---
name: "Joachim von Mengershausen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joachim-von-mengershausen"
fi1m_id: "joachim-von-mengershausen"
imdb_id: "nm0902697"
tmdb_id: 22608
wikidata_id: "Q90903757"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "7 August 1936"
died: "22 January 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 90
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T11:09:51.144169+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joachim von Mengershausen

## Identity

Joachim von Mengershausen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joachim-von-mengershausen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joachim-von-mengershausen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0902697
- **TMDB ID:** 22608
- **Wikidata ID:** Q90903757
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90903757, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0902697/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22608

Producer. Born 7 August 1936 in Bamberg, Germany. Died 22 January 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 7 August 1936, Bamberg, Germany
- **Died:** 22 January 2020
- **Active:** 1977–1987
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 producing, 1 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 90, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90903757, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0902697/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22608

## Biography

Joachim von Mengershausen was a German film producer, dramaturg and editor. Born in Bamberg in 1936, he studied at the Deutsches Institut für Film und Fernsehen in Munich and worked initially as a unit manager, editor and director before becoming a film critic. From 1970 he served as an editor and dramaturg at Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), overseeing more than 120 television and co-productions.

He produced or contributed to several films by Wim Wenders, including *Alice in den Städten* (1974), *The American Friend* (1977) and *Wings of Desire* (1987, as associate producer), and worked with Edgar Reitz on *Heimat* (1984) and its sequel. In later years he founded the production company FilmForm with his wife Petra Seeger and supported emerging and African filmmakers. He received the Ehrenpreis der deutschen Filmkritik for his life's work in 2016 and died in Cologne in 2020.

*Sources: de.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Produced (2) — the average rests on these

- *Wings of Desire* (1987), Fi1m 88, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wings-of-desire.md)
- *Heimat* (1984), Fi1m 91, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/heimat.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Paris, Texas* (1984), Fi1m 88, Commissioning Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Vatersland* (2020), Co-Producer
- *Saviors in the Night* (2009), Producer
- *On the Old Roman Road* (2001), Commissioning Editor
- *Few of Us* (1996), Associate Producer
- *The Blue Hour* (1992), Producer
- *Schlaflose Nächte* (1988), Producer
- *Wings of Desire* (1987), Associate Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/wings-of-desire.md)
- *Alpine Fire* (1985), Producer
- *Tschechow in meinem Leben* (1985), Commissioning Editor
- *Heimat* (1984), series, Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/heimat.md)
- *Paris, Texas* (1984), Commissioning Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md)
- *Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press* (1984), Producer
- *Tally Brown, New York* (1979), Producer
- *The Left-Handed Woman* (1978), Producer
- *The American Friend* (1977), Producer
- *Hauptlehrer Hofer* (1975), Producer
- *Wrong Move* (1975), Editorial Staff
- *Alice in the Cities* (1974), as Man on Amsterdam Tour Boat (uncredited) · Producer
- *The Journey to Vienna* (1973), Producer
- *Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street* (1972), Producer
- *Adele Spitzeder* (1972), as Graf von Mengershausen · Producer
- *The Golden Thing* (1972), Producer
- *Rio das Mortes* (1971), as Joachim - Katrins Freund
- *End of the Commune?* (1970), Director, Writer

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