- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- April 29, 1944
- Place of Birth
- Erfurt, Germany
- Died
- January 22, 2017
Werner Nekes
Werner Nekes was born in 1944 in Erfurt and studied linguistics and psychology in Freiburg. He then went to Bonn in 1964 where he was a head of the University Film Club and later chairman of the FIAG. He developed friendships with film directors, sculptors and painters. These included Dore 0., his companion and collaborator since 1967. He began painting in 1965 with diverse materials and objects. He started his practice of film with 8mm and went on with 16mm. He decided to free the film from narration and psychology and organized his films according to temporal units and structural systems. In spring 1967, his films were rejected by the Kurzfilmtage of Oberhausen. Thus, Nekes organized a counter-event. The same year in November, he comes to Hamburg with Dore 0., whom he marries the following month. He was a co-founder of the Hamburg cooperative of filmmakers and was a co-organizer of…
Filmography
movieAlaska
2025 · Producer, Director of Photography
movieLawale
2025 · Director of Photography
Werner Nekes - Life Between the Pictures
movieWerner Nekes - Life Between the Pictures
2017 · Self
movieEXPRMNTL
2016 · Himself
movieEva Hesse
2016 · Self
movieDownup
2010 · Director
movieWomanbird
2008 · Director
The Critical Mass
movieThe Critical Mass
1999 · Himself
movieThe Day of the Painter
1997 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor
movieMulti-Thousand Picture Show
1996 · Director
movieBeyond the Image
1996 · Writer, Director, Producer
moviePictures Come to Life
1996 · Producer, Director, Writer
movieThe Magic Drum
1996 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Ambiguous Image and Space
1996 · Director, Writer, Producer
movie00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter
1994 · Man in Swimclothing
movieFilm Before Film
1987 · Self, Director
movieJohnny Flash
1986 · Director, Screenplay
movieHome Movies 1971-81
1985
Cinématon XXVII
movieCinématon XXVII
1982 · N°261
movieCinématon n°261 : Werner Nekes
1982
movieUliisses
1982 · , Director, Writer
movieBeuys
1981 · Director
moviePeggy und die anderen oder Wer trägt die Avantgarde?
1980 · Director
movieThe Bengali Night
1980 · Co-Director
movieLittle Night
1979 · Director
movieHurrycan
1979 · Director
Horly
movieHorly
1979 · Director
Bei der Lichtbildnerin
movieBei der Lichtbildnerin
1978 · Director
movieCinématon
1978 · N°261
movieMirador
1978 · Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
movieLagado
1977 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
movieFalun
1976 · Director
movieTextur
1976 · Director
movieKnoten
1976 · Director
movieAmalgam I-IV
1976 · Director
movieGeflecht
1976 · Director
movieGewebe
1976 · Director
moviePhotophthalmia
1975 · Director
movieMakimono
1974 · Director
movieKaskara
1974
Diwan
movieDiwan
1974 · , Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Cinematography
movieHynningen
1974 · Director
movieAlternatim
1974 · Director
movieMoto
1974 · Director
movieKantilene
1974 · Director
movieSun-A-Mul
1974 · Director
movieBlonde Barbarei
1973
movieArbatax
1973 · Director
movieT-Wo-Men
1972 · Director
Aus Altona
movieAus Altona
1972 · Director
movieSpacecut
1971 · Director
Abbandono
movieAbbandono
1970 · Director
movieNebula
1969 · Director
Palimpsest
moviePalimpsest
1969 · Director
Kelek
movieKelek
1968 · Director
movieMama, da steht ein Mann
1968 · , Director
movieVis-à-vis
1968 · , Director
Gruppenfilm
movieGruppenfilm
1968 · Director
movieZipzibbelip
1968 · Director
movieTarzan’s Kampf mit dem Gorilla
1968 · Director
movieMuhkuh
1968 · Director
movieK/örper
1967 · Director
movieGurtrug N°1
1967 · Director
Ach wie gut, daß niemand weiß
movieAch wie gut, daß niemand weiß
1967 · Director
movieOperation
1967 · Director
Kratz-, Beiß-, Licht-, Loch- und Flickerfilme
movieKratz-, Beiß-, Licht-, Loch- und Flickerfilme
1967 · Director
movieGurtrug N°2
1967 · Director
movieJüm-Jüm
1967 · Director
movieDas Seminar
1967 · Director
movieSchwarzhuhnbraunhuhnschwarzhuhnweißhuhnrothuhnweiß oder put-putt
1967 · Director
movieBogen
1967 · Director
movieSchnitte für Ababa
1967 · Director
movieDie grosse Pumpelei
1967 · Editor
movieStart
1966 · , Director, Producer
movieFehlstart
1966 · Director
movieArtikel
1966 · Director
movieTom Doyle und Eva Hesse
1965 · Director
tvBambi
1948 · Self