Joerg “Jörg” Kalt (11 January 1967 – 1 July 2007) was an Austrian

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and

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best known for his film ''Crash Test Dummies''. Kalt was born on 11 January 1967, in

Suresnes Suresnes () is a commune in the western inner suburbs of Paris, France. Located in Hauts-de-Seine, from the centre of Paris, it had a population of 49,482 as of 2020. Suresnes borders the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, ...

near Paris and grew up in

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and

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. He studied German and

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before working as a journalist. He made his first film, ''Eternity Starts Here'', in 1993 while studying at a film school in

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and moved to Vienna the following year. Other than ''Crash Test Dummies'' his best known film is ''Richtung Zukunft durch die Nacht'' ("Direction Future Through the Night"). He committed suicide on 1 July 2007, while working on two projects: ''Tiere'' ("Animals"), and ''Zum Essen'' ("To Eat").

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* 1967 births 2007 suicides Austrian film directors Austrian cinematographers Suicides in Austria People from Suresnes French people of Austrian descent 20th-century Austrian journalists 2007 deaths {{Austria-bio-stub