Michael Brynntrup
Actor
Director
Michael Brynntrup is a German experimental filmmaker and visual artist known for his avant-garde and highly personal work. He has directed and produced numerous short films and videos since the 1980s, exploring themes such as sexuality, identity, and queer culture. Some of his notable works include "Blue Movie," "Fragen an meinen Vater," and "Lumière." Brynntrup has gained recognition for his contributions to the experimental film genre, receiving awards at various film festivals and screenings. His films often challenge traditional narrative structures and push the boundaries of cinematic storytelling. In addition to his filmmaking career, Brynntrup is also a respected visual artist and has exhibited his works in galleries and museums internationally.
Films on Sooner
Herzsofort.Setzung II (autogene Manipulationen)
1996
7 mins
Icons & Media Art, Shorts
Michael Brynntrup investigates artwork in the age of artificial reproducibility by means of transmedial self-portraits.
AIDE MÉMOIRE - ein schwules Gedächtnisprotokoll
1996
16 mins
Biography, Queer
Two years before his death, the HIV-positive Baldiga reviews his life, in selected episodes.
E.K.G. Expositus (the public and the artistic media)
2004
101 mins
Biography, Icons & Media Art
A hospital in Berlin-Neukölln at midnight. A patient is being admitted. TV journalists are on the scene. The beginning of a story that tells itself.
Loverfilm
1997
22 mins
Icons & Media Art, Queer
Berlin filmmaker Michael Brynntrup exposes his own sex life in a radical, relentless yet humorous invasion of privacy.
Jesus - The Film
1986
127 mins
Icons & Media Art
In a Dada-inspired retelling of the New Testament on Super8, 22 filmmakers and Michael Brynntrup explore faith and art in 35 episodes.
Unpublished! - A Bonus Track
2006
3 mins
Icons & Media Art
Blue Box Blues (Staging a Photo Shoot)
2004
8 mins
Icons & Media Art
The Ovo (Ovo - the Video)
2005
17 mins
Icons & Media Art
Veronika (vera ikon)
1986
11 mins
Icons & Media Art
In his short film VERONIKA (VERA IKON) experimental filmmaker Michael Brynntrup takes the biblical prohibition of images literally.
The Statics - Engineering Memory Bridges (Die Statik der Eselsbrücken)
1990
20 mins
Icons & Media Art
"A superb biography - a pseudo-scientific collection of curiosities with puns turning artistic somersaults."
Ipanema lip-synch
2003
3 mins
Icons & Media Art
IPANEMA LIP SYNC is a queer karaoke video short from Berlin filmmaking icon Michael Brynntrup.
Sudden and Unexpected - A Déjà-Revue (Plötzlich und unerwartet )
1993
30 mins
Icons & Media Art
Udo Kier walks a black-humored, fine line between avant-garde and trash, which is tantamount to an act of unleashing.
Face It! (Cast Your Self™)
2007
4 mins
Icons & Media Art
A short film by Berlin-based film icon Michael Brynntrup full of photographs collected from personal profiles in gay chat rooms on the internet.
E.C.G.1.0.1 (a self-portrait in broadcast and artistic media)
2004
24 mins
Icons & Media Art
Michael Brynntrup, in his unmistakable style, was already anticipating developments in the media in the early 2000s.
Achtung - Respect (concentration chair)
2002
13 mins
Icons & Media Art
A look back at body modifications in the early 2000s.
Love, Jealousy and Revenge (Liebe, Eifersucht und Rache)
1991
7 mins
Icons & Media Art
Gender Agenda
1999
76 mins
Icons & Media Art
GENDER AGENDA is a compilation of eight queer short films by Berlin experimental filmmaking icon Michael Brynntrup.
Homo Erectus
1989
76 mins
Icons & Media Art
An amusing journey through the Berlin Drag-Queen scene of the 80s in five short films by Michael Brynntrup.
All You Can Eat
1993
5 mins
Icons & Media Art
This short film "takes the ‘cum-shot’ to new heights with a montage of some of the wildest, orgasmic, facial expressions." (Boys On Film #6)
NY 'NY 'n why not
1999
4 mins
Icons & Media Art
WALK / DON'T WALK / WALK. The rhythm of the nineties. A musical stroll along Christopher Street.
Narcissus and Echo
1989
14 mins
Icons & Media Art