Kurt Kren
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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Films (67)
Becoming Otto
2010
Bodyanalysis / Actions 1964–1970
2004 · Director of Photography, Director
The Films of Kurt Kren 1957-1995
2001 · Director
The 120 Days of Bottrop
1997 · Director of Photography
Birth of a Nation
1997 · Self
Homage to Kurt Kren
1997
50/96 Snapshots (For Bruce)
1996 · Director
49/95: thousandyearsofcinema
1995 · Director
48/94 Fragment W.E.
1994 · Director
Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 3
1993
47/91 A Celebration
1991 · Director
46/90 Falter 2
1990 · Director
No Danube - Kurt Kren and His Films
1988 · Self
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
44/85: Foot'-age Shoot'-out
1985 · Director
43/84: 1984
1984 · Director
Project Y
1983 · Dumpman
41/82 Getting Warm
1982 · Director
40/81: Breakfast in Grey
1981 · Director
39/81 Which Way to CA?
1981 · Director
Exit... But No Panic
1980 · Voyeur
38/79: Sentimental Punk
1979 · Director
36/78: Rischart
1978 · Director
37/78: Tree Again
1978 · Director
33/77 No Danube
1977 · Director
34/76: Tschibo
1976 · Director
32/76: To W + B
1976 · Director
31/75: Asylum
1975 · Director, Producer, Cinematography
29/73 Ready-Made
1973 · Himself, Director
28/73: Time Exposure(s)
1973 · Director
30/73 Coop Cinema Amsterdam
1973 · Director
The Lascivious Wotan
1971 · Cinematography
27/71 On Peacock Isle
1971 · Director
26/71: Cartoon - Balzac and the Eye of God
1971 · Director
Portrait: Kurt Kren
1970 · Himself
24/70 Western
1970 · Director
Scheiss-Kerl
1969 · Cinematography
23/69: Underground Explosion
1969 · Director
22/69 Happy-End
1969 · Director
Porträtfilm: Kurt Kren
1969 · Himself
18/68: Venecia kaputt
1968 · Director
17/68: Green-red
1968 · Director
Amore - Aktion mit einem Masochisten
1968 · Camera Operator
20/68: Honey
1968 · Director
Satisfaction
1968 · Cinematography
15/67: TV
1967 · Director, Producer, Cinematography
16/67: September 20th
1967 · Director
13/67: Sinus Beta
1967 · Director
12/66: Cosinus Alpha
1966 · Director
10/65: Self-Mutilation
1965 · Director
10c/65: Brus Wishes You a Merry Christmas
1965 · himself, Director
10b/65: Silver – Action Brus
1965 · Director
11/65: Helga Philipp Painting
1965 · Director
8/64: Ana - Action Brus
1964 · Director
7/64: Leda and the Swan
1964 · Director
6/64: Mom and Dad (An Otto Mühl Happening)
1964 · Director
9/64: O Christmas Tree
1964 · Director
5/62: People Looking out of the Window, Trash, etc.
1962 · Director
4/61: Walls Pos.-Neg. and Way
1961 · Director
3/60: Trees in Autumn
1960 · Director
2/60: 48 Heads from the Szondi-Test
1960 · Director
1/57: Experiment with Synthetic Sound (Test)
1957 · Director
Black Movie I
1957 · Co-Director
Piano Salon 1. Floor
1956 · Director
Das Walk
1956 · Director
Rome
1956 · Director
Vienna Actionists Vol 1 & 2
· Director
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