Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

81

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-05-31

Day of death

1982-06-10 (37 years old)

Place of Birth

Bad Wörishofen, Germany

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Biography

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 — 10 June 1982) was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor. Considered one of the most important figures in the New German Cinema, Fassbinder was prolific; in a professional career less than fifteen years, he completed forty feature-length films, two television film series, three short films, four video productions, twenty-four stage plays, and four radio plays. He had tortured, personal relationships with the actors and technicians around him who formed a surrogate family. However, his pictures demonstrate his deep sensitivity to social outsiders and his hatred of institutionalized violence. He ruthlessly attacked both German bourgeois society and the larger limitations of humanity. Fassbinder died in June 1982 at the age of 37 from a lethal cocktail of cocaine and barbiturates. His death has often been cited as the event that ended the New German Cinema movement.

Known For

  • NDR Talk Show

    NDR Talk Show

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Grimme Award

    Grimme Award

  • Mathias Kneißl

    Mathias Kneißl

  • Bremen Freedom

    Bremen Freedom

  • Lili Marleen

    Lili Marleen

  • Whity

    Whity

  • aspekte

    aspekte

  • Baal

    Baal

  • German Film Award

    German Film Award

  • Fassbinder

    Fassbinder

  • Dalli Dalli

    Dalli Dalli

  • Room 666

    Room 666

  • The Little Chaos

    The Little Chaos

  • My Name Is Not Ali

    My Name Is Not Ali

  • Katzelmacher

    Katzelmacher

  • Germany in Autumn

    Germany in Autumn

  • Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

    Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

  • Berlin Alexanderplatz

    Berlin Alexanderplatz

  • End of the Commune?

    End of the Commune?

  • Atlètic Club Banyoles

    Atlètic Club Banyoles

  • Stars in the Ring

    Stars in the Ring

  • Effi Briest

    Effi Briest

  • Die Wohngenossin

    Die Wohngenossin

  • Bourbon Street Blues

    Bourbon Street Blues

  • Am laufenden Band

    Am laufenden Band

  • Polnischer Sommer

    Polnischer Sommer

  • Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

    Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

  • Je später der Abend

    Je später der Abend

  • Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

    Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

  • Haytabo

    Haytabo

  • Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

    Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

  • Fassbinder: Love Without Demands

    Fassbinder: Love Without Demands

  • The Marriage of Maria Braun

    The Marriage of Maria Braun

  • Gods of the Plague

    Gods of the Plague

  • The City Tramp

    The City Tramp

  • Veronika Voss

    Veronika Voss

  • Tonys Freunde

    Tonys Freunde

  • Beware of a Holy Whore

    Beware of a Holy Whore

  • Biographies

    Biographies

  • Fox and His Friends

    Fox and His Friends

  • The Merchant of Four Seasons

    The Merchant of Four Seasons

  • Wim Wenders, Desperado

    Wim Wenders, Desperado

  • Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

    Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

  • Filmlegenden. Deutsch

    Filmlegenden. Deutsch

  • Tenderness of the Wolves

    Tenderness of the Wolves

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977

  • Love Is Colder Than Death

    Love Is Colder Than Death

  • The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

    The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

  • Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

    Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

  • Supergirl

    Supergirl

  • Kamikaze '89

    Kamikaze '89

  • I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

    I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

  • Rio das Mortes

    Rio das Mortes

  • Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

    Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

  • Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt

    Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt

  • Shadow of Angels

    Shadow of Angels

  • Back to Room 666

    Back to Room 666

  • Fassbinder in Hollywood

    Fassbinder in Hollywood

  • Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

    Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

  • The American Soldier

    The American Soldier

  • Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

    Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

  • Sukowa - Playful Like A Child

    Sukowa - Playful Like A Child

  • The Niklashausen Journey

    The Niklashausen Journey

  • The Ancestress

    The Ancestress

  • Fassbinder's Women

    Fassbinder's Women

  • Little Godard

    Little Godard

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works

  • Photographer "Eise"

    Photographer "Eise"

  • 1 Berlin-Harlem

    1 Berlin-Harlem

  • Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun

    Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun

  • The Last Trip to Harrisburg

    The Last Trip to Harrisburg

  • The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

    The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

  • Auf dem Trümmerfeld der Träume

    Auf dem Trümmerfeld der Träume

  • The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me

    The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me

  • The Wizard of Babylon

    The Wizard of Babylon

  • Frei bis zum nächsten Mal

    Frei bis zum nächsten Mal

  • Life Stories: A Conversation with RW Fassbinder

    Life Stories: A Conversation with RW Fassbinder

  • Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'

    Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'

  • Al Capone im deutschen Wald

    Al Capone im deutschen Wald

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch