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Kurt Kren was born in 1929 in Vienna, Austria from a Jewish father and a German mother. From 1939 till the end of World War II, Kren lived in Rotterdam, where he was sent to with one of the Children's Transports. In 1947 Kren returned to Vienna, and his father provided him a job at the National Bank. He began making films in 1957. 2/60 48 Köpfe Aus Dem Szondi -Test (1960) was his first serial film and 3/60 Bäume Im Herbst (1960) confirmed this structural orientation. He realized in the 1960s his most famous films with the Viennese actionists, where his skill of short film blossomed. In 1966, he took part in the « Destruction in Art Symposium » organized by Metzger in London. In 1968 he visited the USA for the first time, showing his films in New York and St. Louis. This very year he became a founder of the Austria Filmmakers Cooperative. After a participation in a happening "Kunst und Revolution" ("Art and Revolution") at the University of Vienna in 1968, Kren's films were confiscated and he was fired from the National Bank. He participated in 1970 in the International Underground Film Festival (London) and in 1971, in the Cannes Film Festival. He then moved to Cologne for five years. Retrospectives were set up by the London National Film Theatre in 1976 and the New York Museum of Modern Art in 1979. He was also involved in the Dokumenta 6 of Kassel in 1977. From 1978 to 1989, Kren lived in the USA and presented lectures for universities and schools. He did many jobs such as security officer in the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Within this period he made his bad home movies as he used to call them inspired by his travels across the country. He finally returned to his native Vienna in 1990. He died from pneumonia in Vienna in 1998.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1929-09-20
- event Death Date 1998-06-23
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 0.9
- info Birth Place Wien, Austria
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Kurt Kren
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Homage to Kurt Kren
1997-01-01
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Home Movies 1971-81
1985-01-01
3.8
Exit... But No Panic
1980-01-01
2.5
10c/65: Brus wishes his Christmas on you
1965-01-01
6.3
Birth of a Nation
1997-08-06
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Becoming Otto
2010-06-01
2.9
Sodoma
1970-04-05
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29/73 Ready-Made
1973-09-11
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Portrait: Kurt Kren
1970-09-19
4.5
36/78: Rischart
1978-01-01
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Porträtfilm: Kurt Kren
1969-01-01
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Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 3
1993-01-01
movie_edit Directing
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15/67: TV
1967-06-20
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31/75: Asylum
1975-01-01
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15/67: TV
1967-06-20
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31/75: Asylum
1975-01-01
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15/67: TV
1967-06-20
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31/75: Asylum
1975-01-01
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6/64: Mom and Dad (An Otto Mühl Happening)
1964-10-01
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10/65: Self-Mutilation
1965-04-01
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49/95: thousandyearsofcinema
1995-01-01
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8/64: Ana - Action Brus
1964-12-01
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3/60: Trees in Autumn
1960-10-01
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7/64: Leda and the Swan
1964-11-01
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38/79: Sentimental Punk
1979-10-01
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36/78: Rischart
1978-01-01
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2/60: 48 Heads from the Szondi-Test
1960-05-01
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1/57: Experiment with Synthetic Sound (Test)
1957-03-01
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4/61: Walls Pos.-Neg. and Way
1961-01-01
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34/76: Tschibo
1976-01-01
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9/64: O Christmas Tree
1964-01-01
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16/67: September 20th
1967-01-01
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10c/65: Brus wishes his Christmas on you
1965-01-01
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18/68: Venecia kaputt
1968-11-23
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44/85: Foot'-age Shoot'-out
1985-01-01
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42/83: No Film
1983-01-01
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10b/65: Silver – Action Brus
1965-01-01
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26/71: Zeichenfilm – Balzac und das Auge Gottes
1971-01-01
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12/66: Cosinus Alpha
1966-06-01
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5/62: People Looking out of the Window, Trash, etc.
1962-05-01
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13/67: Sinus Beta
1967-01-01
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20/68: Schatzi
1968-01-01
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28/73: Time Exposure(s)
1973-09-11
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37/78: Tree Again
1978-01-01
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23/69: Underground Explosion
1969-03-19
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The Lascivious Wotan
1971-12-31
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32/76: To W + B
1976-01-01
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17/68: Green-red
1968-11-23
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11/65: Helga Philipp Painting
1965-01-01
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46/90 Falter 2
1990-09-03
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43/84: 1984
1984-09-03
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50/96 Snapshots (For Bruce)
1996-09-03
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40/81 Breakfast im Grauen
1981-09-03
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30/73 Coop Cinema Amsterdam
1973-09-03
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39/81 Which Way to CA?
1981-09-03
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27/71 On Peacock Isle
1971-09-03
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41/82 Getting Warm
1982-09-03
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33/77 No Danube
1977-09-03
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22/69 Happy-End
1969-03-08
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29/73 Ready-Made
1973-09-11
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24/70 Western
1970-09-16
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Oh Sensibility
1970-01-01
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Satisfaction
1968-01-01
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Sodoma
1970-04-05
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Amore - Aktion mit einem Masochisten
1968-04-01
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47/91 A Celebration
1991-01-01
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Piano Salon 1. Floor
1956-01-01
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Rome
1956-01-01
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Das Walk
1956-01-01
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The 120 Days of Bottrop
1997-11-06
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Scheiss-Kerl
1969-10-01