Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

80

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 was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the most important figures in the New German Cinema. Fassbinder was prolific; in a professional career that lasted 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

  • Dalli Dalli

    Dalli Dalli

  • aspekte

    aspekte

  • Grimme Award

    Grimme Award

  • German Film Award

    German Film Award

  • Stars in the Ring

    Stars in the Ring

  • Love Is Colder Than Death

    Love Is Colder Than Death

  • Veronika Voss

    Veronika Voss

  • Am laufenden Band

    Am laufenden Band

  • Gods of the Plague

    Gods of the Plague

  • Effi Briest

    Effi Briest

  • Wim Wenders, Desperado

    Wim Wenders, Desperado

  • Kamikaze '89

    Kamikaze '89

  • The Ancestress

    The Ancestress

  • Polnischer Sommer

    Polnischer Sommer

  • Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

    Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

  • Back to Room 666

    Back to Room 666

  • Berlin Alexanderplatz

    Berlin Alexanderplatz

  • Lili Marleen

    Lili Marleen

  • The Little Chaos

    The Little Chaos

  • Katzelmacher

    Katzelmacher

  • Je später der Abend

    Je später der Abend

  • Tonys Freunde

    Tonys Freunde

  • Baal

    Baal

  • Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

    Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

  • Room 666

    Room 666

  • Beware of a Holy Whore

    Beware of a Holy Whore

  • Biographies

    Biographies

  • Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

    Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

  • Mathias Kneißl

    Mathias Kneißl

  • End of the Commune?

    End of the Commune?

  • The Marriage of Maria Braun

    The Marriage of Maria Braun

  • Frei bis zum nächsten Mal

    Frei bis zum nächsten Mal

  • Fassbinder in Hollywood

    Fassbinder in Hollywood

  • The Niklashausen Journey

    The Niklashausen Journey

  • Whity

    Whity

  • Supergirl

    Supergirl

  • Fassbinder

    Fassbinder

  • Atlètic Club Banyoles

    Atlètic Club Banyoles

  • Fox and His Friends

    Fox and His Friends

  • Filmlegenden. Deutsch

    Filmlegenden. Deutsch

  • Rio das Mortes

    Rio das Mortes

  • Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun

    Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun

  • Shadow of Angels

    Shadow of Angels

  • Bremen Freedom

    Bremen Freedom

  • Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt

    Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt

  • The American Soldier

    The American Soldier

  • The Merchant of Four Seasons

    The Merchant of Four Seasons

  • Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

    Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

  • Bourbon Street Blues

    Bourbon Street Blues

  • Little Godard

    Little Godard

  • Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

    Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

  • Germany in Autumn

    Germany in Autumn

  • My Name Is Not Ali

    My Name Is Not Ali

  • The Last Trip to Harrisburg

    The Last Trip to Harrisburg

  • Die Wohngenossin

    Die Wohngenossin

  • Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

    Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

  • Tenderness of the Wolves

    Tenderness of the Wolves

  • The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

    The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

  • The City Tramp

    The City Tramp

  • The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

    The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

  • Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

    Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

  • Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

    Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

  • I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

    I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

  • Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

    Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

  • 1 Berlin-Harlem

    1 Berlin-Harlem

  • The Wizard of Babylon

    The Wizard of Babylon

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977

  • Sukowa - Playful Like A Child

    Sukowa - Playful Like A Child

  • The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me

    The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me

  • Haytabo

    Haytabo

  • Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'

    Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'

  • Fassbinder: Love Without Demands

    Fassbinder: Love Without Demands

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works

  • Auf dem Trümmerfeld der Träume

    Auf dem Trümmerfeld der Träume

  • Photographer "Eise"

    Photographer "Eise"

  • Life Stories: A Conversation with RW Fassbinder

    Life Stories: A Conversation with RW Fassbinder

  • Al Capone im deutschen Wald

    Al Capone im deutschen Wald

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch