Biography
Studied film at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. In 1986, he founded the production company Velvet Film. His feature film Lumumba, which premiered at Cannes, won multiple international awards. I Am Not Your Negro received an Oscar® nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia
Director
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2017 |
The Young Karl Marx |
| 2014 |
Murder in Pacot |
| 2009 |
L'École du pouvoir (TV movie) |
Moloch tropical |
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| 2005 |
Sometimes in April (TV movie) |
| 2000 |
Lumumba |
| 1998 |
It's Not About Love (TV movie) |
| 1994 |
Desounen : Dialogue with Death |
Haiti - Le silence des chiens |
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| 1993 |
The Man on the Shore |
| 1987 |
Haitian Corner |
| Series | |
|---|---|
| 2006 |
L'Affaire Villemin |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2010 |
We Work Here, We Live Here, We Stay Here! |
| 1997 |
Chère Catherine |
| 1984 |
Merry Christmas Deutschland |
| 1983 |
Leugt |
| 1982 |
120 Minuten merkwürdig (student film) |
Screenwriter
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2017 |
The Young Karl Marx |
| 2014 |
Murder in Pacot |
| 2005 |
Sometimes in April (TV movie) |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Ernest Cole, photographe |
| 2023 |
Silver Dollar Road |
| 2021 |
Exterminate All the Brutes (series) |
Part 4: The Bright Colors of Fascism (E04) |
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Part 3: Killing at a Distance or... How I Thoroughly Enjoyed the Outing (E03) |
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Part 2: Who the F*** Is Columbus (E02) |
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Part 1: The Disturbing Confidence of Ignorance (E01) |
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| 2016 |
I Am Not Your Negro |
| 1992 |
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 1984 |
Merry Christmas Deutschland |
Producer
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2017 |
The Young Karl Marx |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Ernest Cole, photographe |
| 2023 |
Silver Dollar Road |
| 2021 |
Amexica (TV movie) |
| 2016 |
I Am Not Your Negro |
| 2013 |
Deported |
| 1992 |
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet |
Actor
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Exterminate All the Brutes (series) - narrator |
Part 4: The Bright Colors of Fascism - narrator (E04) |
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Part 3: Killing at a Distance or... How I Thoroughly Enjoyed the Outing - narrator (E03) |
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Part 2: Who the F*** Is Columbus - narrator (E02) |
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Part 1: The Disturbing Confidence of Ignorance - narrator (E01) |
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| 2006 |
Die Akademie bin ich - People i met on my 40th Birthday (TV movie) |
Editor
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 1992 |
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 1984 |
Merry Christmas Deutschland |
Performer
| Shows | |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
Hollywood Insider |
| 2015 |
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter |
Cinematographer
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 1985 |
Traverse (student film) |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 1984 |
Merry Christmas Deutschland |