About Joerg Kalt
Lived 1967 – 2007 (aged 40). Joerg Kalt was a French and Austrian film director, journalist, screenwriter, cinematographer, director and film producer.
Joerg “Jörg” Kalt (11 January 1967 – 1 July 2007) was an Austrian film director and cinematographer best known for his film Crash Test Dummies.
Kalt was born on 11 January 1967, in Suresnes near Paris and grew up in Switzerland and Germany. He studied German and law before working as a journalist. He made his first film, Eternity Starts Here, in 1993 while studying at a film school in Prague and moved to Vienna the following year. Other than Crash Test Dummies his best known film is Richtung Zukunft durch die Nacht ("Direction Future Through the Night").
He committed suicide on 1 July 2007, while working on two projects: Tiere ("Animals"), and Zum Essen ("To Eat").
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Who was Joerg Kalt?
Austrian film director (1967–2007)
When was Joerg Kalt born?
Joerg Kalt was born on 11 January 1967 in Suresnes.
When did Joerg Kalt die?
Joerg Kalt died on 1 July 2007 in Vienna.
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Joerg Kalt was a film director, journalist, screenwriter, cinematographer, director and film producer.
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Joerg Kalt was French and Austrian.
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