Klaus Maeck

Klaus Maeck (born in Hamburg 28 July 1954) is a German film producer.[1] He is perhaps best remembered for his West German cyberpunk cult classic Decoder.[2] His films have often played at the Berlin Film Festival.[3] Prior to creating Decoder, he was a music and culture journalist in Hamburg, covering the advent of the industrial music scene in the city.[4] His film "The Edge of Heaven" won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay.

Filmography

• Decoder, (1984)
• Kastrierte Philosophen: Toilet Queen, (1989, short)
• William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers, (1991)
• Visions of Europe, (2004, segment: Die alten bösen Lieder)
• Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, (2005)
• Takva: A Man's Fear of God, (2006)
• Shaving Hacke, (2006, short)
• The Edge of Heaven, (2007)
• Chiko, (2008)
• Soul Kitchen, (2009)
• Before Your Eyes, (2009)
• UFO in Her Eyes, (2011)
• Blutzbrüdaz, (2011)
• Polluting Paradise, (2012)
• Fraktus - Das letzte Kapitel der Musikgeschichte, (2012)
• Mamaroš, (2013)
• B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989, (2015)
• Anhedonia, (2016)
• Eure Kinder, (2018, short)
• Die Liebe frisst das Leben, Tobias Gruben, seine Lieder und die Erde, (2019)
• Alles ist eins. Ausser der 0., (2020)

References

1. "Klaus Maeck". IMDb.
2. "Decoder Cyber-Krieger: Klaus Maeck". Lethal Amounts.
3. Barraclough, Leo (December 16, 2014). "James Franco, Hal Hartley Films Feature in Berlin's Panorama Lineup".
4. Reddell, T. (2018). The Sound of Things to Come: An Audible History of the Science Fiction Film. University of Minnesota Press. p. 554. ISBN 978-1-4529-5736-4. Retrieved 2020-12-27.