Harun Farocki

Farocki in 2013

Harun Farocki (January 9, 1944 - July 30, 2014) was a German filmmaker.

Farocki was born in Neutitschein, Sudetenland.

He has made over 90 movies, most of them were documentaries. Farocki studied at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin from 1966 to 1968. He was a teacher at the University of California, Berkeley from 1993 to 1999.

Farocki died in Berlin from an illness, aged 70.