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Lutz Dammbeck

Actor

Director

Lutz Dammbeck is a German filmmaker and media artist known for his thought-provoking documentaries and installations. Some of his notable works include "The Net" (2003) and "Overgames" (2015). Dammbeck's work often explores themes related to media, technology, and society. While specific awards may not be widely documented, his contributions to the world of documentary filmmaking have garnered critical acclaim and sparked important discussions within the industry.
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  • Bruno & Bettina

    Bruno & Bettina

    Documentary

    2018

    1h.41min

    16

    Masao Adachi, a well-known Japanese screenwriter and director, joined the Japanese Red Army in 1974.


  • Overgames

    Overgames

    Documentary

    2015

    2h.44min

    16

    A film about funny and serious games, therapies of re- and self-re-education as well as the history of ideas of the permanent revolution.


  • The Netz: SEEK II

    The Netz: SEEK II

    Icons & Media Art

    2009

    29min

    12

    A film about the relationship between art and technology and the human desire to control chaos through technological means.


  • The Net_A Visit to 'Hakim Bey'

    The Net_A Visit to 'Hakim Bey'

    Icons & Media Art

    2005

    35min

    12

    Lutz Dammbeck talks with Peter Lamborn Wilson (Hakim Bey) about the T.A.Z., Ted Kaczynski, Islam, Marvin Minsky, Cusanus and natural philosophy.


  • The Net_GO TO TRIAL

    The Net_GO TO TRIAL

    Icons & Media Art

    2004

    1h.30min

    12

    A montage of TV images of the trial of Ted Kaczynski, better known as the "Unabomber."


  • The Net

    The Net

    Documentary, Independent

    2003

    2h.1min

    12 FSK

    What is the connection between computer technology, hippie culture, mathematics, terrorism, the research of consciousness in the 1950s and paranoia?


  • Master Game

    Master Game

    Documentary

    1998

    1h.46min

    16

    In the 1990s, Austria was rocked first by paint attacks on paintings and later by bomb attacks on galleries.


  • Duerer’s Heirs

    Duerer’s Heirs

    Documentary, Independent

    1996

    58min

    12

    A portrait of a ‘German socialist art’ in the GDR up to the building of the wall in 1961.


  • Duke Ernest

    Duke Ernest

    Animation

    1993

    43min

    12

    The great adventure of little Duke Ernst – a powerful examination of power, exile and cultural alienation.


  • Age of the Gods

    Age of the Gods

    Documentary, Independent

    1993

    1h.32min

    16

    How does a highly talented artist end up in the vicinity of a totalitarian regime? What responsibility does art bear in political systems?


  • The Cave of Hercules

    The Cave of Hercules

    Icons & Media Art

    1990

    44min

    12

    The story of Hercules is well-known: son of Zeus and Alcmene, hero and god, famous for his twelve labours.


  • The painter of the strange country …

    The painter of the strange country …

    Icons & Media Art

    1988

    42min

    0

    A portrait of the artists Cornelia Schleime, Hans-Hendrik Grimmling and Hans Scheib who left the GDR for West Berlin between 1984 and 1985.


  • GDR Experimental: REALFilm

    GDR Experimental: REALFilm

    Icons & Media Art

    1986

    47min

    0

    REALFilm is Lutz Dammbck's examination of film and filmmaking, a film in real time, a collage in space involving the audience.


  • GDR Experimental: First Leipzig Autumn Salon

    GDR Experimental: First Leipzig Autumn Salon

    Icons & Media Art

    2006

    22min

    0

    In a revolutionary act of artistic freedom, a group of artists occupied a trade fair building in Leipzig in 1984.


  • GDR Experimental: Heracles

    GDR Experimental: Heracles

    Icons & Media Art

    1984

    10min

    0

    Together with Lutz Dammbeck, dancer Fine Kwiatkowski explores myths, political systems and their impact on society.


  • GDR Experimental: Homage to La Sarraz

    GDR Experimental: Homage to La Sarraz

    Icons & Media Art

    1981

    12min

    0

    Sergei Eisenstein, Hans Richter and Luis Buñuel meet at La Sarraz Castle to explore new ways of independent filmmaking.


  • GDR Experimental: Metamorphosis 1

    GDR Experimental: Metamorphosis 1

    Icons & Media Art

    1978

    6min

    0

    Because the GDR authorities banned the exhibition, Lutz Dammbeck realized the basic idea independently as an experimental film.