Peter Tscherkassky

Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Actor

October 3, 1958 (67 years)
Peter Tscherkassky is an Austrian avant-garde filmmaker who currently works exclusively with found footage. All of his work is done with film and heavily edited in the darkroom, rather than relying on technological modes. Tscherkassky not only presents beautiful and haunting images, but also forces the audience to rethink the traditional conception of film and film narrative.

Known For

  • Outer Space
    Outer Space1999
  • Dream Work
    Dream Work2001
  • Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine
    Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine2006
  • The Arrival
    The Arrival1999
  • Manufractur
    Manufractur1985
  • Train Again
    Train Again2021
  • Get Ready
    Get Ready1999
  • Motion Picture (Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory)
    Motion Picture (Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory)1984
  • Coming Attractions
    Coming Attractions2010
  • Miniatures: Many Berlin Artists in Hoisdorf
    Miniatures: Many Berlin Artists in Hoisdorf1983
  • Happy-End
    Happy-End1996
  • Shot - Countershot
    Shot - Countershot1987
  • Parallel Space: Inter-View
    Parallel Space: Inter-View1992
  • Erotique
    Erotique1982
  • Nocturne
    Nocturne2006
  • Ballett 16
    Ballett 161984
  • The Mozart Minute
    The Mozart Minute2006

Filmography

2020
2001
Short circuit · as Self
1991
Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee

2026
Krung Thep · as Co-Director
1999
The Arrival · as Director Of Photography
1999
Outer Space · as Director Of Photography
1999
Outer Space · as Sound
1992
Parallel Space: Inter-View · as Sound Designer
1985
Manufraktur · as Director Of Photography
1984
1983
Miniatures: Many Berlin Artists in Hoisdorf · as Director Of Photography
1982
Erotique · as Cinematographer