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

  • Grimme Award

    Grimme Award

  • Dalli Dalli

    Dalli Dalli

  • German Film Award

    German Film Award

  • Whity

    Whity

  • Room 666

    Room 666

  • Kamikaze '89

    Kamikaze '89

  • Bremen Freedom

    Bremen Freedom

  • Baal

    Baal

  • aspekte

    aspekte

  • Mathias Kneißl

    Mathias Kneißl

  • Polnischer Sommer

    Polnischer Sommer

  • The Ancestress

    The Ancestress

  • Lili Marleen

    Lili Marleen

  • Katzelmacher

    Katzelmacher

  • Stars in the Ring

    Stars in the Ring

  • Fassbinder

    Fassbinder

  • Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

    Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

  • Frei bis zum nächsten Mal

    Frei bis zum nächsten Mal

  • Die Wohngenossin

    Die Wohngenossin

  • Beware of a Holy Whore

    Beware of a Holy Whore

  • Tonys Freunde

    Tonys Freunde

  • Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

    Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

  • Am laufenden Band

    Am laufenden Band

  • Berlin Alexanderplatz

    Berlin Alexanderplatz

  • Love Is Colder Than Death

    Love Is Colder Than Death

  • Veronika Voss

    Veronika Voss

  • Fox and His Friends

    Fox and His Friends

  • My Name Is Not Ali

    My Name Is Not Ali

  • The Marriage of Maria Braun

    The Marriage of Maria Braun

  • Effi Briest

    Effi Briest

  • Je später der Abend

    Je später der Abend

  • Gods of the Plague

    Gods of the Plague

  • Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt

    Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt

  • Rio das Mortes

    Rio das Mortes

  • Shadow of Angels

    Shadow of Angels

  • The Niklashausen Journey

    The Niklashausen Journey

  • Back to Room 666

    Back to Room 666

  • Haytabo

    Haytabo

  • The American Soldier

    The American Soldier

  • Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

    Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

  • Wim Wenders, Desperado

    Wim Wenders, Desperado

  • The Little Chaos

    The Little Chaos

  • Germany in Autumn

    Germany in Autumn

  • Supergirl

    Supergirl

  • Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun

    Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun

  • End of the Commune?

    End of the Commune?

  • Atlètic Club Banyoles

    Atlètic Club Banyoles

  • Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

    Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

  • The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me

    The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me

  • Fassbinder in Hollywood

    Fassbinder in Hollywood

  • Bourbon Street Blues

    Bourbon Street Blues

  • The City Tramp

    The City Tramp

  • Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

    Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

  • Tenderness of the Wolves

    Tenderness of the Wolves

  • The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

    The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

  • Filmlegenden. Deutsch

    Filmlegenden. Deutsch

  • Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

    Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

  • The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

    The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

  • The Last Trip to Harrisburg

    The Last Trip to Harrisburg

  • The Merchant of Four Seasons

    The Merchant of Four Seasons

  • The Wizard of Babylon

    The Wizard of Babylon

  • Fassbinder: Love Without Demands

    Fassbinder: Love Without Demands

  • Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

    Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

  • Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

    Cinémania: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

  • I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

    I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

  • Biographies

    Biographies

  • Sukowa - Playful Like A Child

    Sukowa - Playful Like A Child

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977

  • Little Godard

    Little Godard

  • 1 Berlin-Harlem

    1 Berlin-Harlem

  • Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

    Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works

  • Al Capone im deutschen Wald

    Al Capone im deutschen Wald

  • 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

  • Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'

    Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Der Theatermensch