
Werner Nekes
Known for DirectingBorn 1944-04-29Died 2017-01-22Erfurt, Germany
Werner Nekes was born in 1944 in Erfurt and studied linguistics and psychology in Freiburg. He then went to Bonn in 1964 where he was a head of the University Film Club and later chairman of the FIAG. He developed friendships with film directors, sculptors and painters. These included Dore 0., his companion and collaborator since 1967. He began painting in 1965 with diverse materials and objects. He started his practice of film with 8mm and went on with 16mm. He decided to free the film from narration and psychology and organized his films according to temporal units and structural systems. In spring 1967, his films were rejected by the Kurzfilmtage of Oberhausen. Thus, Nekes organized a counter-event. The same year in November, he comes to Hamburg with Dore 0., whom he marries the following month. He was a co-founder of the Hamburg cooperative of filmmakers and was a co-organizer of the « Hamburger Filmschau » in 1967. From 1973, he travelled all over the world to make seminaries about film theory and retrospectives. He moved to Mülheim an der Ruhr in summer 1978. He co-founded the Filmbüro NW in 1980 and the ICNC (International Center for New Cinema) in Riga in 1988. His work was shown at major international museums and festivals, including The Museum of Modern Art New York, or the Kassel Dokumenta. He was also a professor: from 1969 to 1972 and 2004 to 2006 at the Academy of Fine Arts (Hochschule für Bildende Künste) in Hamburg, from 1981 to 1982 at Wuppertal University, from 1982 to 1984 at the Kunsthochschule Offenbach, and, from 1990-96 at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. Furthermore, Nekes has compiled one of the most important private collections of artefacts documenting 500 years of pre-cinematographic experiments as well as developments in the early history of film, focusing on spatial and temporal principles of representation.Read more
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Lawale
2025 · Movie
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Mirador
1978 · Movie
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Schwarzhuhnbraunhuhnschwarzhuhnweißhuhnrothuhnweiß oder put-putt
1967 · Movie
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Artikel
1966 · Movie
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Vis-à-vis
1968 · Movie
The Critical Mass
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The Critical Mass
1999 · Movie
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Lagado
1977 · Movie
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Alternatim
1974 · Movie
Abbandono
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Abbandono
1970 · Movie
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Fehlstart
1966 · Movie
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Bambi
1948 · Series
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Film Before Film
1987 · Movie
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Blonde Barbarei
1973 · Movie
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Das Seminar
1967 · Movie
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Schnitte für Ababa
1967 · Movie
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Johnny Flash
1986 · Movie
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Alaska
2025 · Movie
Diwan
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Diwan
1974 · Movie
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Makimono
1974 · Movie
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Kaskara
1974 · Movie
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Eva Hesse
2016 · Movie
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Amalgam I-IV
1976 · Movie
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00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter
1994 · Movie
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Start
1966 · Movie
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Beuys
1981 · Movie
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Hynningen
1974 · Movie
Werner Nekes - Life Between the Pictures
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Werner Nekes - Life Between the Pictures
2017 · Movie
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Jüm-Jüm
1967 · Movie
Kelek
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Kelek
1968 · Movie
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Multi-Thousand Picture Show
1996 · Movie
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Cinématon
1978 · Movie
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T-Wo-Men
1972 · Movie
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Uliisses
1982 · Movie
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The Day of the Painter
1997 · Movie

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EXPRMNTL
2016 · Movie

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Downup
2010 · Movie

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Womanbird
2008 · Movie

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Beyond the Image
1996 · Movie

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Pictures Come to Life
1996 · Movie

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The Magic Drum
1996 · Movie

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The Ambiguous Image and Space
1996 · Movie

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Home Movies 1971-81
1985 · Movie
Cinématon XXVII
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Cinématon XXVII
1982 · Movie

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Cinématon n°261 : Werner Nekes
1982 · Movie

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Peggy und die anderen oder Wer trägt die Avantgarde?
1980 · Movie

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The Bengali Night
1980 · Movie

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Hurrycan
1979 · Movie

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Little Night
1979 · Movie