Alexander Kluge, the German author, film director, academic and founder of a television production company, died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 94.
Born in Halberstadt in 1932, he studied with Theodor W. Adorno in Frankfurt and later worked as an assistant to Fritz Lang on The Tiger of Eschnapur.
He directed his first film, Brutality in Stone, in 1960 and became instrumental in New German Cinema. Among his best-known films were Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed and The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time. As an author, he focused on short stories and on works of social criticism, including Public Sphere and Experience with Oskar Negt.
Alexander Ernst Kluge (14 February 1932 – 25 March 2026) was a German author, film director, academic and founder of a television production company.