Lutz Dammbeck

Born: 1948-10-17

Lutz Dammbeck was born in 1948 in Leipzig (East Germany). He studied graphic design. In the 1970s he started out as a painter and graphic designer while discovering animated film as a means of experimenting and expression. Until 1986 he produced his films in East Germany for production company DEFA. In 1986 he emigrated to West Germany in order to continue with his Herakles-project that was rejected by East German authorities. This project included films, installations, paintings and performances. It was pursued until 2002. Since the 1990ies Dammbeck turned his focus from animated shorts to documentaries about the art world.


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The Net

as Self
Released: 2003-10-01

More of a film essay - of the type pioneered by Orson Welles and Chris Marker - than a standard...

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Overgames

as Self
Released: 2016-04-21

On a talkshow, actor and German TV ikon Joachim Fuchsberger recalls how the games for his show...

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The Master Game

as uncredited
Released: 1998-10-30

At the Vienna Art Academy in 1994, an unidentified person painted over 27 works by Austrian...

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REALFilm

as uncredited
Released: 2008-01-01

"This multimedia collage, which includes performances by pantomime artist and dancer Fine...

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