Monika Treut (1954, Mönchengladbach, Germany) is an award-winning director and writer of documentaries and features. She has been teaching film at various universities in the U.S. and served on juries at international film festivals like Toronto (TIFF), Amsterdam (IDFA), and many others. At the Berlin Film Festival 2017, she was awarded the Special Teddy for her lifetime achievement.

Filmography

• 2026Cooking Up Democracy — Director, Writer
• 2026Fucking Different Generations — Director
• 2021Genderation — Self, Director
• 2016Zona Norte — Producer, Director, Book
• 2014Acting Out: 25 Years of Queer Film & Community in Hamburg — Monika Treut, Supervising Producer
• 2014Of Girls and Horses — Director, Writer
• 2012The Raw and the Cooked — Director
• 2009Ghosted — Writer, Director
• 2005Made in Taiwan — Screenplay, Producer, Director
• 2005Tigerwomen Grow Wings — Director
• 2003Axensprung — Director
• 2003Begegnung mit Werner Schroeter — Director
• 2001Warrior of Light — Director, Writer
• 1999Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities — Self, Director, Writer, Producer
• 1998Didn't Do It For Love — Director, Writer
• 1996Danish Girls Show Everything — Director
• 1994Domenica. Alle kommen, keiner war da — Sozialarbeiterin
• 1994Erotique — Director, Writer, Producer
• 1992Dr. Paglia — Director
• 1992Female Misbehavior — Writer, Producer, Director
• 1992Max — Director, Producer
• 1991My Father Is Coming — Director, Writer, Producer
• 1989Annie — Director, Producer, Writer
• 1989Marocain — Creative Consultant
• 1989Virgin Machine — Director, Producer, Writer
• 1986Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars — Thanks
• 1986Seduction: The Cruel Woman — Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
• 1983Bondage — Editor, Sound, Cinematography, Director
• 1981Space-Chaser im Sperrgebiet — Director

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2026No Mercy — Self
• 2025Mona Mur in Conversation — Self (archive footage)
• Porn Culture — Self
• 2015Masculinity/Femininity — Self
• 1998Lavender Limelight — Self
• 1991I Wonder in Pornoland — Self