Alexander Tuschinski

Alexander Tuschinski
Alexander Tuschinski on the set of Timeless.
Born	Alexander Tuschinski (1988-10-28) October 28, 1988 (age 28) Stuttgart, Germany
Alma mater	Hochschule der Medien (B.Eng.) Universität Stuttgart (B.A.)
Occupation	Film director, film producer, writer, actor, musician
Years active	2008 – present
Awards	See list of awards in the article.

Alexander Tuschinski (born October 28, 1988, Stuttgart, Germany) is a German film director, film producer, writer, actor and musician. Internationally, he is best known for his feature films that won awards at various film festivals, as well as his academic writing on the early works of Tinto Brass.

Alexander Tuschinski attended school in Stuttgart, Germany, and originally wanted to study physics after finishing school in 2008. However, he changed his mind shortly before enrolling at university realizing that film was his main passion, and instead started studying Audiovisual Media at Hochschule der Medien. Graduating 2011 as a Bachelor of Engineering in Audiovisual Media, he enrolled at University of Stuttgart afterwards to study history and literature, graduating in 2014 with his second degree as a Bachelor of Arts. He continues pursuing a master's degree there. He produces his works parallel to his studies.

Prior to 2008, Tuschinski had already produced short videos that he published on YouTube. He is friends with Tinto Brass and Hugo Niebeling whose 1960s films influence his cinematic style. He considers them his "mentors".

For Tuschinski, his films Menschenliebe, Timeless and a planned upcoming project called Revolution! form an informal Trilogy of Rebellion: The films are independent of each other, but feature similar themes, styles and the same two main characters (Arnold and Konstantin). The scope of the topics they address increases with each instalment: While Menschenliebe deals mostly with relationships between individuals, Timeless addresses topics from all aspects of society. Break-Up is a smaller film, independent of the trilogy, but featuring the character of Arnold and some references to the other films. As of 2015, Tuschinski considers Timeless "by far" his best film.

Tuschinski has been called an "encyclopledic Brass expert" on Caligula. Tuschinski wrote an essay on Tinto Brass' film The Key.