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. was an American

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. He has been living and working in

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since 1993 until his return to the US in 2021. __TOC__

Early life and career

Schneider was born in

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and raised in

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and

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. In 1964, he graduated from

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and, in 1964, from the

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as Magister of Arts. His short film, ''Lost in Cuddihy'' (1966), received the certificate of merit. In 1993, he moved to

. In 2021, he returned to the US and lived in New York. Schneider started shooting

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in 1969 with the advent of portable

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equipment. The great number of his works include

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from 1969 through today. Notable works include: ''Wipe Cycle'' (with

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, 1969), ''The Woodstock Festival'' (1969), ''Manhattan is an Island'' (1977), ''Timezones'', (1984) shown in

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, as well as in New York,

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and

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. ''A Weekend on the Beach with Jean-Luc Godard'' (1984, with

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, H. Müller, and more.), ''Gretta'' (with Russ Johnson 1988), ''World Trade Center'' (1989), ''

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is eating Sushi in South Beach'' (1998), ''TV as a Creative Medium'' (updated 2001), ''Brazil, the sleeping Giant'' (2001), ''Datenraum Deutschland''. Ira Schneider was president of

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(1972 to 1994), director of the TV show ''Night Light TV'' (1980–1992), and associate professor at the

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School of Art, New York (1980 to 92). In 1976, he worked on ''Video Art - an Anthology'' together with

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