Rosa von Praunheim

 

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Rosa von Praunheim, is a German film director, author, painter and gay rights activist. A prolific director, he has made over seventy feature films. He began his career associated to the New German Cinema as a senior member of the Berlin school of underground filmmaking. He took the artistic female name Rosa von Praunheim to remind people of the pink triangle that homosexuals had to wear in Nazi concentration camps. A pioneer of Queer Cinema, von Praunheim has been an activist in the gay rights movement. He was an early advocate of AIDS awareness and safer sex, but has been a controversial figure even within the gay community. His films center on gay related themes and strong female characters. His works are characterized by excess and employ a campy style. His films have featured such personalities as Jayne County, Vaginal Davis, Divine, and Jeff Stryker

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Rosa von Praunheim

Born 1942-11-25 (83 years ago) in Riga.

Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
German Film Award for Outstanding Non-Feature Film (Tally Brown, New York) German Film Awards 1979 1979 Tally Brown, New York
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
Teddy Award for Best Documentary (Rent Boys) 2011 Rent Boys
German Film Award for Outstanding Non-Feature Film (Tally Brown, New York) German Film Awards 1979 1979 Tally Brown, New York
Relationships
Name From To Relationship type
Carla Egerer(Gifta: 1969-02-17–1971) 1969-02-17 1971 Gifta
Oliver Sechting(Sambo) Sambo
Parent

Gertrud Mischwitzky

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Rosa von Praunheim, is a German film director, author, painter and gay rights activist.

A prolific director, he has made over seventy feature films. He began his career associated to the New German Cinema as a senior member of the Berlin school of underground filmmaking. He took the artistic female name Rosa von Praunheim to remind people of the pink triangle that homosexuals had to wear in Nazi concentration camps. A pioneer of Queer Cinema, von Praunheim has been an activist in the gay rights movement. He was an early advocate of AIDS awareness and safer sex, but has been a controversial figure even within the gay community. His films center on gay related themes and strong female characters. His works are characterized by excess and employ a campy style. His films have featured such personalities as Jayne County, Vaginal Davis, Divine, and Jeff Stryker.

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