Elfi Mikesh, born in 1940 in Austria, is a director of photography and a filmmaker. She has been one of the leading female voices in New German Cinema since the 1970s. Trained as a photographer, she worked as a camera woman with Werner Schroeter, Rosa von Praunheim, Teresa Villaverde, Lilly Grote, Harald Bergmann and Monika Treut. With her groundbreaking work, she created images that blend truth and dream, fiction and reality. Ich denke oft an Hawaii is her first long feature in 1978. She then directed more than 25 films, including short films, fiction and video art pieces. In 1984 she created the production company Hyena Films with Monika Treut. She was awarded the German Golden Film Award for the short film Execution. A Study of Mary in 1980 and the Teddy Award in Berlin in 2014.
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