A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Elfriede Mikesch
Birthplace:
Judenburg, Styria, Austria
Born:
May 31, 1940
Elfi Mikesch was born on May 31, 1940 in Judenburg, Styria, Austria. She is a cinematographer and director, known for Execution: A Story of Mary (1979), I Often Think of Hawaii (1978) and Malina (1991). She has been married to Fritz Mikesch since 1960.
Animation:
1981 Zechmeister
Book:
1981 Zechmeister
2001 Die Markus Family
Cinematography:
1981 Zechmeister
1983 Bondage
1992 Female Misbehavior
2001 Die Markus Family
2001 Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2007 Six Dead Students
2012 Aladdin: The Way to Paradise
2019 I am Anastasia
2024 Krieg oder Frieden
Co-Director:
1981 Zechmeister
1983 Bondage
1992 Female Misbehavior
2001 Die Markus Family
2001 Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2007 Six Dead Students
2012 Aladdin: The Way to Paradise
2012 Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2019 I am Anastasia
2024 Krieg oder Frieden
Director:
1978 I Often Think of Hawaii
1979 Execution: A Story of Mary
1980 What Shall We Do Without Death
1981 Zechmeister
1982 Macumba
1982 The Luncheon of the Hyena
1983 Bondage
1983 Die blaue Distanz
1989 Marocain
1992 Female Misbehavior
1997 Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben
2001 Die Markus Family
2001 Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2007 Six Dead Students
2009 24 Hours Berlin
2011 Judenburg findet Stadt
2011 Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2012 Aladdin: The Way to Paradise
2012 Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2014 Fever
2019 I am Anastasia
2022 Die Straße als Erzählung
2024 Krieg oder Frieden
2024 Seduction: The Cruel Woman
???? Bombenwerfer
Director of Photography:
1978 I Often Think of Hawaii
1979 Execution: A Story of Mary
1980 What Shall We Do Without Death
1981 Zechmeister
1982 Macumba
1982 The Luncheon of the Hyena
1983 Bondage
1983 Canale grande
1983 Die blaue Distanz
1984 Horror Vacui
1986 A Virus Knows No Morals
1986 The Rose King
1988 Anita – Dances of Vice
1989 Annie
1989 Marocain
1989 Virgin Machine
1990 Fire Under Your Ass
1991 Alex
1991 Malina
1991 My Father Is Coming
1992 Female Misbehavior
1994 Erotique
1994 Hey Stranger
1996 Love’s Debris
1997 Daily Chicken
1997 Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben
1998 Life, Love & Celluloid
1999 Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
2000 The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2001 Die Markus Family
2001 Ein Fremder
2001 Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2001 Warrior of Light
2002 Deux
2003 Hot House
2005 Christoph Schlingensief and his Films
2005 D’Annunzio’s Cave
2005 Made in Taiwan
2007 Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007 Six Dead Students
2009 24 Hours Berlin
2010 Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
2011 Judenburg findet Stadt
2011 Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2012 Aladdin: The Way to Paradise
2012 Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2014 Fever
2015 Tough Love
2017 Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
2019 I am Anastasia
2022 Die Straße als Erzählung
2024 Krieg oder Frieden
2024 Seduction: The Cruel Woman
???? Bombenwerfer
Editor:
1978 I Often Think of Hawaii
1979 Execution: A Story of Mary
1980 What Shall We Do Without Death
1981 Zechmeister
1982 Macumba
1982 The Luncheon of the Hyena
1983 Bondage
1983 Canale grande
1983 Die blaue Distanz
1984 Horror Vacui
1986 A Virus Knows No Morals
1986 The Rose King
1988 Anita – Dances of Vice
1989 Annie
1989 Marocain
1989 Virgin Machine
1990 Fire Under Your Ass
1991 Alex
1991 Malina
1991 My Father Is Coming
1992 Female Misbehavior
1994 Erotique
1994 Hey Stranger
1996 Love’s Debris
1997 Daily Chicken
1997 Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben
1998 Life, Love & Celluloid
1999 Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
2000 The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2001 Die Markus Family
2001 Ein Fremder
2001 Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2001 Warrior of Light
2002 Deux
2003 Hot House
2005 Christoph Schlingensief and his Films
2005 D’Annunzio’s Cave
2005 Made in Taiwan
2007 Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007 Six Dead Students
2009 24 Hours Berlin
2010 Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
