Alexander Kluge
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1932-02-14 ) 14 February 1932, Halberstadt , Saxony, Prussia, Germany
- Died
- 25 March 2026 (2026-03-25) (aged 94), Munich , Bavaria, Germany
- Education
- University of Marburg University of Frankfurt
- Occupations
- Author Film director Media manager Academic teacher
- Organizations
- Ulm School of Design DCTP
- Relatives
- Alexandra Kluge (sister)
- Awards
- Georg Büchner Prize Theodor W. Adorno Award Grimme-Preis Heinrich Heine Prize
- Website
- kluge-alexander .de
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Family name
- Kluge
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Halberstadt
- Place of death
- Munich
- Sibling
- Alexandra Kluge
- Occupation
- filmmaker
- Educated at
- Goethe University Frankfurt
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- Documenta 6
- Field of work
- acting
- Movement
- New German Cinema
- Official website
- www.kluge-alexander.de
- Image
- MJKr01634 Alexander Kluge (NRW-Empfang, Berlinale 2020).jpg
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- Commons category
- Alexander Kluge
- date of birth
- 1932-00-00
- member of
- Deutsche Filmakademie
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- name in native language
- Alexander Kluge
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Alexander Kluge
- end of work period
- 2015-01-01
- date of death
- 2026-03-25
- place of burial
- Dorotheenstadt Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexander Ernst Kluge (14 February 1932 – 25 March 2026) was a German author, film director, academic and founder of a television production company.
After studies with Theodor W. Adorno in Frankfurt, he worked as an assistant to Fritz Lang for The Tiger of Eschnapur. He directed his first film, Brutality in Stone, in 1960, a short montage dealing with the Nazi past. He became instrumental in New German Cinema, establishing an institute for film at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm. Among his signature films were Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed in 1968 and The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time in 1985. In 1987 Kluge founded the television production company DCTP, producing for private television.
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