Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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.
Acting
Movie
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Eugen
1974
Movie
The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Peddler
1979
Movie
Veronika Voss
as Kinobesucher (uncredited)
1982
Movie
Fox and His Friends
as Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf
1975
Movie
Lili Marleen
as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited)
1981
Movie
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Zucker
1972
Movie
Beware of a Holy Whore
as Sascha
1971
Movie
Love Is Colder Than Death
as Franz
1970
Movie
Room 666
as Self
1985
Movie
Katzelmacher
as Jorgos
1969
Movie
Effi Briest
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1974
Movie
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Wittowski
1973
TV
Berlin Alexanderplatz
as Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1980
Movie
Gods of the Plague
as Pornokunde
1970
Movie
The Little Chaos
as Franz
1966
Movie
Germany in Autumn
as Self (uncredited)
1978
Movie
The City Tramp
as Man #1 on Toilet
1966
Movie
A German Youth
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Movie
Kamikaze '89
as Police Lieutenant Jansen
1982
Movie
The American Soldier
as Franz Walsch (uncredited)
1976
Movie
Whity
as Saloon guest (uncredited)
1971
Movie
Baal
as Baal
1970
Movie
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
as Bauer
1971
Movie
Rio das Mortes
as Hannas Tanzpartner (uncredited)
1971
Crew
Movie
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Original Music Composer
1974
Movie
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Director
1979
Movie
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Screenplay
1972
Movie
Querelle
Editor
1982
Movie
Veronika Voss
Director
1982
Movie
Fox and His Friends
Producer
1975
Movie
Lola
Screenplay
1981
Movie
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Writer
2000
Movie
Peter von Kant
Original Story
2022
Movie
Chinese Roulette
Writer
1977
Movie
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Screenplay
1970
Movie
In a Year with 13 Moons
Director
1978