Rosa von Praunheim
Directing · Director · Editor · Director of Photography
Born Nov 25, 1942 · Riga, Latvia
Active 1968–2025 · Awards: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, German Film Award, Teddy Award, FIPRESCI Award of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, FIPRESCI Prize, Robert Geisendörfer Award
Rosa von Praunheim, born Holger Bernhard Bruno Waldemar Mischwitzky, was a German film director, author, painter and the most famous gay rights activist in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Filmography
24 Hours Berlin (2009) — DirectorFire Under Your Ass (1990) — Director · Writer · ProducerGrotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk (1972) — Director of Photography · Writer · DirectorWas die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972) — Editor · Writer · Director · ProducerHomosexuelle in New York (1971) — DirectorGeorge and Mike Kuchar (1977) — DirectorPassions (1972) — DirectorI’m an Antistar (1976) — DirectorOur Corpses Are Still Alive (1981) — DirectorAxel von Auersperg (1974) — Director · Editor · Producer · WriterSurvival in New York (1989) — Writer · DirectorDolly, Lotte and Maria (1987) — Interviewer · Director · Writer · ProducerMonolog eines Stars (1974) — Director · Writer · Director of Photography · EditorMarianne Rosenberg (1976) — DirectorWonderful Wrodow (2000) — DirectorMeine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff (1994) — Director · WriterPfui, Rosa! (2002) — DirectorNeurasia (1969) — Assistant DirectorTally Brown, New York (1979) — Producer · Writer · Editor · Director of Photography · DirectorI Feel Like Disco (2013) — Rosa von PraunheimTough Love (2015) — Director · Producer · WriterCows Knocked Up by Fog (2002) — Director · ScreenplayUmsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze (2005) — Director · WriterCharlotte in Sweden (2003) — Director