Personal Papers and Company Archives

Explore our 600 collections online, including estates of filmmakers as well as the archives of important film and television personalities and film production and distribution companies. We currently have detailed descriptions of around 60 collections online with more to come.

  • Rolf Weih

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    actor
    Photography, Paper documents

  • Franz Weihmayr

    –

    cameraman
    Photography, Paper documents

  • Grethe Weiser

    –

    actress
    Photography, Paper documents

  • Hanni Weisse

    –

    actress
    Paper documents

  • Wim Wenders

    *

    Director, film producer, photographer, Screenwriter
    Script, Print, Photography, Hand drawing, Small object, Paper documents, Textile

  • Bernhard Wentzel

    *

    Producer, Screenwriter, Editor, cameraman, Director
    Script, Film, Photography, Paper documents

  • Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

    *

    production company
    Script, Print, Film, Photography, Small object, Literature, Paper documents, Sound recording
  •  

    Helga Westphal

    Photography, Paper documents, Print, Literature, Sound recording, Sheet music, Small object
  •  

    Roman Weyl

    *

    art director, wardrobe supervisor, poster artist
    Script
  •  

    Helmut Wietz

    *

    film producer, Director, cameraman, Screenwriter
    Photography, Small object, Paper documents

  • Klaus Wildenhahn

    –

    Director, Screenwriter, film producer
    Script, Print, Film, Photography, Small object, Literature, Paper documents

  • Billy Wilder

    –

    Director, Screenwriter, Producer, author
    Photography, Hand drawing, Small object, Paper documents, Textile

  • Ignaz Wilhelm

    –

    cinema manager
    Photography, Paper documents
  •  

    Herbert Windt

    –

    composer
    Photography, Sheet of music, Paper documents
  •  

    Walter Winnig

    *

    composer, conductor
    Script, Print, Photography, Paper documents

  • Carl Winston

    –

    director’s assistant, Production Assistant
    Photography, Sheet of music, Paper documents

  • Karsten Witte

    –

    Screenwriter, film historian, film scholar, film critic
    Photography, Small object, Paper documents, Sound recording, Print
  •  

    Paul Wittkowski

    photographer
    Photography

  • Adolf Wohlbrück

    –

    actor
    Analog video, Photography, Paper documents
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    Hans von Wolzogen

    –

    Screenwriter, Producer, Director
    Script, Photography, Sheet of music, Paper documents