[1] Farocki was born as Harun El Usman Faroqhi[2] in Neutitschein, which is now Nový Jičín in the Czech Republic.

[2] After World War II Farocki grew up in India and Indonesia[3][4] before the family resettled in Hamburg in 1958.

Farocki, who was deeply influenced by Bertolt Brecht and Jean-Luc Godard, studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb) from 1966 to 1968.

[11] (D = Director, E = Editor, S = Screenplay, P = Production, A = Actor) Images of the world and the inscription of war and Respite were released on Region 0 DVD on 7 June 2011 by Survivance.

His survivors include his second wife, Antje Ehmann, whom he married in 2001; twin daughters from his first marriage, Annabel Lee and Larissa Lu; and eight grandchildren.