Harun Farocki (an haife shi a ranar 9 ga watan Janairu, 1944 - ya rasu a ranar 30 ga watan Yuli, 2014) ya kasance ɗan fim ɗin Jamus, marubuci, kuma mai shirin fim. An haifi Farocki a matsayin Harun El Usman Faroqhi a Neutitschein, wanda yanzu yake Nový Jičín a cikin Jamhuriyar Czech . Mahaifinsa, Abdul Qudus Faroqui, ya yi ƙaura zuwa Jamus daga kasar Indiya a cikin shekara ta 1920. An kwashe mahaifiyarsa Bajamushe daga Berlin saboda harin Bama-bamai na Kawancen Jamus . Ya sauƙaƙe rubutun kalmomin mahaifinsa yayin saurayi. Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II Farocki ya girma a kasar Indiya da kasar Indonesia kafin dangin su sake zama a Hamburg a shekara ta 1958. Farocki, wanda Bertolt Brecht da Jean-Luc Godard suka yi tasiri sosai, ya yi karatu a Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin daga shekara ta 1966 zuwa shekara ta 1968. Ya fara yin fina-finai - tun daga farko, sun kasance labarai ne marasa kan gado game da siyasar zane - a tsakiyar shekara ta 1960. Daga shekara ta 1974 zuwa shekara ta 1984, lokacin da aka daina buga ta, sai ya gyara mujallar ta " Filmkritik" .