Portrait of Harun Farocki

Directing

Harun Farocki

Career

Active from 1966 to 2025, busiest in 2010 with 6 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Barbara
Barbara
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Harun Farocki Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    1.0, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.4, average 2.7
  • Adrenaline
    2.5, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    0.4, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Trauma 2
  • European Cinema 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

115
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Häuser 1–2
Häuser 1–2

Director

2020s

6 titles
About Narration
About Narration (2025)

Director

The Words of the Chairman
The Words of the Chairman (2025)

Director, Writer

Single. A Record is Being Produced
Single. A Record is Being Produced (2025)

Script, Director

Make Up
Make Up (2025)

Director

Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life
Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2025)

Director

Labour in a Single Shot
Labour in a Single Shot (2020)

Director

2010s

15 titles · average score 82
Confusion
Confusion (2017)

Director

Phoenix
Phoenix (2014)
GoodWatch score 84

Co-Writer

Parallel I–IV
Parallel I–IV (2014)

Director

Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011).
Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011). (2014)

as Harun Farocki

Sauerbruch Hutton Architects
Sauerbruch Hutton Architects (2013)

Director

Barbara
Barbara (2012)
GoodWatch score 81

Writer

A New Product
A New Product (2012)

Writer, Editor

Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow (2010)

Editor, Writer

Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" (2010)

Writer, Editor

Serious Games 2 – Three Dead
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead (2010)

Writer, Editor

Serious Games 3 – Immersion
Serious Games 3 – Immersion (2010)

Writer, Director

The Silver and the Cross
The Silver and the Cross (2010)

Director

2000s

24 titles · average score 68
In Comparison
In Comparison (2009)

Director, Still Photographer

Memories
Memories (2007)

Story, Director

Respite
Respite (2007)

Writer, Director

Übertragung
Übertragung (2007)

Director

Yella
Yella (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

Script Editor

Ghosts
Ghosts (2005)
GoodWatch score 65

Dramaturgy, Screenplay

Aufstellung
Aufstellung (2005)

Director

Nothing Ventured
Nothing Ventured (2004)

Director, Screenplay

War at a Distance
War at a Distance (2003)

Screenplay, Director

The State I Am In
The State I Am In (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer

The Creators of the Shopping Worlds
The Creators of the Shopping Worlds (2001)

Director, Producer

Prison Images
Prison Images (2000)

Director, Screenplay

1990s

22 titles · average score 72
What Farocki Taught
What Farocki Taught (1998)

Writer

Still Life
Still Life (1997)

Editor, Director

The Expression of Hands
The Expression of Hands (1997)

Director, Writer

The Interview
The Interview (1997)

Director

The Appearance
The Appearance (1996)

Director

Cuba Libre
Cuba Libre (1996)

Screenplay

Interface
Interface (1995)

Producer, Writer

Workers Leaving the Factory
Workers Leaving the Factory (1995)
GoodWatch score 68

as Narrador

Re-education
Re-education (1994)

Writer, Director

Videograms of a Revolution
Videograms of a Revolution (1992)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Writer

Images of the World and the Inscription of War
Images of the World and the Inscription of War (1991)
GoodWatch score 71

Editor, Producer

How to Live in the German Federal Republic
How to Live in the German Federal Republic (1990)

Director

1980s

17 titles · average score 68
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith
Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith (1988)

Director, Writer

Indoctrination
Indoctrination (1987)

Writer, Director

Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen
Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen (1987)

Director, Editor

Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser
Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser (1986)

Writer, Director

As You See
As You See (1986)

Director, Writer

Betrayed
Betrayed (1985)

Director, Screenplay

Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède
Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède (1985)

Director

The Double Face of Peter Lorre
The Double Face of Peter Lorre (1984)

Producer, Writer

Class Relations
Class Relations (1984)
GoodWatch score 68

as Delamarche

An Image
An Image (1983)

Director

Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika (1983)

Director, Screenplay

Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam (1982)

Director

1970s

20 titles
Industry and Photography
Industry and Photography (1979)

Director

The Taste of Life
The Taste of Life (1979)

Director

Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss
Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss (1979)

Director, Writer

Between Two Wars
Between Two Wars (1978)

Director, Writer

A Picture of Sarah Schumann
A Picture of Sarah Schumann (1978)

Writer, Director

Cinématon
Cinématon (1978)

as N°1068

"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.
"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec. (1978)

as Film director

Bent or Broken
Bent or Broken (1975)

Screenplay

About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright (1975)

as (voice)

Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen
Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen (1973)

Director, Writer

Brunner is Next
Brunner is Next (1973)

Writer, Director

Something Self Explanatory (15x)
Something Self Explanatory (15x) (1971)

Director, Writer

1960s

10 titles · average score 65
The Inextinguishable Fire
The Inextinguishable Fire (1969)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Screenplay

Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin
Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin (1969)

Writer, Producer

Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets
Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets (1969)

Producer, Writer

White Christmas
White Christmas (1968)

Director, Writer

Their Newspapers
Their Newspapers (1968)

Editor, Writer

Three Shots at Rudi
Three Shots at Rudi (1968)

Director

Untitled or: The Wandering Cinema for Engineering Students
Untitled or: The Wandering Cinema for Engineering Students (1968)

Director

The Campaign Volunteer
The Campaign Volunteer (1967)

Director, Screenplay

Two Paths
Two Paths (1966)

Writer, Director

Everybody a Berliner Kindl
Everybody a Berliner Kindl (1966)

Writer, Director