2011 Judenburg findet Stadt
2011 Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2012 Aladdin: The Way to Paradise
2012 Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2014 Fever
2015 Tough Love
2017 Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
2019 I am Anastasia
2022 Die Straße als Erzählung
2024 Krieg oder Frieden
2024 Seduction: The Cruel Woman
???? Bombenwerfer
Lighting Production Assistant:
1978 I Often Think of Hawaii
1979 Execution: A Story of Mary
1980 What Shall We Do Without Death
1981 Zechmeister
1982 Macumba
1982 The Luncheon of the Hyena
1983 Bondage
1983 Canale grande
1983 Die blaue Distanz
1984 Horror Vacui
1986 A Virus Knows No Morals
1986 The Rose King
1988 Anita – Dances of Vice
1989 Annie
1989 Marocain
1989 Virgin Machine
1990 Fire Under Your Ass
1991 Alex
1991 Malina
1991 My Father Is Coming
1992 Female Misbehavior
1994 Erotique
1994 Hey Stranger
1996 Love’s Debris
1997 Daily Chicken
1997 Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben
1998 Life, Love & Celluloid
1999 Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
2000 The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2001 Die Markus Family
2001 Ein Fremder
2001 Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2001 Warrior of Light
2002 Deux
2003 Hot House
2005 Christoph Schlingensief and his Films
2005 D’Annunzio’s Cave
2005 Made in Taiwan
2007 Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007 Six Dead Students
2009 24 Hours Berlin
2010 Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
2011 Judenburg findet Stadt
2011 Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2012 Aladdin: The Way to Paradise
2012 Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2014 Fever
2015 Tough Love
2017 Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
2019 I am Anastasia
2022 Die Straße als Erzählung
2022 Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
2024 Krieg oder Frieden
2024 Seduction: The Cruel Woman
???? Bombenwerfer
Makeup Designer:
1978 I Often Think of Hawaii
1979 Execution: A Story of Mary
1980 What Shall We Do Without Death
1981 Zechmeister
1982 Macumba
1982 The Luncheon of the Hyena
1983 Bondage
1983 Canale grande
1983 Die blaue Distanz
1984 Horror Vacui
1986 A Virus Knows No Morals
1986 The Rose King
1988 Anita – Dances of Vice
1989 Annie
1989 Marocain
1989 Virgin Machine
1990 Fire Under Your Ass
1991 Alex
1991 Malina
1991 My Father Is Coming
1992 Female Misbehavior
1994 Erotique
1994 Hey Stranger
1996 Love’s Debris
1997 Daily Chicken
1997 Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben
1998 Life, Love & Celluloid
1999 Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
2000 The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2001 Die Markus Family
2001 Ein Fremder
2001 Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2001 Warrior of Light
2002 Deux
2003 Hot House
2005 Christoph Schlingensief and his Films
2005 D’Annunzio’s Cave
2005 Made in Taiwan
2007 Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007 Six Dead Students
2009 24 Hours Berlin
2010 Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
2011 Judenburg findet Stadt
2011 Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2012 Aladdin: The Way to Paradise
2012 Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2014 Fever
2015 Tough Love
2017 Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
2019 I am Anastasia
2022 Die Straße als Erzählung
2022 Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
2024 Krieg oder Frieden
2024 Seduction: The Cruel Woman
???? Bombenwerfer
Producer:
1978 I Often Think of Hawaii
1979 Execution: A Story of Mary
1980 What Shall We Do Without Death
1981 Zechmeister
1982 Macumba
1982 The Luncheon of the Hyena
1983 Bondage
1983 Canale grande
1983 Die blaue Distanz
1984 Horror Vacui
1986 A Virus Knows No Morals
1986 The Rose King
1988 Anita – Dances of Vice
1989 Annie
1989 Marocain
1989 Virgin Machine
1990 Fire Under Your Ass
1991 Alex
1991 Malina
1991 My Father Is Coming
1992 Female Misbehavior
1994 Erotique
1994 Hey Stranger
1996 Love’s Debris
1997 Daily Chicken
1997 Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben
1998 Life, Love & Celluloid
1999 Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
2000 The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2001 Die Markus Family
2001 Ein Fremder
2001 Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2001 Warrior of Light
