Peter Tscherkassky

Peter Tscherkassky (born October 3, 1958) is an Austrian avant-garde filmmaker[1] who works primarily with found footage.

From 1977 to 1979 Tscherkassky studied journalism and political science as well as philosophy at the University of Vienna.

Tscherkassky began filming in 1979 when he acquired Super-8 equipment and before the end of the year he had scripted and started off the shooting of Kreuzritter.

He was also the founding member of the newly Austria Filmmakers Cooperative which began in 1982 and resigned from his position there in 1993.

His work Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine (2005) had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the series "Quinzaine des réalisateurs."