Thomas Kufus

Thomas Kufus (born 1957) is a German film producer especially known for documentary films.

Life and career Thomas Kufus was born in Essen in 1957. He began his filmmaking career as a director but switched to producing, becoming known as one of Germany's most influential producers of documentary films. He co-founded the production company zero one film which he since 2008 runs together with .

Among the directors he has produced films for are Lars Kraume, Andres Veiel, Anne Zohra Berrached, Julia Albrecht, Markus Imhoof, Christian Schwochow, Corinna Belz, Arnon Goldfinger and Alexander Sokurov.

Kufus has produced four films that received the German Film Award for Best Documentary Film: Black Box BRD (2001), Gerhard Richter Painting (2011), More than Honey (2012) and Beuys (2017). He produced The People vs. Fritz Bauer which received the German Film Award for Best Fiction Film in 2016.

Selected filmography Filmography adapted from Filmportal.de.

Mother and Son (1997) Moloch (1999) Black Box BRD (2001) (2003) (2009) The Flat (2011) Gerhard Richter Painting (2011) More than Honey (2012) Father and Son (2013) West (2013) The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015) 24 Weeks (2016) Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late (2016) Beuys (2017) The Silent Revolution (2018) Inside the Uffizi (2021) Measures of Men (2023)