2002 Deux
2003 Hot House
2005 Christoph Schlingensief and his Films
2005 D’Annunzio’s Cave
2005 Made in Taiwan
2007 Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007 Six Dead Students
2009 24 Hours Berlin
2010 Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
2011 Judenburg findet Stadt
2011 Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2012 Aladdin: The Way to Paradise
2012 Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2014 Fever
2015 Tough Love
2017 Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
2019 I am Anastasia
2022 Die Straße als Erzählung
2022 Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
2024 Krieg oder Frieden
2024 Seduction: The Cruel Woman
???? Bombenwerfer
Screenplay:
1978 I Often Think of Hawaii
1979 Execution: A Story of Mary
1980 What Shall We Do Without Death
1981 Zechmeister
1982 Macumba
1982 The Luncheon of the Hyena
1983 Bondage
1983 Canale grande
1983 Die blaue Distanz
1984 Horror Vacui
1986 A Virus Knows No Morals
1986 The Rose King
1988 Anita – Dances of Vice
1989 Annie
1989 Marocain
1989 Virgin Machine
1990 Fire Under Your Ass
1991 Alex
1991 Malina
1991 My Father Is Coming
1992 Female Misbehavior
1994 Erotique
1994 Hey Stranger
1996 Love’s Debris
1997 Daily Chicken
1997 Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben
1998 Life, Love & Celluloid
1999 Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
2000 The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2001 Die Markus Family
2001 Ein Fremder
2001 Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2001 Warrior of Light
2002 Deux
2003 Hot House
2005 Christoph Schlingensief and his Films
2005 D’Annunzio’s Cave
2005 Made in Taiwan
2007 Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007 Six Dead Students
2009 24 Hours Berlin
2010 Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
2011 Judenburg findet Stadt
2011 Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2012 Aladdin: The Way to Paradise
2012 Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2014 Fever
2015 Tough Love
2017 Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
2019 I am Anastasia
2022 Die Straße als Erzählung
2022 Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
2024 Krieg oder Frieden
2024 Seduction: The Cruel Woman
???? Bombenwerfer
Script:
1978 I Often Think of Hawaii
1979 Execution: A Story of Mary
1980 What Shall We Do Without Death
1981 Zechmeister
1982 Macumba
1982 The Luncheon of the Hyena
1983 Bondage
1983 Canale grande
1983 Die blaue Distanz
1984 Horror Vacui
1986 A Virus Knows No Morals
1986 The Rose King
1988 Anita – Dances of Vice
1989 Annie
1989 Marocain
1989 Virgin Machine
1990 Fire Under Your Ass
1991 Alex
1991 Malina
1991 My Father Is Coming
1992 Female Misbehavior
1994 Erotique
1994 Hey Stranger
1996 Love’s Debris
1997 Daily Chicken
1997 Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben
1998 Life, Love & Celluloid
1999 Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
2000 The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2001 Die Markus Family
2001 Ein Fremder
2001 Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2001 Warrior of Light
2002 Deux
2003 Hot House
2005 Christoph Schlingensief and his Films
2005 D’Annunzio’s Cave
2005 Made in Taiwan
2007 Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007 Six Dead Students
2009 24 Hours Berlin
2010 Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
2011 Judenburg findet Stadt
2011 Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2012 Aladdin: The Way to Paradise
2012 Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2014 Fever
2015 Tough Love
2017 Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
2019 I am Anastasia
2022 Die Straße als Erzählung
2022 Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
2024 Krieg oder Frieden
2024 Seduction: The Cruel Woman
???? Bombenwerfer
Still Photographer:
1978 I Often Think of Hawaii
1979 Execution: A Story of Mary
1980 What Shall We Do Without Death
1981 Zechmeister
1982 Macumba
1982 The Luncheon of the Hyena
1983 Bondage
1983 Canale grande
1983 Die blaue Distanz
1984 Horror Vacui
1986 A Virus Knows No Morals
1986 The Rose King
1988 Anita – Dances of Vice
1989 Annie
1989 Marocain
1989 Virgin Machine
1990 Fire Under Your Ass
1991 Alex
1991 Malina
1991 My Father Is Coming
1992 Female Misbehavior
1994 Erotique
1994 Hey Stranger
