Biography
Klaus Wyborny (born June 5, 1945, in Bittkau near Magdeburg; currently residing and working in Hamburg) is a German filmmaker, producer, director, actor, cinematographer, and screenwriter, recognized for his experimental films.
From 1963 to 1970, Klaus Wyborny studied Theoretical Physics at the University of Hamburg and Yeshiva University in New York City.
In 1968, Wyborny co-founded the Hamburger Filmmacher Cooperative alongside Hellmuth Costard, Thomas Struck, Werner Nekes, Helmut Herbst, Werner Grassmann, and others. Inspired by the New American Cinema, the cooperative aimed to develop a European variant of American underground cinema. He contributed to the literary journals BOA VISTA and Henry and was a co-founder of the 'Hamburger Filmgespräche'.
Wyborny participated in Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 with works including Das abenteuerliche, aber glücklose Leben des William Parmagino, Dallas Texas - After the Goldrush, Chimney Piece and A Crowd in the Face. At Documenta 6 (1977), he was featured in the Film Review: New European Cinema section with Percy McPhee. He took part in the International Forum of New Cinema in Berlin in 1975, 1980-1982, 1986, 1992, and 1994. Additionally, he was represented multiple times at the Viennale Festival in Vienna (2002, 2005, 2010). In 2003, he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe.
