Elfi Mikesch was born on May 31, 1940 in Judenburg, Styria, Austria. She is a cinematographer and director, known for Execution: A Story of Mary (1979), I Often Think of Hawaii (1978) and Malina (1991). She has been married to Fritz Mikesch since 1960.
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She is an Austrian-German pioneering cinematographer and director known for shaping feminist and queer cinema in Berlin since the 1960s.
She is best known for directing and filming avant-garde and documentary works such as Execution: A Story of Mary, Seduction: The Cruel Woman, and I Often Think of Hawaii.
She creates experimental documentaries, feminist dramas, and visually striking art films characterized by a distinct avant-garde aesthetic.
