Klaus Wyborny

Biography

Klaus Wyborny (b.June 5, 1945 in Bittkau bei Magdeburg; lives and works in Hamburg) is a German filmmaker, producer, film director, actor, cameraman and screenwriter, known for his experimental films. Klaus Wyborny studied from 1963 to 1970 Theoretical Physics at the University of Hamburg and the Yeshiva University in New York City. Wyborny was co-founder in 1968, with Hellmuth Costard, Thomas Struck, Werner Nekes, Helmut Herbst, Werner Grassmann, and others, of the Hamburger Filmmacher Cooperative, which took the New American Cinema as an example and would develop an European version of American underground cinema. He worked for the literary journals BOA VISTA and Henry, and was co-founder of the 'Hamburger Filmgespräche'. Klaus Wyborny participated with others in the Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 with Das abenteuerliche, aber glücklose Leben des William Parmagino, Dallas Texas - After the Goldrush, Chimney Piece and A Crowd in the Face, and Percy McPhee in the section Film review: New European Cinema on the Documenta 6 (1977). Wyborny participated in 1975, 1980-1982, 1986, 1992 and 1994 at the International Forum of New Cinema in Berlin. He was also several times (2002, 2005, 2010) represented at the Viennale Festival in Vienna. In 2003 he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe.

Most Famous Work

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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

(1974) Second Unit

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The Scenic Sacrifice

(1980) Director

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Sulla

(2003) Writer

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Syrakus

(2012) Writer

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Cinéma Vérité

(2016) Director

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D’Annunzio’s Cave

(2005) Director of Photography

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Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum)

(2014) Writer

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Studies for the Decay of the West

