1977: "To Shoot a Bicycle" (Short, 16 min.)

1979: "A Group of People" (Short, 14 min.)

1988: "Tohuwabohu" (Feature, 87 min., also production)

1990: "The Serbian Girl" (Feature, 93 min.)

1994: "Kaspar Hauser" (Feature, 137 min.)

1997: "Obsession" (Feature, 104 min., script with Marie Noëlle)

2001: "Love The Hard Way" (Feature, 98 min., script with Marie Noëlle, also production)

PRIZES AND AWARDS

The Serbian Girl: (with Mirjana Jocovic, Ben Becker)
– German Film Prize: *Nomination 'Best Film 1991'
– British Film Institute: *Nomination 'Best Debut Feature'
– IFF Uppsala: *Best Film in Competition
– German Video Prize
Festivals: – London, Seattle, Uppsala, San Francisco, Berlin

Kaspar Hauser: (with André Eisermann, Katharina Thalbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht)
– German Film Prize: *Gold for 'Best Film 1994' *Gold for 'Best Direction' *Gold for Best Actor
– IFF Locarno: *Bronze Leopard: Best Actor *Prize CICAE: Best Film in Competition
– IFF Valenciennes: *Grand Prix 'Lino Ventura' *Grand Prix de la Public
– Bavarian Film Prize: *Best Actor
– German CICAE: *Best German Film 1994
– Fest.Europ. La Baule: *Prix Special
Festivals: – Locarno 1994 (Competition), Toronto 1994, San Francisco 1994, Kairo, Berlin 1994

Obsession: (with Daniel Craig, Heike Makatsch, Charles Berling)
– German Film Prize: *Nomination 'Best Film 1997' *Nomination 'Best Actress'
– IFF Paimpol: *Best Actress
Festivals: – San Sebastian 1997 (Competition), Toronto 1997, Sundance 1998

Love the Hard Way: (with Adrien Brody, Charlotte Ayanna, Pam Grier, Jon Seda, August Diehl)
– Locarno 2001: *Silver Leopard
– Bavarian Film Prize: *Best director
– Valenciennes 2002: *Best Actress, Best Actor
Festivals: Locarno (Competition), Sundance 2002, Berlin 2002