Andrew Horn (September 16, 1952 – August 24, 2019) was an American film producer, director and writer.[1] He was the winner of the 2004 Teddy Award for The Nomi Song in the category Best Documentary Film.[2] In 2014, he directed We Are Twisted Fucking Sister!, a documentary about American heavy metal band Twisted Sister.[3]

Career

A New Yorker by birth, Horn studied at NYU. He moved to Berlin, Germany in 1989 for a fellowship program. His Emmy-winning film research[4] were included on projects by BBC, Channel 4, PBS, HBO and the Paul Robeson Foundation alongside films by Spike Lee and Michael Moore.[5]

Death

He was 66 when he died of cancer in Berlin on August 24, 2019.[6]

Filmography

  • Doomed Love (1984)[7]
  • The Big Blue (1988)[8]
  • East Side Story (1997)
  • The Nomi Song (2004)
  • Jesse Owens (2013; research)[9]
  • We Are Twisted Fucking Sister! (2014)

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References

  1. ↑ Film and music figures pay tribute to filmmaker and journalist Andrew Horn|News|Screen
  2. ↑ filmbug.com
  3. ↑ Graff, Gary (January 8, 2015). "Twisted Sister film documents band's early days". The Oakland Press. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ News & Documentary Emmy Awards (2013) – IMDb
  5. ↑ Andrew Horn Dead: Filmmaker-Writer Was 66 — Variety
  6. ↑ Andrew Horn Dies: Director of 'We Are F***ing Twisted Sister' Was 66 — Deadline
  7. ↑ DOOMED LOVE (Andrew Horn, 1984) posted by Spectacle Theater on Vimeo
  8. ↑ THE BIG BLUE (Andrew Horn, 1988) posted by Spectacle Theater on Vimeo
  9. ↑ "Winners Announced for the 34th News & Documentary Emmy® Awards|emmysonline.com". Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  10. ↑ Andrew Horn Dead: Twisted Sister Documentarian Was 66|Hollywood Reporter
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