Jump to content

Alexander Tuschinski

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alexander Tuschinski
2014 on the set of Timeless
Occupation(s)Film director, film producer, writer, actor
Years active2008 – present

Alexander Konstantin Ritter von Tuschinski[1] (born 28 October 1988[2]) is a German film director, film producer, writer, actor and musician.

Life and works

[edit]

Early life and education

[edit]

Tuschinski's paternal family originates from Czernowitz, carrying the title Ritter von since Austrian-Hungarian times. During World War 2, they lost their property and settled in Romanian Sighișoara, where both of Tuschinski's parents were born.[3] They 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,[4] graduating as a Bachelor of Engineering in 2011.[citation needed] He then studied history and literature at the University of Stuttgart.[5]

Work

[edit]

In around 2010, Tuschinski started filming the first scenes for his low-budget feature film, Break-Up.[4][5]

Helmut Berger (right) and Tuschinski on the set of Timeless (2015)

In 2014/15, Tuschinski produced, wrote, directed and edited the feature film Timeless'. [6]

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.[7] Niebeling and Tuschinski together edited Niebeling's short film Apotheosis of Dance from the last movement of the symphony.[8]

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.[9][10][11]

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.[12] Statue of Liberty screened together with Fetzenleben and the second instalment of Die Liedermacherin von Botnang at Filmschau Baden-Württemberg in December 2022.[13]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Biography". alexander-tuschinski.de. Retrieved August 3, 2025. "Ein Künstler voller Emotionen, Meinungen und Rückgrat – Interview mit Filmregisseur Alexander Tuschinski". Riehle-News.de (in German). 2025. Retrieved August 3, 2025. "Kontrafunk guest appearance". Kontrafunk (in German). Retrieved August 3, 2025. GND 1078364257
  2. ^ "Spielfilm „Fetzenleben" von Alexander Tuschinski im Wettbewerb der Filmschau Baden-Württemberg" (in German). Siebenbürgische Zeitung. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "Ein Künstler voller Emotionen, Meinungen und Rückgrat – Interview mit Filmregisseur Alexander Tuschinski". Riehle-News.de (in German). 2025. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Schieler, Benjamin (August 12, 2011). "Ein Stuttgarter zieht in Vegas das große Los". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). p. 19.
  5. ^ a b Tuschinski, Alexander (February 13, 2012). "Meine Woche". Stuttgarter Zeitung - S-West (in German). p. III.
  6. ^ Schieler, Benjamin (June 30, 2014). "Der Star macht Urlaub von der Ehefrau". Stuttgarter Zeitung.
  7. ^ "Entry for "B7" with credits". filmportal.de. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  8. ^ "Article on "Apotheosis of Dance" with editorial credits". Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  9. ^ Mostbacher-Dix, Petra (June 26, 2019). "Mit Mut und Humor". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German).
  10. ^ Mostbacher-Dix, Petra (April 8, 2021). "Anbetung aus Hollywood". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German).
  11. ^ "Entdeckungstour durchs Filmland". Stuttgarter Amtsblatt (in German). November 26, 2020. p. 2.
  12. ^ Wesely, Kathrin (June 29, 2021). "Allegorie des Lockdowns". Stuttgarter Nachrichten. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  13. ^ "Nach zwei Corona-Jahren: Filmschau wieder in den Kinos". Die Zeit. December 4, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexander Tuschinski.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Tuschinski&oldid=1304055842"