Czechoslovakia, 1944 – 2014, Germany

Harun Farocki studied at the Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin (German Film and Television Academy). Between 1974 and 1984 he was author and editor of the journal Filmkritik in Munich. He then worked as visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley and at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Since 2004 he was guest professor, and from 2006 to 2011 full professor at Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste (Academy of Fine Arts) in Vienna. Harun Farocki is one of the most prominent documentary and essay filmmakers working today. Since 1966 he has created more than 100 productions for television or the cinema: children’s television, documentary films, film essays, feature films. Farocki’s work has been shown at retrospectives in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Israel, India, Singapore, Indonesia and all over Europe. Since 1996 he has had numerous group and solo exhibitions in museums and galleries worldwide and has received significant prizes.