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.

Herzsofort.Setzung II (autogene Manipulationen)
Icons & Media Art, Shorts
1996
7min
16+
Michael Brynntrup investigates artwork in the age of artificial reproducibility by means of transmedial self-portraits.
AIDE MÉMOIRE - ein schwules Gedächtnisprotokoll
Biography, Queer
1996
16min
16+
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)
Biography, Icons & Media Art
2004
1h.41min
16+
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
Icons & Media Art, Queer
1997
22min
16+
Berlin filmmaker Michael Brynntrup exposes his own sex life in a radical, relentless yet humorous invasion of privacy.
Jesus - The Film
Icons & Media Art
1986
2h.7min
16+
In a Dada-inspired retelling of the New Testament on Super8, 22 filmmakers and Michael Brynntrup explore faith and art in 35 episodes.
Achtung - Respect (concentration chair)
Icons & Media Art
2002
13min
16 FSK
A look back at body modifications in the early 2000s.
NY 'NY 'n why not
Icons & Media Art
1999
4min
12 FSK
WALK / DON'T WALK / WALK. The rhythm of the nineties. A musical stroll along Christopher Street.
Ipanema lip-synch
Icons & Media Art
2003
3min
16 FSK
IPANEMA LIP SYNC is a queer karaoke video short from Berlin filmmaking icon Michael Brynntrup.
Unpublished! - A Bonus Track
Icons & Media Art
2006
3min
16 FSK
UNPUBLISHED!- A BONUS TRACK is a bonus interview from the Michael Brynntrup film THE OVO, which appeared on the special edition DVD 'Berlinale Rolle 2', ...
Blue Box Blues (Staging a Photo Shoot)
Icons & Media Art
2004
8min
16 FSK
"An outstanding piece by Michael Brynntrup that captures the violence and tenderness, alongside the dominance and submission, that is found in a single, ...
The Ovo (Ovo - the Video)
Icons & Media Art
2005
17min
12 FSK
THE OVO (OVO - THE VIDEO) is a short film by Berlin film artist and icon Michael Brynntrup. "It's not about how a drag queen moves, it's about what she ...
The Statics - Engineering Memory Bridges (Die Statik der Eselsbrücken)
Icons & Media Art
1990
20min
12 FSK
"A superb biography - a pseudo-scientific collection of curiosities with puns turning artistic somersaults."
Homo Erectus
Icons & Media Art
1989
1h.16min
16 FSK
An amusing journey through the Berlin Drag-Queen scene of the 80s in five short films by Michael Brynntrup.
Love, Jealousy and Revenge (Liebe, Eifersucht und Rache)
Icons & Media Art
1991
7min
16 FSK
This short film by Michael Brynntrup, is "a spontaneous, kitschy, unerring, and spicy parable about mutual understanding featuring the world famous underground ...
Face It! (Cast Your Self™)
Icons & Media Art
2007
4min
16 FSK
A short film by Berlin-based film icon Michael Brynntrup full of photographs collected from personal profiles in gay chat rooms on the internet.
Gender Agenda
Icons & Media Art
1999
1h.16min
16 FSK
GENDER AGENDA is a compilation of eight queer short films by Berlin experimental filmmaking icon Michael Brynntrup.
Veronika (vera ikon)
Icons & Media Art
1986
11min
16 FSK
In his short film VERONIKA (VERA IKON) experimental filmmaker Michael Brynntrup takes the biblical prohibition of images literally.
Sudden and Unexpected - A Déjà-Revue (Plötzlich und unerwartet )
Icons & Media Art
1993
30min
12 FSK
Udo Kier walks a black-humored, fine line between avant-garde and trash, which is tantamount to an act of unleashing.
E.C.G.1.0.1 (a self-portrait in broadcast and artistic media)
Icons & Media Art
2004
24min
12 FSK
Michael Brynntrup, in his unmistakable style, was already anticipating developments in the media in the early 2000s.
Narcissus and Echo
Icons & Media Art
1989
14min
12 FSK
Long seemed invalid the Prophet's word, / But honored it was, by the outcome at last: / How odd the madness, how strange a death! (Ovid, Metamorphoses) NARCISSUS ...
All You Can Eat
Icons & Media Art
1993
5min
18 FSK
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)

Michael Brynntrup

Herzsofort.Setzung II (autogene Manipulationen)

AIDE MÉMOIRE - ein schwules Gedächtnisprotokoll

E.K.G. Expositus (the public and the artistic media)

Loverfilm

Jesus - The Film

Achtung - Respect (concentration chair)

NY 'NY 'n why not

Ipanema lip-synch

Unpublished! - A Bonus Track

Blue Box Blues (Staging a Photo Shoot)

The Ovo (Ovo - the Video)

The Statics - Engineering Memory Bridges (Die Statik der Eselsbrücken)

Homo Erectus

Love, Jealousy and Revenge (Liebe, Eifersucht und Rache)

Face It! (Cast Your Self™)

Gender Agenda

Veronika (vera ikon)

Sudden and Unexpected - A Déjà-Revue (Plötzlich und unerwartet )

E.C.G.1.0.1 (a self-portrait in broadcast and artistic media)

Narcissus and Echo

All You Can Eat