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Alexander Kluge b. 1932 Lehrer im Wandel (Teachers in Transformation) 1963 Frau Blackburn, geb. 5 Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt (Frau Blackburn, Born 5 Jan. 1872, Is Filmed) 1963 Porträet einer Bewäehrung (Portrait of One Who Proved His Mettle) 1964 Feuerlöscher E. A. Winterstein (Fireman E. A. Winterstein) 1968 Brutalität in Stein (Die Ewigkeit von gestern; Brutality in Stone; Yesterday Goes on for Ever) 1968 Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908 (A Woman from the Property-owning Middle Class, Born 1908) 1972 Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin. Zur realistischen Methode, Frankfurt 1975 Die Menschen, die die Staufer-Austellung vorbereiten (Die Menschen, die das Stauferjahr vorbereiten 1977 Nationality: German. Born: Halberstadt, 14 February 1932. Education: Charlottenburger Gymnasium, Berlin, Abitur 1949; studied law and history at Freiburg, Marburg, and Johann-Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt (degree in law, 1953). Career: Lawyer, novelist, and political writer, 1950s; began in films as assistant to Fritz Lang, 1958; leader and spokesman of group of German filmmakers protesting condition of German filmmaking, Oberhausen Festival, 1962; head of film division of Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm (known as "Institut für Filmgestaltung"), from 1962; founder, Kairos-Films, 1963. Awards: Berliner Kuntspreis for Lebensläufe, 1964; Bayrischer Staatspreis für Literatur, for Porträt einer Bewärung and for Schlachtbeschreibung; Golden Lion, Venice Festival, for Die Artisten in der Zirkus-kuppel: ratlos, 1967; Honorary Professor, University of Frankfurt am Main, 1973; International Critics award, Cannes Festival, for Ferdinand the Strongman, 1976; Fontane-Preis, 1979; Grosser Breme Literatur-preis, 1979. Address: Elisabethstrasse 38, 8000 Munich 40, Germany. RESOURCES: "Alexander Kluge" by Michelle Langford (Senses of Cinema) This UbuWeb resource is presented in partnership with GreyLodge UbuWeb Film | UbuWeb PennSound | GreyLodge | Artmob | EPC | WFMU