Filmmaker and gay-rights activist Rosa von Praunheim is one of the leading figures in gay and lesbian cinema and New German Cinema, although his deliberately controversial techniques, designed to challenge audiences, have sometimes caused him to be criticized by both gay and anti-gay supporters. Praunheim originally studied painting in Berlin and from there was an assistant for such gay filmmakers as Werner Schroeter and Gregory J. Markopoulous. As a director, he made many underground short films on Super-8 or 16 mm stock before going to work in television where he became known for such genre parodies as Die Bettwurst/The Bedroll (1970). Von Praunheim made his first gay-themed film, Sisters of the Revolution, in 1969. The film was a three-part look at homosexual participation in the early women's liberation movement taking place in New York. One of his most influential films was 1970's made-for-TV outing Homosexuelle ist Pervers, Sondern die Situation, in der Er Lebt/It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverted, But the Situation in Which He Lives, another example of his usage of negative gay stereotypes to politicize their plight and plea for more rights. Not all of Von Praunheim's films focus on homosexuality; some deal with those living on the fringes of society.
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Konig des Comics
Director |
2012 | |||
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Rent Boys
Director, Screenwriter |
2011 | |||
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New York Memories
Director |
2010 | |||
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History of Hell
Director |
2009 | |||
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Two Mothers: The Search Began in Riga
Director, Participant, Producer, Screenwriter |
2008 | |||
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Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians
Director, Screenwriter |
2007 | |||
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Germans Taste The Best
Director |
2007 | |||
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Two Mothers
Director |
2007 | |||
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Netto
First Assistant Director |
2005 | |||
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Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
2004 | |||
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Pfui Rosa!
Director, Editor, Participant, Producer, Screenwriter |
2003 | |||
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The Einstein of Sex
Director, Producer |
1999 | |||
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Vor Transsexuellen wird gewarnt
Director |
1996 | |||
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Die Nacht der Regisseure
Actor |
1995 | |||
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Neurosia
Director |
1995 | |||
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Affengeil
Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1993 | |||
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Ich Bin Meine Eigene Frau
Director |
1992 | |||
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Stolz und Schwul
Director, Screenwriter |
1991 | |||
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Positive
Director |
1990 | |||
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Silence=Death
Director |
1990 | |||
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Uberleben In New York
Director, Editor |
1990 | |||
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Dolly, Lotte und Maria
Director, Editor, Producer |
1988 | |||
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Anita - Tanze des Lasters
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1987 | |||
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Der Biss
Actor |
1985 | |||
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Ein Virus Kennt Keine Moral
Actor, Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter |
1985 | |||
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Horror Vacui
Director, Editor, Screenwriter |
1984 | |||
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Stadt der Verlorenen
Director, Editor, Screenwriter |
1983 | |||
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Mein New York
Director |
1982 | |||
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Rote Liebe - Wassilissa
Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Screenwriter |
1981 | |||
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Unsere Leichen Leben Noch
Actor, Director, Editor, Screenwriter |
1981 | |||
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Armee der Liebenden Oder Aufstand der Perversen
Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter |
1979 | |||
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Das Todesmagazin oder Wie werde ich ein Blumentopf?
Cinematographer, Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1979 | |||
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Tally Brown, N.Y.
Cinematographer, Director, Producer |
1979 | |||
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Portrait George and Mike Kuchar
Director |
1977 | |||
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Ich Bin Ein Antistar
Director, Editor, Screenwriter |
1976 | |||
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Underground and Emigrants
Director, Participant, Voice |
1976 | |||
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Monolog Eines Stars
Director, Screenwriter |
1974 | |||
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Rosa Von Praunheim Zeigt
Director |
1974 | |||
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Axel Von Auersberg
Director, Screenwriter |
1973 | |||
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Berliner Bettwurst
Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter |
1973 | |||
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Leidenschaften
Director, Screenwriter |
1972 | |||
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Homosexuelle in New York
Director |
1971 | |||
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Macbeth Oper Von Rosa Von Praunheim
Director, Screenwriter |
1970 | |||
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Samuel Beckett
Director |
1969 | |||
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Schwestern Der Revolution
Director |
1969 |