(2010) Writer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2017	Self	Werner Nekes - Das Leben zwischen den Bildern 2017-11-09 Movie
1999	Himself	The critical mass 1999-07-01 Movie
1991	N/A	The Holy Bunch 1991-02-17 Movie
1985	N/A	Home Movies 1971-81 1985-01-01 Movie
1974	N/A	The Fantastic World of Matthew Madson 1974-05-22 Movie
	N/A	Diwan 1974-02-02 Movie
1973	Narrator	The Birth of a Nation 1973-05-30 Movie
1966	N/A	Klammer auf Klammer zu 1966-11-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2016	Director of Photography	Cinéma Vérité 2016-09-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Britain’s Glory 2016-02-17 Movie
2015	Director of Photography	The Light of the World 2015-08-22 Movie
2014	Director of Photography	Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum) 2014-10-30 Movie
2012	Director of Photography	Syrakus 2012-11-01 Movie
2010	Director of Photography	Studies for the Decay of the West 2010-10-01 Movie
2005	Director of Photography	D’Annunzio’s Cave 2005-05-31 Movie
2003	Director of Photography	Sulla 2003-11-23 Movie
1977	Director of Photography	Der Ort der Handlung 1977-01-17 Movie
1973	Director of Photography	The Birth of a Nation 1973-05-30 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2016	Director	Cinéma Vérité 2016-09-22 Movie
	Director	Britain’s Glory 2016-02-17 Movie
2015	Director	The Light of the World 2015-08-22 Movie
2014	Director	Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum) 2014-10-30 Movie
2012	Director	Syrakus 2012-11-01 Movie
2010	Director	Studies for the Decay of the West 2010-10-01 Movie
	Director	Durs Grünbein liest die dritte Satire des Juvenal 2010-01-02 Movie
2009	Director	The Last Year 2009-07-31 Movie
	Director	Begegnung mit Werner Schroeter 2009-04-14 Movie
2006	Director	Hommage an Ludwig van Beethoven 2006-07-21 Movie
2005	Director	Histoire du cinema 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	Director	Another World (Song of the Earth Part 2) 2004-01-01 Movie
2003	Director	Sulla 2003-11-23 Movie
1995	Director	The Narthex-Mosaics of San Marco in Venice 1995-08-23 Movie
1994	Director	Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Schlachtfeld 1994-08-19 Movie
	Director	From the Age of Recklessness (Song of the Earth Part 4) 1994-01-01 Movie
1993	Director	The Open Universe 1993-10-16 Movie
1992	Director	Abandoned; Lost; Lonely, Cold (Song of the Earth Part 3) 1992-01-01 Movie
1985	Director	At the Edge of Darkness (Song of the Earth Part 1) 1985-07-11 Movie
	Director	Grace, Things (Song of the Earth Part 5) 1985-01-01 Movie
1982	Director	2084 1982-05-15 Movie
1981	Director	The Blanket of Life 1981-06-10 Movie
	Director	3 Miniatures after Melanie Klein 1981-02-20 Movie
	Director	Richard 1981-01-01 Movie
	Director	Elementary Editing Theory 1981-01-01 Movie
1980	Director	The Scenic Sacrifice 1980-11-14 Movie
1979	Director	Potpourri from "East of No West" 1979-01-01 Movie
1978	Director	Unreachable Homeless - Sonata on Film 1978-01-01 Movie
1977	Director	Der Ort der Handlung 1977-01-17 Movie
	Director	6 Small Pieces of Film 1977-01-01 Movie
	Director	Valiantly Towards the Waves 1977-01-01 Movie
1976	Director	Housefilm 1976-01-01 Movie
	Director	Syntax 1976-01-01 Movie
	Director	Bartleby 1976-01-01 Movie
1975	Director	Pictures of the Lost Word 1975-05-09 Movie
	Director	Flight from SF to NYC 1975-01-01 Movie
	Director	Window Film 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	Director	The Ideal: Ecstasy & Beauty 1974-01-01 Movie
	Director	Elementary Filmhistory 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Director	The Birth of a Nation 1973-05-30 Movie
1972	Director	4 Rural Sketches 1972-01-01 Movie
1971	Director	Dallas Texas / After the Goldrush 1971-01-01 Movie
	Director	Chimney Piece 1971-01-01 Movie
1970	Director	Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge) 1970-06-12 Movie
1969	Director	The Haunted Screen 1969-07-15 Movie
	Director	Thorium 232 1969-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Greatest Crime of All Time 1969-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Adventurous but Luckless Life of William Parmagino 1969-01-01 Movie
1968	Director	Im KZ 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	A Crowd in the Face 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	Home Sweet Home 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	Three Days with Janine 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	Up to the Stars 1968-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2016	Editor	Britain’s Glory 2016-02-17 Movie
2015	Editor	The Light of the World 2015-08-22 Movie
2014	Editor	Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum) 2014-10-30 Movie
2012	Editor	Syrakus 2012-11-01 Movie
2010	Editor	Studies for the Decay of the West 2010-10-01 Movie
2003	Editor	Sulla 2003-11-23 Movie
1970	Editor	Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge) 1970-06-12 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2015	Producer	The Light of the World 2015-08-22 Movie
2014	Producer	Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum) 2014-10-30 Movie
1977	Producer	Der Ort der Handlung 1977-01-17 Movie
1970	Producer	Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge) 1970-06-12 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2015	Writer	The Light of the World 2015-08-22 Movie
2014	Writer	Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum) 2014-10-30 Movie
2012	Writer	Syrakus 2012-11-01 Movie
2010	Writer	Studies for the Decay of the West 2010-10-01 Movie
2003	Writer	Sulla 2003-11-23 Movie
1977	Writer	Der Ort der Handlung 1977-01-17 Movie
1974	Writer	The Fantastic World of Matthew Madson 1974-05-22 Movie
1973	Writer	The Birth of a Nation 1973-05-30 Movie
1970	Writer	Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge) 1970-06-12 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2010	Original Music Composer	Studies for the Decay of the West 2010-10-01 Movie
1970	Sound	Programmhinweise 1970-02-17 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1974	Second Unit	The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1974-11-01 Movie
1970	Cinematography	Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge) 1970-06-12 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv