Klaus Stanjek

Director, Screenplay, Director of photography, Editing, Sound, Miscellaneous, Producer, Unit production manager
Wuppertal

Biography

Klaus Stanjek studied Psychology and Biology with an emphasis on Anthropology. After traveling across Europe, Africa, Asia, and North and South America, he was engaged in cross-cultural research from 1974-1979 at the Max Plack Institute and earned his PhD. He then studied Documentary Film from 1979-1983 in Munich and became an instructor for documentary film techniques and aesthetics. He set up his own production company, Cinetarium, in 1983.

Since 1994 he has been a professor for Documentary Directing at the "Konrad Wolf" University of Film and Television and conducts international workshops, among others, in cooperation with the Iranian Film Academy. A selection of his films includes: "Christiania" (1977), "Mendzang Beti" (1981), "Waterlords" (1985), "Twilight" (1990), "Children of Utopia" (1999), "Year of the Fisherman" (1999), "Commune of Bliss" (2004), and "Sounds from the Fog" (2013).

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH


 

Filmography

2018/2019
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
  • Miscellaneous
  • Producer
2012/2013
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Producer
  • Unit production manager
2004
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Producer
1999
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1991
  • Producer
1985
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1983
  • Director of photography
1981/1982
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Director of photography
1980
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Director of photography
  • Sound
1977
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Director of photography
  • Editing