Peter Tscherkassky

Peter Tscherkassky was born on Oct 03, 1958 in Austria. Peter Tscherkassky's big-screen debut came with Outer Space directed by Peter Tscherkassky in 1999. Peter Tscherkassky is known for Outer Space directed by Peter Tscherkassky, Barbara Hershey stars as and as . Peter Tscherkassky has got 13 awards and 12 nominations so far. The most recent award Peter Tscherkassky achieved is Cannes Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Peter Tscherkassky plays is Outer Space which will be released on Jan 01, 1999.

Born in 1958 in Vienna. 1979 - 84 stay in Berlin. Filmmaker since 1979. Studied philosophy. Doctoral thesis: ^ÓFilm as Art. Towards a critical aesthetics of cinematography^Ô (1985/86). 1989 National Art Award for Film. Teaches filmmaking at the Academy of Art, Linz. Founding member of Sixpack Film. Organized several international avant-garde film festivals in Vienna and international film tours. Many publications and lectures on history and theory of avant-garde film. 1993-94 director of the Austrian National Film Festival (^ÓDiagonale^Ô).