Directed credits
28
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Directing
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Directed movies: 25Directed series: 3All crew credits: 53
TMDB ID: 2725
IMDb ID: nm0001202
Known for: Directing
Born: May 31, 1945
Died: June 10, 1982
Age: 37
Place of birth: Bad Wörishofen, Germany
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2024
Years active: 66
Average TMDB rating: 6.56
Wikidata: Q44426
Also known as
Rainer W. Fassbinder • R. W. Fassbinder • 라이너 베르너 파스빈더 • Franz Walsch • Ра́йнер Ве́рнер Фасби́ндер • راينر فاسبيندر • Ράινερ Βέρνερ Φασμπίντερ • 赖纳·维尔纳·法斯宾德 • რაინერ უერნერ ფასბინდერი • ライナー・ヴェルナー・ファスビンダー • +2 more
Frequent jobs
Director (28)Screenplay (7)Writer (7)Editor (3)Producer (3)Theatre Play (2)Cinematography (1)Original Music Composer (1)Original Story (1)
Biography
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 — 10 June 1982) was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor. Considered one of the most important figures in the New German Cinema, Fassbinder was prolific; in a professional career less than fifteen years, he completed forty feature-length films, two television film series, three short films, four video productions, twenty-four stage plays, and four radio plays. He had tortured, personal relationships with the actors and technicians around him who formed a surrogate family. However, his pictures demonstrate his deep sensitivity to social outsiders and his hatred of institutionalized violence. He ruthlessly attacked both German bourgeois society and the larger limitations of humanity. Fassbinder died in June 1982 at the age of 37 from a lethal cocktail of cocaine and barbiturates. His death has often been cited as the event that ended the New German Cinema movement.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
7.2
Veronika Voss
Director
1982 Movie
6.4
Theater in Trance
Director
1981 Movie
5.9
The Third Generation
Director
1979 Movie
7.4
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Director
1979 Movie
6.6
In a Year with 13 Moons
Director
1978 Movie
6.5
Despair
Director
1978 Movie
6.2
Germany in Autumn
Director
1978 Movie
5.2
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Director
1977 Movie
5.7
Women in New York
Director
1977 Movie
6.2
The American Soldier
Director
1976 Movie
6.3
Satan’s Brew
Director
1976 Movie
6.2
Fear of Fear
Director
1975 Movie
7.6
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Director
1975 Movie
5.8
Like a Bird on a Wire
Director
1975 Movie
6.9
Martha
Director
1974 Movie
7.1
Nora Helmer
Director
1974 Movie
6.0
Bremen Freedom
Director
1972 Movie
6.2
Beware of a Holy Whore
Director
1971 Movie
5.1
Whity
Director
1971 Movie
5.1
Pioneers in Ingolstadt
Director
1971 Movie
5.0
Rio das Mortes
Director
1971 Movie
5.4
The Niklashausen Journey
Director
1970 Movie
5.3
The Coffee House
Director
1970 Movie
6.3
The Little Chaos
Director
1966 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
7.7
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Original Music Composer
1974 Movie
7.4
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Screenplay
1972 Movie
7.4
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Director
1979 Movie
7.3
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Screenplay
1970 Movie
7.2
Veronika Voss
Director
1982 Movie
7.2
Fox and His Friends
Producer
1975 Movie
7.1
Chinese Roulette
Writer
1977 Movie
6.9
Lola
Screenplay
1981 Movie
6.6
Querelle
Editor
1982 Movie
6.6
In a Year with 13 Moons
Director
1978 Movie
6.4
Lili Marleen
Editor
1981 Movie
6.4
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Writer
2000 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
6.3
Satan’s Brew
Director
1976 Movie
7.1
Nora Helmer
Director
1974 Movie
6.9
Lola
Screenplay
1981 Movie
5.3
The Coffee House
Director
1970 Movie
6.4
Katzelmacher
Screenplay
1969 Movie
7.1
Chinese Roulette
Writer
1977 Movie
5.8
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)
2011 Movie
7.2
Fox and His Friends
Producer
1975 Movie
7.4
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Director
1979 Movie
6.6
Querelle
Editor
1982 Movie
6.6
In a Year with 13 Moons
Director
1978 Movie
6.5
Despair
Director
1978 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
6.5
NDR Talk Show
as Self • 1 eps
1979 Series
Spécial cinéma
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series
9.0
Dalli Dalli
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series
5.3
Stars in the Ring
as Self • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.4
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Director • 14 eps
1980 Series
7.2
World on a Wire
Director • 2 eps
1973 Series
7.0
aspekte
as Self • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.5
Am laufenden Band
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.6
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Director • 5 eps
1972 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
5.7
Peter von Kant
Original Story
2022 Movie
Frogman Katzelmacher
Writer
2013 Movie
2.7
Garbage, the City and Death
Theatre Play
2012 Movie
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Writer
2008 Movie
6.4
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Writer
2000 Movie
6.6
Querelle
Editor
1982 Movie
6.9
Lola
Screenplay
1981 Movie
6.4
Lili Marleen
Editor
1981 Movie
6.0
Adolf and Marlene
Producer
1977 Movie
7.1
Chinese Roulette
Writer
1977 Movie
3.8
Shadow of Angels
Theatre Play
1976 Movie
7.2
I Only Want You to Love Me
Writer
1976 Movie
7.2
Fox and His Friends
Producer
1975 Movie
5.4
La Paloma
Writer
1974 Movie
6.6
Effi Briest
Screenplay
1974 Movie
7.7
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Original Music Composer
1974 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Sukowa - Playful Like A Child
2024 Movie
7.7
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
Photographer "Eise"
as Self
2019 Movie
6.2
Fassbinder
as Self (archive footage)
2015 Movie
6.4
Fassbinder: Love Without Demands
as Self (archive footage)
2015 Movie
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
as Self (archive footage)
2014 Movie
Once Upon a Time… The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Self (archive footage)
2012 Movie
5.8
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)
2011 Movie
5.8
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
as Self (archive footage)
2010 Movie
6.7
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
as Self (archive footage)
2008 Movie
5.0
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977
as Self
2005 Movie
5.9
Fassbinder in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2002 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
7.4
Berlin Alexanderplatz
as Narrator (voice, uncredited) • 14 eps
1980 Series
6.5
NDR Talk Show
as Self • 1 eps
1979 Series
Spécial cinéma
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.5
Am laufenden Band
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1974 Series
9.0
Dalli Dalli
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.0
aspekte
as Self • 1 eps
1965 Series
5.3
Stars in the Ring
as Self • 1 eps
1959 Series