1959Winner
Best Director
Mirage
Peter Weiss
Actor · Director · Writer
Nowawes, Berlin, Germany
November 8, 1916
Biography
Peter Ulrich Weiss was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel "The Aesthetics of Resistance".
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1953Winner
Best Performance
Study III
1960Nominee
Best Director
Anna Casparsson
Career Highlights
1967Highlight
Best Writing
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
1956Highlight
Best Director
The Studio of Dr. Faust
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The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade