Thomas was the son of German Jewish communist emigre parents.
UK productions
In May 2012, Brasch's play Lovely Rita was performed in English for the first time in the Warwick Arts Centre.
US productions
In November 1976, Brasch's theatre piece Paper Tiger was performed in English for the first time at the 4th International Bertolt Brecht Conference in Austin, Texas, with music composed by Raymond Benson. Benson subsequently directed an off-off-Broadway production of the musical in New York, New York, in September 1980.
Awards
1981 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Director [1]
Publications
"Sie geht, sie geht nicht", play, 1970
"Das beispielhafte Leben und der Tod des Peter Göring", play, with Lothar Trolle, 1971
"Galileo Galilei – Papst Urban VIII.", play, with Lothar Trolle, 1972
"Der Schweinehirt. Die wilden Schwäne", two radio plays by Hans Christian Andersen, Berlin 1975
"Vom dicken Herrn Bell, der das Telefon erfunden hat", radio play, Berlin 1974
"Herr Geiler", play, 1974
"Lovely Rita", play, 1975
"Poesiealbum 89", Berlin 1975
"Die argentinische Nacht", comedy based on Oswaldo Dragún, Berlin 1975
"Vor den Vätern sterben die Söhne", prose, Berlin 1977
"Kargo. 32. Versuch auf einem untergehenden Schiff aus der eigenen Haut zu fahren", Frankfurt (Main) 1977
"Rotter. Und weiter. Ein Tagebuch, ein Stück, eine Aufführung.", Frankfurt (Main) 1978
"Wer durch mein Leben will, muß durch mein Zimmer", poetry, Frankfurt (Main) 2002
"Was ich mir wünsche", poetry, Frankfurt (Main) 2007
"Du einsamer, du schöner Wicht", audio book, read by Katharina Thalbach and Anna Thalbach, Hoffmann&Campe 2007
Filmography
1981 – Engel aus Eisen – Director and screenwriter (with Hilmar Thate, Katharina Thalbach, Peter Brombacher, Klaus Pohl, Ulrich Wesselmann and Karin Baal). That was the first movie by Brasch. In 1981 he was awarded the Bayerischer Filmpreis. His acceptance speech was controversial, since Brasch explicitly thanked the Filmhochschule der DDR for his education.
1982 – Domino – Director and screenwriter (with Anne Bennent, Manfred Karge, Ilse Pagé, Klaus Pohl, Peter Brombacher, Katharina Thalbach, Julia Lindig and Bernhard Wicki)
1985 – Mercedes – Director and screenwriter. Filming for Dutch broadcaster VPRO (with Jan Eijkelboom, Annet Kouwenhoven and Titus Muizelaar)
