Helma Sanders-Brahms
German film director, screenwriter, producer and actress (1940–2014)
0.39body-of-work score · ranked #1556 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- November 20, 1940 · Emden
- Died
- May 27, 2014 · Berlin
- Nationality
- Germany
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, television director
- Movement
- New German Cinema
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1Germany, Pale MotherDeutschland, bleiche Mutter
1980 · Germany · drama, war
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1981 #5
0.391 citation
Complete filmography
All 16 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1975Earthquake in Chile
- 1975Under the Pavement Lies the Strand
- 1976Shirins Hochzeit
- 1977Heinrich
- 1980Germany, Pale Mother
- 1981No Mercy, No Future
- 1984The Future of Emily
- 1986Laputa
- 1988Felix
- 1988Manöver
- 1992Apple Trees
- 1992Felix. Episode 1: Er am Ende
- 1994Jetzt leben - Juden in Berlin
- 1995Lumière and Company
- 1997My Heart Is Mine Alone
- 2008Geliebte Clara