Personal Info
Birth date
1960-10-24 (64 Years)
Day of death
2010-08-21
Gender
Male
Known for
Directing
Place of birth
Oberhausen, Germany
Also known as
-Christoph Schlingensief
Biography
Christoph Maria Schlingensief was a German theatre director, performance artist and filmmaker. Starting as an independent underground filmmaker, Schlingensief later staged productions for theatres and festivals, often accompanied by public controversies.
Filmography
Bambi-Verleihung
9
Overview:
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.Through the Night with...
8
Overview:
Durch die Nacht mit … is a German documentary film television series produced by ZDF for Franco-German television channel ARTE. Locations are mainly in France or Germany. The title of the French version is Au cœur de la nuit. Two Celebrities spend an filmed evening together. One of them is the host who sets the location and the program. There is no moderator.Die Harald Schmidt Show
7
Overview:
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.U3000
NYR
Overview:
In the eight-part program U3000 (2000), broadcasted by the music station MTV, Schlingensief assumes the role of the presenter who hates himself for his self-love disguised as telegenic selflessness. Common broadcasting formats are all being ridiculed without exception. A socially needy family can qualify for participation by winning the always same outside bet, in order to make their private fate public in front of a running camera and in the presence of passengers in the moving subway. Childlike rounds of games give them the opportunity to improve social welfare, critically watched by a jury made up of the handicapped actors from Schlingensief's ensemble. Aged show stars like Maria and Margot Hellwig, Christian Anders or Roberto Blanco are used in a talk-show wagon as cheap fodder and are forced to show compassion with such victims of the market economy. The bands of the MTV generation (Atari Teenage Riot, Surrogat, Söhne Mannheims and others) play in the dance wagon.100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
6.8
Overview:
On 30 April 1945, dictator Adolf Hitler, his wife Eva Braun, and prominent members of the Third Reich live out their final hour in the Führerbunker.The 120 Days of Bottrop
5.6
Overview:
An eccentric homage to the Rainer Werner Fassbinder days of German filmmaking.Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
6
Overview:
Using unpublished and newly digitalised archive footage and film material, Bettina Böhler has brilliantly assembled this film about the life and work of the exceptional artist Christoph Schlingensief, who died in 2010.United Trash
4.2
Overview:
In Africa - Land of the ever shining sun, German soldiers fulfill a UN mission. For homosexual General Brenner its a dream comes true: Here, where the people are still native and simple, the German can prove his abilities. But then the virgin wife of Brenner gives birth to her first child. Is it the new Messiah? But what is a Messiah good for, if the UN is already there?Silentium
7.278
Overview:
A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself.Hamlet_X
5
Overview:
A great mosaic, a labyrinth of scenes, dialogue splinters, interviews, portraits of people surrounding Hamlet and wanting to be part of his story.The German Chainsaw Massacre
3.9
Overview:
Taking place around the German reunification of 1990, a group of East Germans cross the border to visit West Germany and get slaughtered by a psychopathic cannibal family who want to turn them into sausages.Christoph Schlingensief - Die Piloten
NYR
Overview:
Documentary satire about a project by Christoph Schlingensief: Ten years after his TV project "Talk 2000", Schlingensief started to work on a new talk show – at least that was what he claimed. But in reality, it was obvious that the pilot episodes he produced would never be broadcasted. Nevertheless, all celebrities from the political and cultural sphere, Schlingensief had requested, accepted his invitation, including the filmmaker Oskar Roehler, the televangelist Jürgen Fliege, the politician Claudia Roth, or the rapper Sido. It is beyond question, that the talk show panel took an unconventional course directly from the start – and was soon threatening to turn into an uproar.Egomania: Island Without Hope
5.2
Overview:
Egomania is a visually stunning end-of-the-world melodrama about lust, jealousy and murder set amidst solar eclipses, orchestral chants and the distant thunder of the boiling sea. The film’s characters – riddled with unconscious desires – find themselves imprisoned on an island. Drawing parallels to the work of British filmmaker Derek Jarman and staring Jarman’s actress-muse Tilda Swinton, Schlingensief’s raw and almost mythological film stands in contrast to his more offensive efforts.Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container
6.6
Overview:
FOREIGNERS OUT! SCHLINGENSIEFS CONTAINER is a thrilling, insightful, funny chronicle and reflection of one of he biggest public pranks and acts of art terrorism ever committed. Austria 2000: Right after the FPÖ under Jörg Haider had become part of the government, the first time an extreme right wing party became state officials after WW2, infamous German shock director Christoph Schlingensief showed a very unique form of protest. Realising public xenophobia and the new hate politics in the most drastic ways possible, he installed a public concentration camp right in the middle of Vienna's touristic heart, right beside the picturesque opera where hundreds of tourists and locals pass by daily. And it was no concentration camp you had ever feared to return from the old times, but one that cynically reflected our new multimedia culture. Satirising reality TV shows, "Big Brother" especially, a dozen asylum seekers were surveilled by a multitude of cameras, could be fed and watched by.Acting
