1991The Holy BunchScreenplay
1991The Holy BunchDirector of Photography
1989Virgin MachineThanks
1988The Meadow of ThingsDirector
1987She Must Be Seeing ThingsDirector of Photography
1985Die Basis des Make-UpDirector
1984CommittedCinematography
1983The Basis of Make-Up IDirector
1983The Basis of Make-Up IWriter
1983The Basis of Make-Up ICinematography
1983The Basis of Make-Up IEditor
1982Ordinary SentenceWriter
1982Ordinary SentenceDirector
1982Ordinary SentenceEditor
1977DemonDirector
1976Schenec-Tady IIIWriter
1976Schenec-Tady IIIDirector
1976HotelDirector
1976Wandsbek GartenstückDirector
1976Cup PieceDirector
1976SchuhstückDirector
1975Schenec-Tady IIDirector
1975Schenec-Tady IIWriter
1975TideDirector
1975Stair PieceDirector
1975Brooklyn Bathroom PieceDirector
1974ArrowplaneWriter
1974ArrowplaneDirector
1973Schenec-Tady IDirector
1973Schenec-Tady IWriter