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Dassanowsky, Robert von was born on January 28, 1960 in New York, United States.
(Austria, the multicultural crossroad of the European cont...)
Austria, the multicultural crossroad of the European continent, has been the genesis of many artistic concepts. Just as late 19th and early 20th century Austria gave influential modernism to the world in the fields of medicine, urban planning, architecture, design, literature, music, and theater, so its film industry created a significant national cinema that seeded talents and concepts internationally. Nevertheless, the value of Austrian cinema to international film has been long obscured. Austria's important bond with American film is also underappreciated because of the lack of accessible English language scholarship on the early careers of Austro-Hollywood artists and on influential developments in Austrian film history. This first comprehensive English survey of Austrian film introduces more than a century of cinema, following the development of the industry chronologically through the nation's various transformations since 1895. Important industry movements, genres and films are highlighted with sociopolitical, cultural and aesthetic details. An analysis of the economic trends that have influenced Austrian film is also provided. The survey considers the directors, actors, producers, writers, cinematographers, editors, composers and other film artists who have been essential to the development and influence of Austrian cinema. The closing chapter anticipates new faces of the Austrian film industry in the 21st century.
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(The scholarly neglect of Alexander Lernet-Holenia's work,...)
The scholarly neglect of Alexander Lernet-Holenia's work, despite his prolific authorship and recognized artistic quality, has been the consequence of a too narrow and one-sided interpretation of the author's themes. With the current reborn interest in post-Soviet Central European regionalism, and the fragmentation of the polyglot states in Central and Eastern Europe, Lernet-Holenia's writings can be seen to again offer relevant commentaries on the cultural nature of Austria and the successor states to the Habsburg Empire. In this first major examination of Lernet-Holenia's novels and critical essays in any language, Robert Dassanowsky explores and redefines the author's unique understanding of a problematic Austrian national identity within a restless Central Europe, a topic revitalized for the twenty-first century.
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literature and film professor producer writer
Dassanowsky, Robert von was born on January 28, 1960 in New York, United States.
Graduate, American Academy Dramatic Arts, Pasadena. Bachelor with honors, University of California at Los Angeles, 1985. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1988.
Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1992.
Actor, since 1975; assistant professor German, University of California at Los Angeles, 1992-1993. Assistant professor German University Colorado, Colorado Springs, 1993-1999, associate professor German and film, 1999—2006, head German studies, 1999—2006, director film studies, since 1999, interim chair department visual and performing arts, 2000-2001, chair department languages and cultures, 2001—2006, professor German and film, since 2006. Director Elfi Von Dassanowsky Foundation, 2009.
Chief Executive Officer, producer Belvedere Film, LLC, 1999. Visiting professor German University of California at Los Angeles, 2007—2008. Interim chair department languages & cultures, 2009.
Board directors International Development. Vice president IIBSC: International Institute Business & Social Communications.
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(Austria, the multicultural crossroad of the European cont...)
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Member board advisors The Internt. Experimental Cinema Exposition, program committee member Intersect. Film Festival, Colo, Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship.
Member Modern Language Association, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association United States of America (board directors Los Angeles 1992-1999, founder and president Colorado chapter 1994-1999 2002-2003), Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Austria, International Lernet-Holenia Society (vice president 1998-2006), Austrian American Film Association (vice president 1997—2009), Austria Mundi (United States representative since 2002), Society Cinema and Media Studies, Poets and Writers, Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association (member executive council since 2006), Los Angeles Poetry Festival, Screen Actors Guild, Concordia Association Journalists and Writers (Austria), American College Heraldry (board governors 2000-2008), Fencing Association, Constantinian Order St. George, Mensa. Fellow Royal History Society, Europa Nostra, European Academy of Sciences & Arts(United States Delegate), United States central states delegate since 2009), Blue Shield Cultural Heritage Protection, Royal Society Arts.
Son of Elfi von Dassanowsky.