Reiner Holzemer
Directing
Biography
Reiner Holzemer has been working as a documentary film director since 1983. The portraits of internationally renowned artists, especially from the fields of photography and fashion, are the focus of his work to date.
His film DRIES, which portrays fashion designer Dries Van Noten, and MARTIN MARGIELA IN HIS OWN WORDS have been shown at numerous film festivals around the world and sold in over 64 countries.
In 2020, the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER voted Reiner Holzemer's film about Martin Margiela the best fashion documentary of the decade.
His latest documentary portrait about the exceptional actor Lars Eidinger will premiere at Filmfest Hamburg in October 2022.
On the crew 18
Der Autobahnkrieg
1991
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
2024
Martin Margiela: In His Own Words
2020
Leica – A Century of Vision
Akris: Fashion With a Heritage
2025
Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be
2023
Manhattan Storys
1997
Das Kino ist tot, es lebe das Kino - Berlinale-Beobachtungen
2020
Willy Bogner - Durch Feuer und Eis
2020
The Six of Antwerp
Dries
2017
Magnum Photos: The Changing of a Myth
2001
August Sander: People of the 20th Century
2002
Juergen Teller
Eiserne Engel – Luftrettung in Deutschland
1995
Der Autobahnkrieg - damals und heute
2013
William Eggleston: Photographer
2008
The Six
2026