
Person
Elfi Mikesch
Camera · Born 1940-05-31 · Judenburg, Styria, Austria
Biography
Elfi Mikesch was born on May 31, 1940 in Judenburg, Styria, Austria. She is a cinematographer and director, known for Execution: A Story of Mary (1979), I Often Think of Hawaii (1978) and Malina (1991). She has been married to Fritz Mikesch since 1960.
Known for

Malina
Director of Photography

The Rose King
Director of Photography
Bombenwerfer
Director

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

Female Misbehavior
Cinematography
Life, Love & Celluloid
Director of Photography

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
Director of Photography

Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Director

Hey Stranger
Director of Photography

Macumba
Director
Filmography
- 2025Mona Mur in ConversationSelf (archive footage)
- 2024Krieg oder FriedenDirector
- 2022Rex Gildo: The Last DanceLighting Production Assistant
- 2022Die Straße als ErzählungDirector
- 2019I am AnastasiaCinematography
- 2017Survival in Berlin-NeuköllnDirector of Photography
- 2015Tough LoveDirector of Photography
- 2014FeverDirector
- 2012Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von PraunheimCo-Director
- 2012I am a PoemDirector
- 2012Aladdin: The Way to ParadiseCinematography
- 2011Eine Hommage an LautréamontSelf
- 2011Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner SchroeterDirector
- 2011Judenburg findet StadtDirector of Photography
- 2010Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to TodayDirector of Photography
- 200924 Hours BerlinDirector
- 2007Six Dead StudentsCinematography
- 2007Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its StoryDirector of Photography
- 2005Made in TaiwanDirector of Photography
- 2005D’Annunzio’s CaveDirector of Photography
- 2005Christoph Schlingensief and his FilmsDirector of Photography
- 2003Hot HouseDirector of Photography
- 2002DeuxDirector of Photography
- 2001Ein FremderDirector of Photography
- 2001Warrior of LightDirector of Photography
- 2001Die Markus FamilyDirector
- 2001Mon Paradis - Der WinterpalastCinematography
- 2000Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Elfi MikeschSelf
- 2000The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. HirschfeldDirector of Photography
- 1999Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting IdentitiesDirector of Photography
- 1998Life, Love & CelluloidDirector of Photography
- 1997Daily ChickenDirector of Photography
- 1997Verrückt bleiben - verliebt bleibenDirector
- 1997Straw Into GoldSelf
- 1996Love’s DebrisDirector of Photography
- 1996BombenwerferDirector
- 1994ErotiqueDirector of Photography
- 1994Hey StrangerDirector of Photography
- 1994Der FlußDirector
- 1992Female MisbehaviorCinematography
- 1991The Party: Nature MorteDirector of Photography
- 1991My Father Is ComingDirector of Photography
- 1991AlexDirector of Photography
- 1991MalinaDirector of Photography
- 1990Fire Under Your AssDirector of Photography
- 1989MarocainDirector
- 1989Virgin MachineStill Photographer
- 1989AnnieDirector of Photography
- 1988Anita – Dances of ViceDirector of Photography
- 1986Miko: From the Gutter to the StarsThanks
- 1986The Rose KingDirector of Photography
- 1986Seduction: The Cruel WomanDirector
- 1986A Virus Knows No MoralsDirector of Photography
- 1984Horror VacuiDirector of Photography
- 1983Die blaue DistanzDirector
- 1983Canale grande
- 1983BondageCinematography
- 1982Im Jahr der SchlangeCamera Operator
- 1982MacumbaDirector
- 1982The Hyena's BreakfastDirector
- 1981ZechmeisterAnimation
- 1980What Shall We Do Without DeathDirector
- 1979Exekution: A Study of MaryDirector
- 1978I Often Think of HawaiiDirector
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