Filmography
All films written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder are listed unless otherwise noted. According to Hanna Schygulla, Fassbinder was not involved in creating Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? The film was made based on his idea by Michael Fengler, who was Fassbinder’s assistant.
Films about Fassbinder
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1977) – German documentary created by Florian Hopf and Maximiliane Mainka. (29 minutes)
- Life Stories: A Conversation with RWF (German title: Lebensläufe – Rainer Werner Fassbinder im Gespräch, 1978) – German TV documentary created by Peter W. Jansen as part of a regular series. Includes a detailed interview with RWF in his Paris home. First shown on 18 March 1978. (48 minutes)
- RWF Last Works (German title: RWF Letzte Arbeiten, 1982) – German TV documentary created by Wolf Gremm while filming Kamikaze 1989 and Querelle.
- Room 666 (German title: Chambre 666, 1982) – Fassbinder participated in this Wim Wenders documentary project with other filmmakers. (50 minutes)
- A Man Like E.V.A. [de] (German title: Ein Mann wie E.V.A., 1984) – Eva Mattes plays a fictionalized version of Fassbinder in this film directed by Radu Gabrea. (92 minutes)
- I Don't Just Want You to Love Me (1992) – German long documentary film about Fassbinder's career. (90 minutes)
- The Women of Fassbinder (German title: Frauen über R. W. Fassbinder, 1992) – German television documentary created by Thomas Honickel. Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, and (briefly) Rosel Zech are interviewed. (60 minutes)
- The Many Women of Fassbinder (1997)
- Life, Love and Celluloid (1998) – English language documentary film by Juliane Lorenz focused on the 1997 Museum of Modern Art retrospective in New York. Gottfried John and Günter Lamprecht are featured. (90 minutes)
- Fassbinder in Hollywood (2002) – Documentary created by Robert Fischer (mainly in English) and co-written by Ulli Lommel, who also appears. Michael Ballhaus, Hanna Schygulla, and Wim Wenders are interviewed. (57 minutes)
- Fassbinder's Women (2005) – French thematic anthology of film clips. (25 minutes)
- Enfant Terrible, 2020 film directed by Oskar Roehler.