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Jürgen Muschalek (28 September 1951 – July 2003), known as Muscha, was a German artist and film director. He is known for his cult classic film Decoder.

Muscha
Born	Jürgen Muschalek (1951-11-28)28 November 1951 Meinerzhagen, Germany
Died	July 2003(2003-07-00) (aged 51)
Occupation	Film director artist musician
Notable work	Decoder (1984)

Biography

Muscha was born in Meinerzhagen, Germany on 28 September 1951. He was a childhood friend of Trini Trimpop, a German rock musician and film director, who directed many projects with him.[1]

He was one of guitarist of the band Charley's Girls and was heavily involved in the punk scene.[2]

He was nominated in 1981, alongside co-director Trini Trimpop, to the Max Ophüls prize for his avant-garde film Humanes Tötem (1980).[3]^{[better source needed]} It was his first feature film.

He eventually moved to Berlin and made his second feature film, Decoder (1984). Many counterculture personalities were involved, including Christiane F, Genesis P-Orridge, FM Einheit, William S. Borroughs, among others. The film was re-released in 2019 by Vinegar Syndrome[4] and it's available to watch in the streaming platform Tubi.[5]

Muscha ended his life in July, 2003.

Filmography

Short films

• Blitzkrieg-Bop (1977)[6]
• Suicide (1978)[7]
• Mirakel Wip (1979)[8]

Feature films

• Humanes Tötem (1980)
• Decoder (1984)

References

Further reading

• Klaus Maeck, Walter Hartmann: DECODER-Handbuch – Muzak, Cut-Ups, Piraten, Frogs, Burger, Der Film. TRIKONT Verlag, Duisburg 1984, ISBN 9783770020676

External links

• Muscha at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Muscha (Künstler)

Muscha, eigentlich Jürgen Muschalek (* 28. September 1951 Meinerzhagen; † 29. Juli 2003 in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen) war ein deutscher Maler, Film- und Videokünstler.

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- [en] Muscha

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