Klaus Wyborny

Known for: Directing
Born: June 5, 1945, Bittkau, Germany
Movies: 75

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'.

Best-Known Movies

7.3

Diwan

1974

6.5

The Holy Bunch

1991

7.0

Burning Beds

1988

7.3

The Birth of a Nation

1973

7.0

Studies for the Decay of the West

2010

6.3

Pictures of the Lost Word

1975

7.0

Four Shadows

1978

9.0

The Fantastic World of Matthew Madson

1974

7.0

Der Ort der Handlung

1977

7.0

The Open Universe

1990

Filmography

2017	Werner Nekes - Life Between the Pictures	Self
1999	The Critical Mass	Himself
1991	The Holy Bunch
1988	Burning Beds
1985	Home Movies 1971-81
1983	Tropiafric - Grüße aus der Wildnis	(cameo)
1978	Four Shadows
1974	The Fantastic World of Matthew Madson
1974	Diwan
1973	The Birth of a Nation	Narrator
1969	Bumps. Shake. Two Hamburgers
1968	A Crowd in the Face
1968	Im KZ
1968	Null-Null-Zero
1966	One Brachet Close Brachet

Directing, Writing & Producing

2016	Britain’s Glory	Director
2015	The Light of the World	Producer, Writer, Director
2014	Studies on Monet (In the Imaginary Museum)	Director, Producer, Writer
2012	Syrakus	Director, Writer
2010	Studies for the Decay of the West	Director, Writer
2010	Durs Grünbein liest die dritte Satire des Juvenal	Director
2009	Begegnung mit Werner Schroeter	Director
2009	The Last Year	Director
2006	Hommage an Ludwig van Beethoven	Director
2006	The Cathedral of New Emotions	Writer
2005	Histoire du cinema	Director
2004	Another World (Song of the Earth Part 2)	Director
2003	Sulla	Director, Writer
1995	The Narthex-Mosaics of San Marco in Venice	Director
1994	Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Schlachtfeld	Director
1994	From the Age of Recklessness (Song of the Earth Part 4)	Director
1992	Abandoned; Lost; Lonely, Cold (Song of the Earth Part 3)	Director
1990	The Open Universe	Director, Writer, Producer
1988	Out of New York	Director
1985	At the Edge of Darkness (Song of the Earth Part 1)	Director
1985	Grace, Things (Song of the Earth Part 5)	Director
1985	Gnade und Dinge. 11 Stücke auf Film	Director
1982	2084	Director
1981	The Blanket of Life	Director
1981	3 Miniatures after Melanie Klein	Director
1981	Richard	Director
1980	The Scenic Sacrifice	Director
1979	Potpourri from "East of No West"	Director
1978	Unreachable Homeless - Sonata on Film	Director
1977	Valiantly Towards the Waves	Director
1977	Der Ort der Handlung	Director, Writer, Producer
1977	6 Small Pieces of Film	Director
1976	Housefilm	Director
1976	Syntax	Director
1976	Bartleby	Director
1975	Pictures of the Lost Word	Director
1975	Window Film	Director
1975	Flight from SF to NYC	Director
1974	The Fantastic World of Matthew Madson	Writer
1974	Elementary Filmhistory	Director
1974	The Ideal: Ecstasy & Beauty	Director
1973	The Birth of a Nation	Director, Writer
1972	4 Rural Sketches	Director
1971	Chimney Piece	Director
1971	Dallas Texas / After the Goldrush	Director
1971	Prince and Delusion	Writer
1970	Percy McPhee - Agent des Grauens (6. + 7. Folge)	Director, Producer, Writer
1970	Ludwig van Beethoven - Ein Leben für die Musik	Director
1969	The Haunted Screen	Director
1969	Thorium 232	Director, Writer
1969	The Greatest Crime of All Time	Director
1969	The Adventurous but Luckless Life of William Parmagino	Director
1968	Three Days with Janine, Three Days with John	Director
1968	Up to the Stars	Director
1968	A Crowd in the Face	Director
1968	Im KZ	Director
1968	Home Sweet Home	Director
1968	Der Markt von Ringköbing	Director
1968	Null-Null-Zero	Writer
1967	Going to Stuttgart	Director

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