Karl Kels

Karl Kels (born October 22, 1960) is a German experimental filmmaker who lives in Berlin. He was a student of Peter Kubelka`s film and cooking class at the Städelschule in Frankfurt. He has taught filmmaking at the Gesamthochschule Kassel, at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt, at the Städelschule in Frankfurt, at the Universität der Künste in Berlin and at SUNY Binghamton. His films include "Rhinoceroses" (1987), "Hippopotamuses" (1993), "Starlings" (1991) and his most recent "Sidewalk" (2008).

elected Filmography

* Haystacks, 1981
* Condensation trail, 1982
* Sluice, 1983
* Rhinoceroses, 1987
* Starlings, 1991
* Hippopotamuses, 1993
* Oven, 1994
* Elephants, 2000
* Prince Hotel, 1987/2003
* Sidewalk, 2008

External links

* More information about his films can be found in the Millennium film journal:
* http://mfj-online.org/journalPages/MFJ30,31/MVLierKels.html
* Some of his films are included in the revolving filmprogram, "Was ist Film" which was curated by the Austrian filmmaker Peter Kubelka for the Austrian filmmuseum in Vienna.
* http://www.filmmuseum.at/jart/projects/fm/releases/de/resources/Vermittlung/Zyklus_WasIstFilm.pdf
* http://www.filmmuseum.at/jart/projects/fm/releases/de/resources/textarchiv/TexteDownload/Pressetexte_2002_2003/OeFM_Presseinformation-2003-04-Lier-Kels.pdf
* http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209865/
* http://nyexpo.org/KarlKels.pdf
* http://www.fdk-berlin.de/en/arsenal-experimental/artists/karl-kels.html
* http://www.mediaartnet.org/artist/kels/biography/