Elfi Mikesch

ActorDirectorLightingCrewCinematographer 1978–2025 (47 year career)

4.8 avg rating

Highest Rated

24 Hours Berlin

2009 · Director

9.0

Known For

Film

Malina

Director of Photography

Film

The Rose King

Director of Photography

Film

Tough Love

Director of Photography

Film

24 Hours Berlin

Director

Film

The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

Director of Photography

Film

Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities

Director of Photography

Film

Seduction: The Cruel Woman

Director

Film

Alex

Director of Photography

Filmography

Acting (5)

Movies (5)

Mona Mur in Conversation

2025

as Self (archive footage)

Eine Hommage an Lautréamont

2011

as Self

Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Elfi Mikesch

2000

as Self

Straw Into Gold

1997

as Self

Canale grande

1983

Crew (75)

Movies (75)

Krieg oder Frieden

2024

Director

Die Straße als Erzählung

2022

Director

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

2022

Lighting Production Assistant

4.1

I am Anastasia

2019

Cinematography

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln

2017

Director of Photography

2.0

Tough Love

2015

Director of Photography

Fever

Director

Fever

Writer

Aladdin: The Way to Paradise

2012

Cinematography

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

2012

Co-Director

Eine Hommage an Lautréamont

2011

Director

Judenburg findet Stadt

2011

Director of Photography

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

2011

Director

5.5

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

2011

Director of Photography

5.5

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

2011

Writer

5.5

Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today

2010

Director of Photography

24 Hours Berlin

Director

Six Dead Students

Cinematography

Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story

2007

Director of Photography

Christoph Schlingensief and his Films

2005

Director of Photography

D’Annunzio’s Cave

2005

Director of Photography

5.2

Made in Taiwan

2005

Director of Photography

Hot House

2003

Director of Photography

4.0

Deux

2002

Director of Photography

4.7

Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast

2001

Cinematography

2.0

Warrior of Light

2001

Director of Photography

Ein Fremder

2001

Director of Photography

Die Markus Family

2001

Book

The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

2000

Director of Photography

5.3

Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities

1999

Director of Photography

6.1

Life, Love & Celluloid

1998

Director of Photography

5.8

Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleiben

1997

Director

Daily Chicken

1997

Director of Photography

Love’s Debris

1996

Director of Photography

5.3

Bombenwerfer

1996

Director

Bombenwerfer

1996

Director of Photography

Bombenwerfer

1996

Screenplay

Bombenwerfer

1996

Script

Hey Stranger

1994

Director of Photography

5.0

Erotique

1994

Director of Photography

3.7

Female Misbehavior

1992

Cinematography

4.9

The Party: Nature Morte

1991

Director of Photography

My Father Is Coming

1991

Director of Photography

4.6

Malina

1991

Director of Photography

6.2

Alex

1991

Director of Photography

6.5

Fire Under Your Ass

1990

Director of Photography

Marocain

1989

Cinematography

Marocain

1989

Director

Virgin Machine

1989

Director of Photography

Virgin Machine

Producer

Virgin Machine

Still Photographer

Annie

Director of Photography

2.0

Anita – Dances of Vice

1988

Director of Photography

4.6

The Rose King

1986

Director of Photography

6.4

Seduction: The Cruel Woman

1986

Director

5.2

Seduction: The Cruel Woman

1986

Director of Photography

5.2

Seduction: The Cruel Woman

1986

Producer

5.2

Seduction: The Cruel Woman

1986

Writer

5.2

Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars

1986

Thanks

5.5

A Virus Knows No Morals

1986

Director of Photography

3.8

Horror Vacui

1984

Director of Photography

4.1

Die blaue Distanz

1983

Director

Bondage

1983

Cinematography

Canale grande

1983

Director of Photography

The Hyena's Breakfast

1982

Director

Macumba

1982

Director

6.0

Im Jahr der Schlange

1982

Camera Operator

Zechmeister

1981

Animation

5.0

What Shall We Do Without Death

1980

Director

1.0

Exekution: A Study of Mary

1979

Director

5.0

Exekution: A Study of Mary

1979

Director of Photography

5.0

Exekution: A Study of Mary

1979

Editor

5.0

Exekution: A Study of Mary

1979

Producer

5.0

Exekution: A Study of Mary

1979

Screenplay

5.0

I Often Think of Hawaii

1978

Director

5.3