About Haro Senft
Lived 1928 – 2016 (aged 87). Haro Senft was a German film director, screenwriter, film producer, film screenwriter, director and filmmaking.
Haro Senft (27 September 1928, Budweis, Czechoslovakia (now České Budějovice, Czech Republic – 4 February 2016, Munich) was a German filmmaker who was one of the founders of the New German Cinema movement. His short documentary film Kahl about the Kahl Nuclear Power Plant received an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject nomination in 1961. In 2013, he received the Berlinale Camera award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Selected filmography Kahl (1961, short documentary) The Smooth Career (1967) (1971) (1978) Jacob hinter der blauen Tür (1987) Lebewohl, Fremde (1991)
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Who was Haro Senft?
German film director (1928-2016)
When was Haro Senft born?
Haro Senft was born on 27 September 1928 in České Budějovice.
When did Haro Senft die?
Haro Senft died on 4 February 2016 in Munich.
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Haro Senft was a film director, screenwriter, film producer, film screenwriter, director and filmmaking.
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Haro Senft was German.
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