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Werner Nekes

Werner Nekes

Actor, Director, Cinematographer

Born April 29, 1944 in Erfurt, Germany

Died January 22, 2017

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Biography

Werner Nekes was born in 1944 in Erfurt and pursued studies in linguistics and psychology in Freiburg. In 1964, he moved to Bonn, where he led the University Film Club and later served as chairman of the FIAG. He formed friendships with filmmakers, sculptors, and painters, including Dore O., his partner and collaborator since 1967.

He began painting in 1965, using a variety of materials and objects.

Nekes started working with film using 8mm and later 16mm formats. He aimed to liberate film from narrative and psychological constraints, organizing his works based on temporal units and structural systems.

In spring 1967, after his films were rejected by the Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage, Nekes organized a counter-event.

In November of the same year, he moved to Hamburg with Dore O., whom he married the following month. He co-founded the Hamburg cooperative of filmmakers and helped organize the 1967 Hamburger Filmschau. From 1973 onward, he traveled worldwide to conduct seminars on film theory and retrospectives. In summer 1978, he relocated to Mülheim an der Ruhr.

He co-founded the Filmbüro NW in 1980 and the International Center for New Cinema (ICNC) in Riga in 1988.

Nekes's work was showcased at prominent international museums and festivals, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Kassel Documenta.

He also held professorships: 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 to 1996 at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne.

Additionally, Nekes assembled one of the most significant private collections of artifacts documenting 500 years of pre-cinematographic experiments and early film history, focusing on spatial and temporal representation principles.

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5 wins and 1 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

18

Type

Year

Werner Nekes - Der Wandler zwischen den Bildern Poster

Werner Nekes - Der Wandler zwischen den Bildern Documentary2017Self

Eva Hesse Poster

Eva Hesse Documentary2016Self

Exprmntl Poster

Exprmntl Documentary2016Self - Interviewee

Ach wie gut - dass niemand weiß: Zur Filmsprache von Werner Nekes Short Film2009Self

Der Photograph Poster

Der Photograph Video2006

Court-circuit Poster

Court-circuit TV Series2001Self

The Critical Mass: Underground Film in Hamburg During the Sixties Poster

The Critical Mass: Underground Film in Hamburg During the Sixties Documentary1998

Media Magica I-V Documentary1996Narrator

00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter Poster

00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter Feature Film1994Mann in Schwimmsachen

Film Before Film Poster

Film Before Film Documentary1986Narrator

Zwischen den Bildern TV Series1983Self

Nekes Documentary1982Self

Uliisses Poster

Uliisses Feature Film1982

Cinématon Poster

Cinématon TV Series1977Cineaste

Diwan Feature Film1974

Kaskara Short Film1974

Blonde Barbarei Poster

Blonde Barbarei Short Film1972

Vis-à-vis Poster

Vis-à-vis Short Film1968

Director

44

Type

Year

Der Tag des Malers Poster

Der Tag des Malers Feature Film1997

Media Magica I-V Documentary1996

Multi-Thousand Picture Show Poster

Multi-Thousand Picture Show Documentary1996

Media Magica (1): Durchsehekunst Documentary1995

Media Magica (2): Belebte Bilder Documentary1995

Media Magica (4): Bildraum Documentary1995

Media Magica (5): Wundertrommel Documentary1995

Film Before Film Poster

Film Before Film Documentary1986

Johnny Flash Poster

Johnny Flash Feature Film1986

Gurtrug Nr. 1 Short Film1984

Hynningen Poster

Hynningen Short Film1984

Blick aus dem harmonischen Gefängnis Feature Film1982

Nekes Documentary1982

Uliisses Poster

Uliisses Feature Film1982

Beuys Short Film1981

Peggy und die anderen Feature Film1981

Hurrycan Feature Film1979

Mirador Feature Film1978

Lagado Feature Film1977

Amalgam I-IV Poster

Amalgam I-IV Feature Film1976

Diwan Feature Film1974

Makimono Poster

Makimono Short Film1974

Sun-A-Mul Poster

Sun-A-Mul Short Film1974

Alternatim Poster

Alternatim Short Film1973

Kantilene Poster

Kantilene Short Film1973

Moto Short Film1973

T-Wo-Men Poster

T-Wo-Men Feature Film1972

Spacecut Short Film1971

Abbandono Short Film1970

Kelek Feature Film1969

Tarzans Kampf mit dem Gorilla Short Film1968

Vis-à-vis Poster

Vis-à-vis Short Film1968

Zipzibbelip Short Film1968

Ach, wie gut, daß niemand weiß Short Film1967

Bogen Short Film1967

Das Seminar Poster

Das Seminar Short Film1967

Jüm-Jüm Short Film1967

K/örper Short Film1967

Operation Short Film1967

Schnitte für Ababa Poster

Schnitte für Ababa Short Film1967

Schwarzhuhnbraunhuhnschwarzhuhnweisshuhnrothuhnweiss oder Put-putt Poster

Schwarzhuhnbraunhuhnschwarzhuhnweisshuhnrothuhnweiss oder Put-putt Short Film1967

Artikel Short Film1966

Fehlstart Poster

Fehlstart Short Film1966

Start Short Film1966

Cinematographer

15

Type

Year

Der Tag des Malers Poster

Der Tag des Malers Feature Film1997

Hynningen Poster

Hynningen Short Film1984

Blick aus dem harmonischen Gefängnis Feature Film1982

Beuys Short Film1981

Diwan Feature Film1974

Sun-A-Mul Poster

Sun-A-Mul Short Film1974

Alternatim Poster

Alternatim Short Film1973

Kantilene Poster

Kantilene Short Film1973

Moto Short Film1973

Abbandono Short Film1970

Alaska Short Film1969

Kelek Feature Film1969

Play-Play-Play Short Film1968

Bogen Short Film1967

Jüm-Jüm Short Film1967

Writer

14

Type

Year

Der Tag des Malers Poster

Der Tag des Malers Feature Film1997

Media Magica I-V Documentary1996

Johnny Flash Poster

Johnny Flash Feature Film1986

Hynningen Poster

Hynningen Short Film1984

Blick aus dem harmonischen Gefängnis Feature Film1982

Nekes Documentary1982

Uliisses Poster

Uliisses Feature Film1982

Beuys Short Film1981

Peggy und die anderen Feature Film1981

Hurrycan Feature Film1979

Mirador Feature Film1978

Diwan Feature Film1974

Abbandono Short Film1970

Bogen Short Film1967

Editor

13

Type

Year

Der Tag des Malers Poster

Der Tag des Malers Feature Film1997

Hynningen Poster

Hynningen Short Film1984

Blick aus dem harmonischen Gefängnis Feature Film1982

Uliisses Poster

Uliisses Feature Film1982

Peggy und die anderen Feature Film1981

Hurrycan Feature Film1979

Diwan Feature Film1974

Sun-A-Mul Poster

Sun-A-Mul Short Film1974

Alternatim Poster

Alternatim Short Film1973

Kantilene Poster

Kantilene Short Film1973

Moto Short Film1973

Abbandono Short Film1970

Jüm-Jüm Short Film1967

Producer

9

Type

Year

Der Tag des Malers Poster

Der Tag des Malers Feature Film1997

Hynningen Poster

Hynningen Short Film1984

Nekes Documentary1982

Beuys Short Film1981

Hurrycan Feature Film1979

Diwan Feature Film1974

Alaska Short Film1969

Bogen Short Film1967

Jüm-Jüm Short Film1967

Composer

1

Jüm-Jüm Short Film1967

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