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Born in Halberstadt, Germany, in 1932. He was one of the founders of the Oberhausen Manifesto, one of the milestones of New German Cinema. In 1966, he directed his first feature film, “Yesterday Girl”, which received the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Among his most famous works are “Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed” (1968), winner of the Golden Lion at Venice, “Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave” (1973), screened at the 42nd Mostra, “In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death” (1975), “Strongman Ferdinand” (1976), winner of the Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, “Germany in Autumn” (1978), and “The Power of Feelings” (1983), winner of the Critics’ Prize at Venice. He directed the film institute at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, a center for teaching and research in design and industrial creation, in Ulm. At the end of the 1980s, Kluge devoted himself to television and, in 1988, founded the production company dctp, through which he developed his own television formats. He is the author of several books and had his work exhibited at prestigious institutions such as the Fondazione Prada and the Museum Folkwang. Throughout his career, he was recognized with numerous awards, most notably the Honorary Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, awarded by the Venice Film Festival in 1982. His most recent films are “Happy Lamento” (2018), “Orphea” (2020), co-directed with Khavn, “Cosmic Miniatures” (2024, 48th Mostra), and “Primitive Diversity” (2025), his last feature film, screened at the 49th Mostra. Alexander Kluge passed away in Munich in March 2026, at the age of 94.