Werner Nekes

Directing·Apr 29, 1944·Erfurt, Germany

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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 the « Hamburger Filmschau » in 1967. From 1973, he travelled all over the world to make seminaries about film theory and retrospectives. He moved to Mülheim an der Ruhr in summer 1978. He co-founded the Filmbüro NW in 1980 and the ICNC (International Center for New Cinema) in Riga in 1988. His work was shown at major international museums and festivals, including The Museum of Modern Art New York, or the Kassel Dokumenta. He was also a professor: from 1969 to 1972 and 2004 to 2006 at the Academy of Fine Arts (Hochschule für Bildende Künste) in Hamburg, from 1981 to 1982 at Wuppertal University, from 1982 to 1984 at the Kunsthochschule Offenbach, and, from 1990-96 at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. Furthermore, Nekes has compiled one of the most important private collections of artefacts documenting 500 years of pre-cinematographic experiments as well as developments in the early history of film, focusing on spatial and temporal principles of representation.

Film	Credit
Alaska2025 · Producer, Director of Photography	Producer, Director of Photography
Lawale2025 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
WWerner Nekes - Life Between the Pictures2017 · Self	Self
EXPRMNTL2016 · Himself	Himself
Eva Hesse2016 · Self	Self
Downup2010 · Director	Director
Womanbird2008 · Director	Director
TThe Critical Mass1999 · Himself	Himself
The Day of the Painter1997 · Director of Photography, Screenplay, Director	Director of Photography, Screenplay, Director
Multi-Thousand Picture Show1996 · Director	Director
Beyond the Image1996 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Pictures Come to Life1996 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
The Magic Drum1996 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
The Ambiguous Image and Space1996 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter1994 · Man in Swimclothing	Man in Swimclothing
Film Before Film1987 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Johnny Flash1986 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Home Movies 1971-811985 · Actor	Actor
CCinématon XXVII1982 · N°261	N°261
Cinématon n°261 : Werner Nekes1982 · Actor	Actor
Uliisses1982 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
Beuys1981 · Director	Director
Peggy und die anderen oder Wer trägt die Avantgarde?1980 · Director	Director
Little Night1979 · Director	Director
Hurrycan1979 · Director	Director
HHorly1979 · Director	Director
BBei der Lichtbildnerin1978 · Director	Director
Cinématon1978 · N°261	N°261
Mirador1978 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Lagado1977 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Falun1976 · Director	Director
Textur1976 · Director	Director
Knoten1976 · Director	Director
Amalgam I-IV1976 · Director	Director
Gewebe1976 · Director	Director
Geflecht1976 · Director	Director
Photophthalmia1975 · Director	Director
Makimono1974 · Director	Director
Kaskara1974 · Actor	Actor
DDiwan1974 · Actor, Director, Writer, Producer	Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
Hynningen1974 · Director	Director
Alternatim1974 · Director	Director
Sun-A-Mul1974 · Director	Director
Moto1974 · Director	Director
Kantilene1974 · Director	Director
Blonde Barbarei1973 · Actor	Actor
Arbatax1973 · Director	Director
T-Wo-Men1972 · Director	Director