Christoph Schlingensief

Christoph Maria Schlingensief (24 October 1960, Oberhausen – 21 August 2010, Berlin) was a German film and theatre director, actor, artist, and author. Starting as an independent underground filmmaker, Schlingensief later began staging productions for theatres and festivals, which often were accompanied by public controversies. In the final years before his death, he also worked for the Bayreuth Festival and several opera houses, establishing himself as a Regietheater artist.

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Christoph Schlingensief
Alias (AKA)Schlingensief Christoph Maria
Birth dateOctober 24, 1960
Birth nameChristoph Maria Schlingensief
Birth place
Germany , North Rhine-Westphalia , West Germany , Oberhausen
Date of deathAugust 21, 2010
Place of death
Berlin , Germany

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