Biography / Filmography

WERNER PENZEL (left) was born 1950 and grew up on the country-side in southern Germany. In the late 60s he played music and wrote poetry before turning to moviemaking in the early 70s. He worked with the Brazilian theatre company Oficina , studied at Munich Film School and traveled through South America, North Africa, India and Japan. After VAGABUNDEN KARAWANE (198O), ADIOS AL ODIO (1986) and other movies he founded Cine Nomad together with Nicolas Humbert in 1987 which resulted among other movies in two works for cinema STEP ACROSS THE BORDER (1990) and MIDDLE OF THE MOMENT (1995), as well as the film triptych THREE WINDOWS (1999).

NICOLAS HUMBERT (right), born in 1958. Early writings, pictures and Super-8 films influenced by French Surrealism. Co-founded the 'Groupe Macsom'. 1980-82 paintings. 1982-87 studied at School for Film in Munich. Since then has worked as a freelance writer and film director. Founded the film production Cine Nomad together with Werner Penzel. Films include the feature film NEBEL JAGEN (1985), the documentary WOLFSGRUB (1986) and two films in collaboration with Werner Penzel, STEP ACROSS THE BORDER (1990) and MIDDLE OF THE MOMENT (1995). Followed by the experimental film VAGABONDING IMAGES (1998) together with Simone Fürbringer and the film triptych THREE WINDOWS -Hommage à Robert Lax (1999) in collaboration with Werner Penzel.

WP: 1969 "hiebfest" (with Hartmut Lerch and Ingo Schütze) 16mm/60Min 1971 "Nellies Laden" 16mm/30Min 1972 "Heisse Luft" 35mm/14Min 1973 "Haiku" 16mm/11Min 1974 "Tamfez" 35mm/9Min "Umbanda Magic Theatre" 35mm/10Min 1975 "Brot & Zirkus" 16mm/60Min 1976 "Babaji & Dokri Maa" 16mm/20Min 1979 "Vagabunden Karawane" 16mm/90Min 1981 "Dein Kopf ist ein schlafendes Auto" (with Fritz Baumann) 16mm/100Min 1982 "Krampus" 16mm/30Min 1983 "Piraten der Stille" 16mm/50Min 1984 "Sterben zu Füssen der Brüder" 16mm/30Min 1986 "Abschied vom Hass" 16mm/72Min 1988 "Lani und die Seinen" (with Nicolas Humbert) 16mm/45Min 1987-1990 "Step across the Border" (with Nicolas Humbert) 35mm/90Min 1990-1995 "Middle of the Moment" (with Nicolas Humbert) 35mm/80Min 1997 "Null Sonne.No Point" (with Nicolas Humbert) Video/35Min 1998 "One last Glimpse" (with Doris Dörrie) Video/60Min 1999 "Why should I buy a bed when all that I want is sleep" (with Nicolas Humbert) Video/60Min 1993-1999 "Three Windows" (with Nicolas Humbert) film triptych-videoinstallation/45Min-loop

NH: 1982/83 "Krampus" (Regie:Werner Penzel) 16mm/30Min. 1983/84 Nebel Jagen 16mm/70Min 1985/86 "Wolfsgrub" 16mm/70Min 1988/89 "Lani und die Seinen" (with Werner Penzel) 16mm/45Min 1987-1990 "Step across the Border" (with Werner Penzel) 35mm/90Min 1990-1995 "Middle of the Moment" (with Werner Penzel) 35mm/80Min 1997 "Null Sonne. No Point" (with Werner Penzel) Video/35Min 1996-1998 "Vagabonding Images" (with Simone Fürbringer) 16mm/45Min 1999 "Why should I buy a bed when all that I want is sleep" (with Werner Penzel) Video/60Min 1993-1999 "Three Windows"(with Werner Penzel) film triptych-videoinstallation/45Min-loop