Peter Tscherkassky
* 1958 in Vienna.
Dr. Peter Tscherkassky studied journalism and political sciences at the University of Vienna since 1977. In 1979, he began studying philosophy er in Berlin where he lived until 1984. The theme of his doctoral thesis was "Film as Art. Towards a critical aesthetics of cinematography" (1986). He was artistic director of the film festival Diagonale in 1993 and 1994. He is one of the founders of the distribution company sixpackfilm. Peter Tscherkassky is one of the most important avantgarde film directors in the world and received many awards.
Official website: http://www.tscherkassky.at/
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874787/
FILMS directed by PETER TSCHERKASSKY
Nachtstück
Austria 2006, 1 min, language: without dialogue
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, according to his biographers (and his letters confirm this fact), was an extremely sensuous person, and “Nocturne” was intended to refer to this aspect of his personality: We glide into “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” a bit, then abandon standardized paths of conventional representational film and encounter a few seconds of passionate sensory filmæan example of something I would like to call “physical cinema.” The thesis: Herr Mozart would have enjoyed it.
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2006, The Mozart-Minute
OTHER FILMS (selection):
Nachtstück (2006)
Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine (2005)
Dream Work (2002)
Get Ready (1999)
Outer Space (1999)
L’Arrivée (1998)
Happy-End (1996)
Parallel Space: Inter-View (1992)
Tabula rasa (1989)
Shot - Countershot (1987)
Kelimba (1986)
Manufraktur (1985)
Motion Picture (La sortie des ouvriers de l'usine Lumière à Lyon) (1984)
Freeze Frame (1983)
Urlaubsfilm (1983)
Erotique (1982)
Liebesfilm (1982)
Aderlaß (1981)