1996 Love’s Debris
1997 Daily Chicken
1997 Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben
1998 Life, Love & Celluloid
1999 Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
2000 The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2001 Die Markus Family
2001 Ein Fremder
2001 Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2001 Warrior of Light
2002 Deux
2003 Hot House
2005 Christoph Schlingensief and his Films
2005 D’Annunzio’s Cave
2005 Made in Taiwan
2007 Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007 Six Dead Students
2009 24 Hours Berlin
2010 Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
2011 Judenburg findet Stadt
2011 Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2012 Aladdin: The Way to Paradise
2012 Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2014 Fever
2015 Tough Love
2017 Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
2019 I am Anastasia
2022 Die Straße als Erzählung
2022 Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
2024 Krieg oder Frieden
2024 Seduction: The Cruel Woman
???? Bombenwerfer
Thanks:
1978 I Often Think of Hawaii
1979 Execution: A Story of Mary
1980 What Shall We Do Without Death
1981 Zechmeister
1982 Macumba
1982 The Luncheon of the Hyena
1983 Bondage
1983 Canale grande
1983 Die blaue Distanz
1984 Horror Vacui
1986 A Virus Knows No Morals
1986 Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
1986 The Rose King
1988 Anita – Dances of Vice
1989 Annie
1989 Marocain
1989 Virgin Machine
1990 Fire Under Your Ass
1991 Alex
1991 Malina
1991 My Father Is Coming
1992 Female Misbehavior
1994 Erotique
1994 Hey Stranger
1996 Love’s Debris
1997 Daily Chicken
1997 Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben
1998 Life, Love & Celluloid
1999 Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
2000 The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2001 Die Markus Family
2001 Ein Fremder
2001 Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2001 Warrior of Light
2002 Deux
2003 Hot House
2005 Christoph Schlingensief and his Films
2005 D’Annunzio’s Cave
2005 Made in Taiwan
2007 Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007 Six Dead Students
2009 24 Hours Berlin
2010 Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
2011 Judenburg findet Stadt
2011 Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2012 Aladdin: The Way to Paradise
2012 Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2014 Fever
2015 Tough Love
2017 Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
2019 I am Anastasia
2022 Die Straße als Erzählung
2022 Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
2024 Krieg oder Frieden
2024 Seduction: The Cruel Woman
???? Bombenwerfer
Writer:
1978 I Often Think of Hawaii
1979 Execution: A Story of Mary
1980 What Shall We Do Without Death
1981 Zechmeister
1982 Macumba
1982 The Luncheon of the Hyena
1983 Bondage
1983 Canale grande
1983 Die blaue Distanz
1984 Horror Vacui
1986 A Virus Knows No Morals
1986 Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
1986 The Rose King
1988 Anita – Dances of Vice
1989 Annie
1989 Marocain
1989 Virgin Machine
1990 Fire Under Your Ass
1991 Alex
1991 Malina
1991 My Father Is Coming
1992 Female Misbehavior
1994 Erotique
1994 Hey Stranger
1996 Love’s Debris
1997 Daily Chicken
1997 Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben
1998 Life, Love & Celluloid
1999 Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities
2000 The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2001 Die Markus Family
2001 Ein Fremder
2001 Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2001 Warrior of Light
2002 Deux
2003 Hot House
2005 Christoph Schlingensief and his Films
2005 D’Annunzio’s Cave
2005 Made in Taiwan
2007 Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007 Six Dead Students
2009 24 Hours Berlin
2010 Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
2011 Judenburg findet Stadt
2011 Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2012 Aladdin: The Way to Paradise
2012 Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2014 Fever
2015 Tough Love
2017 Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
2019 I am Anastasia
2022 Die Straße als Erzählung
2022 Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
2024 Krieg oder Frieden
2024 Seduction: The Cruel Woman
???? Bombenwerfer
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