Filmverlag der Autoren

Filmverlag der Autoren is a German film distributor that was founded in 1971 to help finance and distribute independent films by German Autorenfilm directors, who are renowned for predominantly adapting their own screenplays. Called "The Flagship", many directors of the New German Cinema movement were associated with Filmverlag der Autoren, such as Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Wim Wenders, Percy Adlon, and Alexander Kluge, whose films were produced and distributed by the company, and many of whom were members of the Filmverlag board.