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Peter Tscherkassky

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Peter Tscherkassky

Born October 3, 1958 in Vienna, Austria29 films

Peter Tscherkassky is an Austrian avant-garde filmmaker who currently works exclusively with found footage. All of his work is done with film and heavily edited in the darkroom, rather than relying on technological modes. Tscherkassky not only presents beautiful and haunting images, but also forces the audience to rethink the traditional conception of film and film narrative.

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Dream Work posterFirst watchDream Work20016.8A woman goes to bed, falls asleep, and begins to dream. This dream takes her to a landscape of light and shadow, evoked in a form only possible through classic cinematography.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Outer Space poster6.5Outer Space1999

Filmography

29 films as director
  1. 2021Train AgainDirector
  2. 2015The Exquisite CorpusDirector
  3. 2012Happy-EndDirector
  4. 201220 Little FilmsDirector
  5. 2010Coming AttractionsDirector
  6. 2006NocturneDirector
  7. 2006The Mozart MinuteDirector
  8. 2006Instructions for a Light and Sound MachineDirector
  9. 2003Experiments in TerrorDirector
  10. 2001Dream WorkDirector
  11. 1999The ArrivalDirector
  12. 1999Get ReadyDirector
  13. 1999Outer SpaceDirector
  14. 1994Parallel Space: Inter-ViewDirector
  15. 1993Memoirs of My Nervous IllnessDirector
  16. 1993Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 3Director
  17. 1989Tabula RasaDirector
  18. 1987Shot / CountershotDirector
  19. 1987Daniel Paul Schrebers Stimmvisionen and Schizo-SchreberDirector
  20. 1986KelimbaDirector
  21. 1985ManufracturDirector
  22. 1984Motion Picture (Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory)Director
  23. 1984Ballett 16Director
  24. 1983Miniatures: Many Berlin Artists in HoisdorfDirector
  25. 1983Holiday FilmDirector
  26. 1983Freeze FrameDirector
  27. 1982ErotiqueDirector
  28. 1982Film of LoveDirector
  29. 1981Blood-LettingDirector