Valie Export

Biography

Valie Export (1940-2026), born Waltraud Lehner, was an Austrian artist. Her artistic work includes video installations, body performances, expanded cinema, computer animations, photography, sculptures and publications covering contemporary arts.

Career Overview

Valie Export has 69 screen credits in a career dating back to 1967. Signature works include Lust, Invisible Adversaries, The Practice of Love. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: female
Known Credits: 69
Birth Date: 1940-05-17 00:00:00
Birth Place: Linz, Austria

Known For

Frequent Collaborators

Susanne Widl (1 collaborations)
Peter Weibel (1 collaborations)
Josef Plavec (1 collaborations)
Monika Helfer-Friedrich (1 collaborations)
Helke Sander (1 collaborations)
Dominick Dusek (1 collaborations)
Herbert Schmid (1 collaborations)
Edward Neversal (1 collaborations)
Adelheid Arndt (1 collaborations)
Rüdiger Vogler (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (17 credits)
- No Mercy
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Valie Export - Icon and Rebel
  Herself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Anagrammatical Composition with Dice by VALIE EXPORT (after W.A. Mozart, Piano) for Soprano Saxophone
  Performer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Birth of a Nation
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Aktionskunst International. Dokumente zum Internationalen Aktionismus
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Home Movies 1971-81
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- The Armed Eye – VALIE EXPORT in a Dialogue with the Film Avant-Garde
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Valie Export: Portrait of a Filmmaker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- The Total Family
  Sister Helga
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Space Seeing - Space Hearing
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1980
- ViennaFilm 1896-1976
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- Homo Meter II
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Seeing-Space and Hearing-Space - Original length/linear cut
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- Adjunct Dislocations
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1973
- TAP and TOUCH CINEMA
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
- The Sweet Number - An Experience of Consumption
  Performer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
- Hernals
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
writing (10 credits)
- Anagrammatical Composition with Dice by VALIE EXPORT (after W.A. Mozart, Piano) for Soprano Saxophone
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2010
- Seven Easy Pieces
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2007
- Elfriede Jelinek. News from Home 18.8.88
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1988
- Seven Women, Seven Sins
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1986
- The Practice of Love
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1985
- The Armed Eye – VALIE EXPORT in a Dialogue with the Film Avant-Garde
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1984
- Space Seeing - Space Hearing
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1980
- Invisible Adversaries
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1977
- Seeing-Space and Hearing-Space - Original length/linear cut
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1974
- The Sweet Number - An Experience of Consumption
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1969
directing (35 credits)
- Anagrammatical Composition with Dice by VALIE EXPORT (after W.A. Mozart, Piano) for Soprano Saxophone
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2010
- I turn over the pictures of my voice in my head
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- The Voice as Performance, Act and Body
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Vaginan
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1997
- The Unspeakable Speaking
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1992
- Aktionskunst International. Dokumente zum Internationalen Aktionismus
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1989
- Lust
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- Elfriede Jelinek. News from Home 18.8.88
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- Seven Women, Seven Sins
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- A Perfect Pair
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- The Duality of Nature
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- The Practice of Love
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1985
- Syntagma
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1983
- Menschenfrauen
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1980
- Space Seeing - Space Hearing
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1980
- Adjunct Dislocations II
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
- Invisible Adversaries
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1977
- Delta. A Piece
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1977
- Homo Meter II
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Seeing-Space and Hearing-Space - Original length/linear cut
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1974
- Body Politics
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1974
- Asemie – The inability to express oneself through facial expressions
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Adjunct Dislocations
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Moving Pictures about Moving People
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Hyperbulie
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Breath Text: Love Poem
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Visual Text: Finger Poem
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Interrupted Line
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- Facing a Family
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1971
- Body Tape
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- TAP and TOUCH CINEMA
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1969
- The Sweet Number - An Experience of Consumption
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1969
- Self-Portrait with Head
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
- Abstract Film No. 1
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
- Orgasmus
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
production (5 credits)
- Syntagma
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1983
- Menschenfrauen
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1980
- Space Seeing - Space Hearing
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1980
- Invisible Adversaries
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1977
- Asemie – The inability to express oneself through facial expressions
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1973
editing (2 credits)
- Invisible Adversaries
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1977
- The Sweet Number - An Experience of Consumption
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1969