Wolfgang Purkhauser

Biography

Wolfgang Purkhauser is a film editor from Germany. After founding the production company “Clix GmbH” and working with it on various short and commercial formats as a producer, director and editor, he started studying editing at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in 2017. 2019 his first feature length documentary film SOMMERKRIEG (SUMMERWAR) about two kids attending a ukrainian summercamp won multiple awards and was screened of HOT DOCS, IDFA, Max Ophüls Preis and Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis. PORNFLUENCER, a portrait about a young couple who made a fortune as a “Verified Couple” on porn websites, was part of DOK.fest München 2022 and Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis 2023. A German wide cinema release was realized by the distributer Salzgeber in 2022. Wolfgang is editor and co-writer of Pornfluencer. Wolfgang got a scholarship of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation and participated in a masterclass at UCLA Extension in Los Angeles in August 2023. In 2024 his documentary film HINTER DEN FARBEN (BEHIND THE COLORS) was released in cinemas, while his short film NO MORE POOL TIME won the audience award at Internationale Hofer Filmtage. In 2025, Wolfgang graduated from the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg with a diploma and the film BABYSTAR, his first narrative feature film - a ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel, directed by Joscha Bongard, produced by LiseLotte Films, starring Maja Bons, which he co-edited with Emma Holzapfel. BABYSTAR celebrated it’s world premiere at TIFF – Toronto International Film Festival, and was screened at Zurich Film Festival, Warschau Film Festival and many more.