- Father of Eva Schild (b. 1959), Rut Achternbusch (b. 1963), Andreas Achternbusch (b. 1964), Rita Achternbusch (b. 1966), and Judit Achternbusch (b. 1968).
- His anarchist surrealistic films are not known to a wide audience in Germany, although one of them, Das Gespenst (The Ghost), caused a scandal in 1983 because of its alleged blasphemous content.
- Achternbusch was awarded the German international literary Petrarca-Preis in 1977, but he declined.
- In 2010, he was awarded the Kassel Literary Prize.
- Werner Herzog, a director of the New German Cinema, based his film Heart of Glass on a story by Achternbusch.
- He won the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis in 1986 and 1994.
- In 1981, he directed the film Der Neger Erwin, which was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. The following year, he directed The Ghost, which was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1988, his film Wohin? was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1995, his film Hades was entered into the 45th Berlin International Film Festival.
- He was a German writer, painter and filmmaker.
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