Background
Gerd Gemuenden was born on December 22, 1959 in Germany to the family of Karl and Anne Gemuenden.
Gerd Gemuenden studied German, English and Philosophy at the University of Tübingen.
Gerd Gemuenden studied German, English and Philosophy at the University of Tübingen.
Gerd Gemuenden studied Comparative Literature at the University of Oregon obtaining Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1988.
(With six Academy Awards, four entries on the American Fil...)
With six Academy Awards, four entries on the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest American movies, and more titles on the National Historic Register of classic films deemed worthy of preservation than any other director, Billy Wilder counts as one of the most accomplished filmmakers ever to work in Hollywood.
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2008
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Hundreds of German-speaking film professionals took refuge in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s, making a lasting contribution to American cinema. Hailing from Austria, Hungary, Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine, as well as Germany, and including Ernst Lubitsch, Fred Zinnemann, Billy Wilder, and Fritz Lang, these multicultural, multilingual writers and directors betrayed distinct cultural sensibilities in their art.
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2014
Gerd Gemuenden was born on December 22, 1959 in Germany to the family of Karl and Anne Gemuenden.
Gerd Gemuenden studied German, English and Philosophy at the University of Tübingen and Comparative Literature at the University of Oregon obtaining Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1988.
Gerd Gemuenden is the Sherman Fairchild Professor of the Humanities, and Professor of German Studies, Film and Media Studies, and Comparative Literature. He currently serves as Chair of the Program in Comparative Literature. His specialties include critical theory and cultural studies, the history and theory of German cinema, global art cinema, and the study of exile, migration and diaspora. Currently, on March 2019, his latest monograph, on the Argentine director Lucrecia Martel, is forthcoming in the Contemporary Film Directors series of Illinois University Press. He is currently writing a screenplay set in the Hollywood of the early 1960s.
(With six Academy Awards, four entries on the American Fil...)
2008(Hundreds of German-speaking film professionals took refug...)
2014Gerd Gemuenden is married to a Spanish Language Professor Silvia Spitta. They have two sons Lou and Sean.