Heinz Emigholz
Directing
Born: 1948-01-22 · Achim, Germany
Biography
Born in 1948 near Bremen in Germany, Heinz Emigholz trained first as a draftsman before studying philosophy and literature in Hamburg. He began filmmaking in 1968 and has worked since 1973 as a filmmaker, artist, writer and producer in Germany and the USA. In 1974 he started his encyclopaedic drawing series The Basis of Make-Up . He looks back on numerous exhibitions, retrospectives, lectures and publications. In 1984 he started his film series Photography and beyond. He has held a professorship
🎬 Movies (30)
Ecce Mole
2025
Director
The Suit
2024
Director
Slaughterhouses of Modernity
2023
Director
Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben
2023
Director of Photography
Mamani in El Alto
2022
Director
Salamone, Pampa
2022
Director
Antivilla
2021
Director
Casa Golly
2021
Director
Berlin [Underground]
2021
Director
WEISS hoch ZWEI
2021
Director
The Last City
2021
Director
The Lobby
2020
Director
Years of Construction
2019
Director
Two Basilicas
2018
Director
![2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw780%2FxZmFnEC2gNQq2NjIpoLYaws5TRO.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]
2017
Director
![Streetscapes [Dialogue]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw780%2FlbaDCCZJ6xwvNLO5qFDBmjnjaOH.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Streetscapes [Dialogue]
2017
Director
![Dieste [Uruguay]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw780%2FiXdwycGTb426h8wf5Ogr8PD0UDh.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Dieste [Uruguay]
2017
Director
![Bickels [Socialism]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw780%2F7l3LMzod0pJoDIlOlyne1jwOGYW.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Bickels [Socialism]
2016
Director
![Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw780%2F3kc0g7jiQ3N93Lg2mx9kPM3iE9H.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief]
2016
Director
The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III
2014
Director
Two Museums
2014
Director
Winter
2013
Director
Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete
2012
Director
Perret in France and Algeria
2012
Director
A Series of Thoughts
2011
Director
Saturn Returns
2009
Edgar
Sense of Architecture
2009
Director
Two Projects by Friedrich Kiesler
2009
Director
Ornament und Verbrechen
2009
Director
Loos Ornamental
2008
Director