Andrew Horn (September 16, 1952 – August 24, 2019) was an American film producer, director and writer. He was the winner of the 2004 Teddy Award for ''

The Nomi Song ''The Nomi Song'' is a 2004 Documentary film about the life of singer Klaus Nomi, written and directed by Andrew Horn. The film debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2004, where it won a Teddy Award for "Best Documentary ...

'' in the category Best Documentary Film. In 2014, he directed '' We Are Twisted Fucking Sister!'', a documentary about American heavy metal band

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Career

A New Yorker by birth, Horn studied at

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. He moved to

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, Germany in 1989 for a fellowship program. His Emmy-winning film research were included on projects by

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and the Paul Robeson Foundation alongside films by

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and

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Death

He was 66 when he died of cancer in Berlin on August 24, 2019.

Filmography

*''Doomed Love'' (1984) *''The Big Blue'' (1988) * ''East Side Story'' (1997) *''The Nomi Song'' (2004) *''

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'' (2013; research) *''We Are Twisted Fucking Sister!'' (2014) Andrew Horn Dead: Twisted Sister Documentarian Was 66, Hollywood Reporter
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References

External links

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Andrew Horn retrospective on Vimeo
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