Alexander Tuschinski
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Alexander Tuschinski (born 28 October 1988) is a German film director, film producer, writer and actor.


Life and works


Early life and education

Tuschinski's parents were born in
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and emigrated to West Germany in 1983. Alexander Tuschinski was born in
Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...
on 28 October 1988; he attended ''Dillmann-Gymnasium'' in Stuttgart until 2008, and then studied audiovisual media at Hochschule der Medien, graduating as a
Bachelor of Engineering A Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) or a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a college graduate majoring in an engineering discipline at a higher education institution. In the United Kingdom, a Ba ...
in 2011. He then studied history and literature at the
University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart () is a research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with programs in civil, mechanical, ind ...
.


Work

In around 2010, Tuschinski started filming the first scenes for his low-budget feature film, ''Break-Up''. In 2014/15, Tuschinski produced, wrote, directed and edited the feature film ''Timeless. Tuschinski assisted Hugo Niebeling in restoring and re-editing ''B7'', Niebeling's director's cut of his 1972 film showing the
Berlin Philharmonic The Berlin Philharmonic () is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. Throughout the 20th century, the orchestra was led by conductors Wilhelm Furtwängler (1922â ...
performing Beethoven's seventh symphony conducted by
Herbert von Karajan Herbert von Karajan (; born ''Heribert Adolf Ernst Karajan''; 5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years. During the Nazi era, he debuted at the Salzburg Festival, ...
. Niebeling and Tuschinski together edited Niebeling's short film ''Apotheosis of Dance'' from the last movement of the symphony. 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 Gerda Herrmann (June 30, 1931 The article mentions that the premiere of the film "The Songwriter of Botnang" on June 29, 2019 was held the day before Gerda Herrmann's 88th birthday in Cannstatt – † April 15, 2021) was a German composer and po ...
, a poet and composer born in 1931, was screened at several international festivals. In 2021, Tuschinski produced, filmed, directed and edited the feature-length documentary ''Statue of Liberty'' about
Tomas Kurth Tomas Kurth (born 22 July 1955 in Stuttgart, Germany), also known as vanderkurth (sometimes ''van der kurth''), is a German artist. He is a painter, sculptor, musician, and designer. Life and works Since 1976, Kurth has been working as a fr ...
and his quest to build a "Statue of Liberty of Stuttgart" during lockdown. ''Statue of Liberty'' screened together with ''Fetzenleben'' and the second instalment of ''Die Liedermacherin von Botnang'' at Filmschau Baden-Württemberg in December 2022.


References


External links

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Take One Magazine: Interview with Alexander Tuschinski
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