Peter Tscherkassky (born October 3, 1958) is an Austrian avant-garde
filmmaker who works primarily with found footage. All of his work is
done with film and heavily edited in the darkroom, rather than relying
on recent advances in digital film.Peter Tscherkassky was born October
3, 1958 in Vienna, Austria. He attended the Primary School in
Mistelbach from 1965â€"1969 and Jesuit boarding school from
1969â€"1975 in Vienna. He attended BORG (high school) Mistelbach and
graduated in June 1977. From 1977â€"1979 Tscherkassky studied
journalism and political science as well as philosophy at the
University of Vienna. His first encounter with avant-garde film was in
January 1978 when he attended a five-day lecture series by P. Adams
Sitney at the Austrian Film Museum.Tscherkassky began filming in 1979
when he acquired Super-8 equipment and before the end of the year he
had scripted and started off the shooting of Kreuzritter. Throughout
his career he conceived numerous film festivals including “The Light
of Periphery: Austrian Avant-Garde Film, 1957â€"1988†(1988), “Im
Off der Geschichte†(1990), “Found Footage: Filme aus gefundenem
Material†(1991), and “Unknown Territories: The American
Independent Film†(1992). He was also the founding member of the
newly Austria Filmmakers Cooperative which began in 1982 and resigned
from his position there in 1993. His work Instructions for a Light and
Sound Machine (2005) had its world premiere at the Cannes Film
Festival in the series "Quinzaine des réalisateurs."
filmmaker who works primarily with found footage. All of his work is
done with film and heavily edited in the darkroom, rather than relying
on recent advances in digital film.Peter Tscherkassky was born October
3, 1958 in Vienna, Austria. He attended the Primary School in
Mistelbach from 1965â€"1969 and Jesuit boarding school from
1969â€"1975 in Vienna. He attended BORG (high school) Mistelbach and
graduated in June 1977. From 1977â€"1979 Tscherkassky studied
journalism and political science as well as philosophy at the
University of Vienna. His first encounter with avant-garde film was in
January 1978 when he attended a five-day lecture series by P. Adams
Sitney at the Austrian Film Museum.Tscherkassky began filming in 1979
when he acquired Super-8 equipment and before the end of the year he
had scripted and started off the shooting of Kreuzritter. Throughout
his career he conceived numerous film festivals including “The Light
of Periphery: Austrian Avant-Garde Film, 1957â€"1988†(1988), “Im
Off der Geschichte†(1990), “Found Footage: Filme aus gefundenem
Material†(1991), and “Unknown Territories: The American
Independent Film†(1992). He was also the founding member of the
newly Austria Filmmakers Cooperative which began in 1982 and resigned
from his position there in 1993. His work Instructions for a Light and
Sound Machine (2005) had its world premiere at the Cannes Film
Festival in the series "Quinzaine des réalisateurs."
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