Alexander Tuschinski
{{short description|German film producer, writer and director}}
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| caption = 2014 on the set of Timeless
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| occupation = Film director, film producer, writer, actor
| years_active = 2008 – present
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Alexander Tuschinski (born 28 October 1988{{cite web |url=https://www.siebenbuerger.de/zeitung/artikel/kultur/23352-spielfilm-fetzenleben-von-alexander.html |title=Spielfilm „Fetzenleben“ von Alexander Tuschinski im Wettbewerb der Filmschau Baden-Württemberg |last= |first= |date= |language=de |website= |publisher=Siebenbürgische Zeitung |access-date=16 September 2024 |quote=}}) is a German film director, film producer, writer and actor.
Life and works
=Early life and education=
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, graduating as a Bachelor of Engineering in 2011.{{cn|date=December 2024}} He then studied history and literature at the University of Stuttgart.
=Work=
In around 2010, Tuschinski started filming the first scenes for his low-budget feature film, Break-Up.{{cite news |last=Schieler |first=Benjamin |date=12 August 2011 |title=Ein Stuttgarter zieht in Vegas das große Los |url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.nachwuchsfilmer-aus-stuttgart-regisseur-zieht-in-vegas-das-grosse-los.d833202f-196b-4b0b-a90f-8e475f8df51d.html |work=Stuttgarter Zeitung |location= |page=19 |language=de |access-date=}}{{cite news |last=Tuschinski |first=Alexander |date=13 February 2012 |title=Meine Woche |url= |work=Stuttgarter Zeitung - S-West |location= |page=III |language=de |access-date=}}
File:Helmut Berger Alexander Tuschinski Set Timeless.jpg (right) and Tuschinski on the set of Timeless (2015)]]
In 2014/15, Tuschinski produced, wrote, directed and edited the feature film Timeless'. {{cite news |last=Schieler |first=Benjamin |date=30 June 2014 |title=Der Star macht Urlaub von der Ehefrau |url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.filmdreh-in-stuttgart-urlaub-von-der-ehefrau.91997747-cd6d-4ca4-b158-5dba234b4f8c.html |work=Stuttgarter Zeitung |location= |access-date=}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/beethoven-seven_0e321397a859404c8337159a3c703bf3 |title=Entry for "B7" with credits |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=filmportal.de |access-date=16 September 2024 |quote=}} Niebeling and Tuschinski together edited Niebeling's short film Apotheosis of Dance from the last movement of the symphony.{{cite web |url=https://www.fbw-filmbewertung.com/film/apotheose_des_tanzes |title=Article on "Apotheosis of Dance" with editorial credits |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden |access-date=16 September 2024 |quote=}}
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.{{cite news |last=Mostbacher-Dix |first=Petra |date=26 June 2019 |title=Mit Mut und Humor |url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.stuttgart-botnang-liedermacherin-mit-mut-und-humor.fa74d192-cf75-45cf-ac43-96c0e48e8e59.html |work=Stuttgarter Zeitung |location= |page= |language=de |access-date=}}{{cite news |last=Mostbacher-Dix |first=Petra |date=8 April 2021 |title=Anbetung aus Hollywood |url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.liedermacherin-aus-stuttgart-botnang-anbetung-aus-hollywood.58069a64-ffdb-43d7-8d0d-e39ea5b3331c.html |work=Stuttgarter Zeitung |location= |page= |language=de |access-date=}}{{cite news |author= |date=26 November 2020 |title=Entdeckungstour durchs Filmland |url= |work=Stuttgarter Amtsblatt |location= |page=2 |language=de |access-date=}}
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.{{cite news |last=Wesely |first=Kathrin |date=29 June 2021 |title=Allegorie des Lockdowns |url=https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.auf-der-schwabstrasse-in-s-west-allegorie-des-lockdowns.568e34d9-0d1c-4625-844a-83c13d8e2149.html |work=Stuttgarter Nachrichten |location= |access-date=16 September 2024}} Statue of Liberty screened together with Fetzenleben and the second instalment of Die Liedermacherin von Botnang at Filmschau Baden-Württemberg in December 2022.{{cite news |author= |date=4 December 2022 |title=Nach zwei Corona-Jahren: Filmschau wieder in den Kinos |url=https://www.zeit.de/news/2022-12/04/nach-zwei-corona-jahren-filmschau-wieder-in-den-kinos |work=Die Zeit |location= |access-date=16 September 2024}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Alexander Tuschinski}}
- {{Official website|https://www.alexander-tuschinski.de}}
- {{IMDb name|3865151}}
- [http://www.takeonecff.com/2012/alexander-tuschinski/ Take One Magazine: Interview with Alexander Tuschinski]
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