Born in Halberstadt in 1932, Alexander Kluge studied law and history and was a pupil of Theodor Adorno before becoming a leader of the Oberhausen Manifesto group in 1962 that called for a new German cinema. His essayistic, montage-based films combine fiction, documentary, philosophy and archive footage. Yesterday Girl (1966), starring his sister Alexandra, won the Silver Lion at Venice, and Artists at the Top of the Big Top: Disoriented (1968) the Golden Lion. He is also an influential writer, lawyer and a producer of programmes on German commercial television.
Awards (from the Sinekatalog award pages)
- 1966 · Venice Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival — Yesterday Girl
- 1967 · German Film Awards (Lola): Best Director (German Film Award for Best Director) — Yesterday Girl
- 1968 · Venice Film Festival: Best Film (Golden Lion) — Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed
Filmography
- Brutality in Stone 1961 · IMDb 7.1
- Yesterday Girl 1966 · IMDb 6.9 · 1,227 votes
- Artists at the Top of the Big Top: Disoriented 1968
- Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed 1968 · IMDb 6.4
- The Patriot 1979
- The Power of Emotion 1983 · IMDb 6.7