Werner von Mutzenbecher

Biography

Though von Mutzenbecher has achieved greater recognition as a painter, his filmmaking has followed a distinct and equally effective path. His approach to each medium stays true to its unique characteristics. Routinely working alone, the filmmaker himself frequently appears in his films. Other people are rarely seen. Instead, we are given spaces and objects to observe. The spaces between objects, private and public environments, commonplace domestic items, noteworthy architecture, and suggestions of psychological states. -Mark Webber