Klaus Maeck Explained

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)
• , (2005)
• , (2006)
• Shaving Hacke, (2006, short)
• The Edge of Heaven, (2007)
• Chiko, (2008)
• Soul Kitchen, (2009)
• Before Your Eyes, (2009)
• , (2011)
• Blutzbrüdaz, (2011)
• Polluting Paradise, (2012)
• , (2012)
• Mamaroš, (2013)
• , (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)

Notes and References

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