2020Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence as Self (archive footage)
2018Partisan as Unknown
2017Chance 2000 - Abschied von Deutschland as Self
2012Crackle of Time: Christoph Schlingensief and his Opera Village in Burkina Faso as Unknown
2010Erdbeerfelder für immer as Unknown
2008Christoph Schlingensief - Die Piloten as Self
2008Germany, Your Artists (1 Episode) as Self
2005Kippenberger - Der Film as Self
2005Christoph Schlingensief and his Films as Himself
2004Silentium as Opernregisseur
2004Kulturplatz (1 Episode) as Self
2004Im Palais (1 Episode) as Self
2003Freakstars 3000 as Self
2003Hamlet_X as Gynaecologist
2002Through the Night with... (3 Episodes) as Self
2002Gero von Boehm begegnet... (1 Episode) as Self
2002Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container as Himself
2002Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang as Self
2001Hamlet: This Is Your Family as Himself
2001Aeschbacher (1 Episode) as Self
2000Schlingensiefs U3000 (8 Episodes) as Self - Host
2000U3000 (8 Episodes) as Self - Host
2000Failure as a Chance as Self
1999Volle Kanne (1 Episode) as Self
1999Street Kid as Knecht
1999Che: muerte de la utopia? as Unknown
1999Beckmann (2 Episodes) as Self
1998Silvester Countdown as Pole
1998Sabine Christiansen (1 Episode) as Self
1997Talk 2000 (7 Episodes) as Moderator
1997Nachtstudio (4 Episodes) as Self
1995Die Harald Schmidt Show (3 Episodes) as Self
1994alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio (1 Episode) as Self
1994Death of a World Star as Interviewer / Italian / Barlady
1994Domenica. Alle kommen, keiner war da as Belgier
1994Farewell to Agnes as Reporter
1993Terror 2000 as Michel aus Lünen
1991Boulevard Bio (2 Episodes) as Self
1987Nachtcafé (1 Episode) as Self
1985Bye Bye as Self
1984Tunguska – Die Kisten sind da as Major Pater Hilf
1982Für Elise as Trumpet Player
1979NDR Talk Show (1 Episode) as Self
19743 nach 9 (3 Episodes) as Self
1969Die Schulklasse as Teacher
1948Bambi-Verleihung (1 Episode) as Self
Directing
2012Say Goodbye to the Story (ATT 1/11) ... Director
2011Via Intolleranza II ... Director
2009Mea Culpa – A ReadyMadeOpera ... Director
2009Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir ... Director
2008The African Twin Towers ... Director
2007Fremdverstümmelung ... Director
2005Monte Klamotte - Eine Expedition zum Berliner Schuldenberg ... Director
2003Freakstars 3000 ... Director
2000U3000 (8 Episodes) ... Director
1997The 120 Days of Bottrop ... Director
1996United Trash ... Director
199400 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter ... Director
1994Death of a World Star ... Director
1993Terror 2000 ... Director
1990The German Chainsaw Massacre ... Director
1989Sukkubus ... Assistant Director
1989100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker ... Director
1988Mother's Mask ... Director
1988Sheep in Wales ... Director
1987Der Werwolf von W. ... Assistant Director
1987Egomania: Island Without Hope ... Director
1986Menu Total ... Director
1986Idiots' Battle ... Director
1985Bye Bye ... Director
1985My Wife in 5 ... Director
1984Tunguska – Die Kisten sind da ... Director
1984Bemerkungen I ... Director
1983Phantasus go home ... Director
1983What happened to Magdalena Jung? – Die Ungenierten kommen ... Director
1982Für Elise ... Director
1982How would you decide? ... Director
1977Mensch Mami, wir dreh'n 'nen Film ... Director
1977The Secret of the Count of Kaunitz ... Director
1975Das Totenhaus der Lady Florence ... Director
1969Die Schulklasse ... Director
1968My 1st Film ... Director
Writing
2009Mea Culpa – A ReadyMadeOpera ... Writer
2009Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir ... Writer
2007Fremdverstümmelung ... Screenplay
2003Freakstars 3000 ... Screenplay
2001Hamlet: This Is Your Family ... Writer
1997The 120 Days of Bottrop ... Screenplay
1996United Trash ... Writer
1994Death of a World Star ... Writer
1993Terror 2000 ... Writer
1990The German Chainsaw Massacre ... Writer
1989100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker ... Writer
1988Mother's Mask ... Writer
1987Egomania: Island Without Hope ... Screenplay
1986Menu Total ... Screenplay
1986Idiots' Battle ... Screenplay
1984Tunguska – Die Kisten sind da ... Writer
1982Für Elise ... Screenplay
Camera
2009Der Deutschland-Komplex ... Camera Operator
2007Fremdverstümmelung ... Director of Photography
199400 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter ... Director of Photography
1990The German Chainsaw Massacre ... Director of Photography
1988Mother's Mask ... Director of Photography
1987Stangenfieber ... Director of Photography
1987Film Before Film ... Director of Photography
1986Johnny Flash ... Director of Photography
1986Menu Total ... Director of Photography
Editing
1989100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker ... Editor
1988Mother's Mask ... Editor
1987Egomania: Island Without Hope ... Editor
1982Für Elise ... Editor
Production
1988Mother's Mask ... Producer
1987Egomania: Island Without Hope ... Producer
1986Menu Total ... Producer
1986Idiots' Battle ... Producer
1984Tunguska – Die Kisten sind da ... Producer
1982Für Elise ... Producer
Sound
1987Egomania: Island Without Hope ... Original Music Composer
Crew
1986Idiots' Battle ... Cinematography