Alexander Tuschinski
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Alexander Tuschinski | |
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 2014 on the set of Timeless | |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, film producer, writer, actor |
| Years active | 2008 – present |
Alexander Tuschinski (born 28 October 1988[1]) is a German film director, film producer, writer and actor.
Life and works
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Tuschinski's parents were born in Romanian Sighișoara and emigrated to West Germany in 1983. Alexander Tuschinski was born in Stuttgart on 28 October 1988; he attended Dillmann-Gymnasium in Stuttgart until 2008, and then studied audiovisual media at Hochschule der Medien,[2] graduating as a Bachelor of Engineering in 2011.[citation needed] He then studied history and literature at the University of Stuttgart.[3]
Work
[edit]In around 2010, Tuschinski started filming the first scenes for his low-budget feature film, Break-Up.[2][3]
In 2014/15, Tuschinski produced, wrote, directed and edited the feature film Timeless'. [4]
Tuschinski assisted Hugo Niebeling in restoring and re-editing B7, Niebeling's director's cut of his 1972 film showing the Berlin Philharmonic performing Beethoven's seventh symphony conducted by Herbert von Karajan.[5] Niebeling and Tuschinski together edited Niebeling's short film Apotheosis of Dance from the last movement of the symphony.[6]
Tuschinski produced and directed several short films in 2017–2019, including a documentary film Caligari in the Desert about Roger Ball and the film The Songwriter of Botnang portraying Gerda Herrmann, a poet and composer born in 1931, was screened at several international festivals.[7][8][9]
In 2021, Tuschinski produced, filmed, directed and edited the feature-length documentary Statue of Liberty about Tomas Kurth and his quest to build a "Statue of Liberty of Stuttgart" during lockdown.[10] Statue of Liberty screened together with Fetzenleben and the second instalment of Die Liedermacherin von Botnang at Filmschau Baden-Württemberg in December 2022.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Spielfilm „Fetzenleben" von Alexander Tuschinski im Wettbewerb der Filmschau Baden-Württemberg" (in German). Siebenbürgische Zeitung. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ a b Schieler, Benjamin (August 12, 2011). "Ein Stuttgarter zieht in Vegas das große Los". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). p. 19.
- ^ a b Tuschinski, Alexander (February 13, 2012). "Meine Woche". Stuttgarter Zeitung - S-West (in German). p. III.
- ^ Schieler, Benjamin (June 30, 2014). "Der Star macht Urlaub von der Ehefrau". Stuttgarter Zeitung.
- ^ "Entry for "B7" with credits". filmportal.de. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ "Article on "Apotheosis of Dance" with editorial credits". Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ Mostbacher-Dix, Petra (June 26, 2019). "Mit Mut und Humor". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German).
- ^ Mostbacher-Dix, Petra (April 8, 2021). "Anbetung aus Hollywood". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German).
- ^ "Entdeckungstour durchs Filmland". Stuttgarter Amtsblatt (in German). November 26, 2020. p. 2.
- ^ Wesely, Kathrin (June 29, 2021). "Allegorie des Lockdowns". Stuttgarter Nachrichten. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ "Nach zwei Corona-Jahren: Filmschau wieder in den Kinos". Die Zeit. December 4, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
External links
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- Official website
- Alexander Tuschinski at IMDb
- Take One Magazine: Interview with Alexander Tuschinski
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