ROSA VON PRAUNHEIM
Rosa von Praunheim
Gender: Male
Known for: Directing
Birthday: November 25, 1942
Deathday: December 17, 2025
Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia
Biography
Rosa von Praunheim, born Holger Bernhard Bruno Waldemar Mischwitzky, was a German film director, author, painter and the most famous gay rights activist in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A prolific director, he has made over seventy feature films. He began his career associated to the New German Cinema as a senior member of the Berlin school of underground filmmaking. He took the artistic female name Rosa von Praunheim to remind people of the pink triangle that homosexuals had to wear in Nazi concentration camps.
Filmography
Starring
Self
2025·
Rosa <3Himself (archive footage)
Self
Erzähler
2021·
Legendär!Self
2021·
Meine VäterSelf
2021·
Queer CinemaHimself
2021·
IsolationSelf
2019·
Chez KrömerSelf
2019·
Darkroom2018·
Friendship of MenHimself
2017·
AbendshowSelf
2015·
Praunheim MemoiresSelf
2015·
VaterMan in Berlin
2014·
Mario WirzSelf
Self
2013·
PantoffelkinoSelf - Guest
2013·
I Feel Like DiscoRosa von Praunheim
2012·
King of Comics2012·
RosakinderSelf
2011·
Rent BoysSelf
2008·
Markus LanzSelf
Self
2007·
0511 TV LokalSelf
2007·
ANNE WILL2007·
Two MothersSelf
Self
Self
2004·
Im PalaisSelf
Self
2003·
ZIBBSelf
Self
2003·
Charlotte in SwedenSelf
Self
2002·
Pfui, Rosa!Self
1997·
Tietjen und BommesSelf
1997·
NachtstudioSelf
1997·
Birth of a NationSelf
1996·
Zimmer frei!Self
1996·
Transexual MenaceSelf - Interviewer
Self
1991·
DAS!Self
1990·
Silence = DeathSelf
1990·
PositiveSelf
1990·
Fire Under Your Ass1989·
Survival in New YorkSelf
Interviewer
Rüdiger Kackinski
1986·
September SeptemberSelf (archive footage)
1984·
The Bite1979·
NDR Talk ShowSelf
1978·
Bio’s BahnhofSelf
Self
1976·
Kölner TreffSelf
Self
Matrose
1974·
3 nach 9Self
1974·
Monolog eines Stars1973·
Je später der AbendSelf
1968·
Carla1967·
SilvoSelf
1964·
Grimme AwardSelf
Production
2025·
Satanic SowEditor, Writer, Director
Director
TBA·
Sex und TodDirector, Writer
Producer, Director, Writer
Producer, Director
Director
2019·
DarkroomProducer, Screenplay, Director
2018·
Friendship of MenProducer, Writer, Director
2017·
ACT! Wer bin ich?Director
Editor, Writer, Director
2015·
Praunheim MemoiresDirector, Producer, Writer
2015·
Tough LoveProducer, Writer, Director
Director, Writer
Director
Director
2014·
Mario WirzDirector
Director
2012·
King of ComicsProducer, Editor, Writer, Director
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
2011·
Rent BoysProducer, Writer, Director
2010·
New York MemoriesWriter, Director
2010·
20 × BrandenburgDirector
2009·
24 Hours BerlinDirector
2009·
History of HellDirector
Screenplay, Editor, Director
2008·
Der Rosa RieseDirector
Director
Director
2007·
Two MothersWriter, Director
2007·
Six Dead StudentsDirector, Screenplay
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Writer, Director
Writer, Director
Writer, Director
Director, Writer
Producer, Writer, Director
Director
2003·
Charlotte in SwedenDirector
Director, Screenplay
2002·
Pfui, Rosa!Director
2002·
Queens Don’t CryDirector, Producer, Screenplay
Producer, Director
2000·
Wonderful WrodowDirector
2000·
Fassbinder's WomenDirector
Director
1996·
Transexual MenaceDirector
Producer, Writer, Director
Writer, Director
1992·
I Am My Own WomanProducer, Director, Screenplay
1991·
Stolz und schwulDirector
1991·
Ein Mann namens PisProducer, Director
Producer, Writer, Director
1990·
PositiveEditor, Producer, Writer, Director
1990·
Silence = DeathEditor, Writer, Director
1990·
Fire Under Your AssProducer, Writer, Director
1990·
Die WeisheitDirector
1989·
Survival in New YorkWriter, Director
Producer, Editor, Director, Writer
Producer, Writer, Director
Director, Writer, Producer
1984·
Horror VacuiWriter, Director
1983·
Red LoveDirector, Writer
1983·
City of Lost SoulsDirector, Writer
Director
Editor, Producer, Writer, Director, Camera Operator
1979·
Der 24. StockDirector
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer
Director, Cinematography, Producer, Writer, Editor
Director
Director
1976·
I’m an AntistarDirector
1976·
Marianne RosenbergDirector
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
1975·
Berliner BettwurstDirector of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director
1974·
Monolog eines StarsEditor, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
1974·
Axel von AuerspergWriter, Producer, Editor, Director
Director
1972·
PassionsDirector
Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
Writer, Director
Director of Photography, Writer, Director
1971·
Die BettwurstWriter, Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Director
1969·
NeurasiaAssistant Director
Director
Director
1969·
Beckett in BerlinDirector
Director
Director
1968·
(A)lter (A)ctionAssistant Director