Lïfe Andruszkow is a Danish writer, director/producer and composer, who graduated in 2010 as MA in film and philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. Lïfe Andruszkow is born on the 22nd September 1955 in Copenhagen as son of musician Valdemar Andruszkow and librarian Nanna Andruszkow. He has two sons, David Andruszkow and Paulo Andruszkow; the former a poet, the latter a composer/performer. Lïfe Andruszkow works in the fields of art film, existentialism and indie music.


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Lïfe Andruszkow in Cairo 2015

Lïfe Andruszkow

born 22. september 1955

writer, director/producer, composer


Writer

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After graduating in 2010 as MA in film and philosophy at the University of Copenhagen, Lïfe Andruszkow has written two volumes on the subject 'the existentialism in European art film'. Based on such philosophers as Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir and Merleau-Ponty he discuss the film Smultronstället by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman in his first book Existentialismen hos Ingmar Bergman (2011) [1], and the film trilogy Trois couleurs: bleu, blanc, rouge by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski in his second book Existentialismen hos Krzysztof Kieślowski (2012) [2]. Lïfe Andruszkow is currently writing on his third book on the subject, to discuss the work of Luis Buñuel in existential context.


director/producer

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In 1989-91 Lïfe Andruszkow made his first short film as director/producer Tones Of An Outsider, an epic music video dramatized on the novel L'étranger by Albert Camus in cooperation with director/photographer Torben Skjødt Jensen [3]. Since then Lïfe Andruszkow have made several short film, music videos and documentaries; notable the music video Promises (1998) in cooperation with director/photographer Jenö Farkas on behalf of Nomad films[4] and the short film The Yellow Wallpaper (2007) based on the short story of same title The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In 2008 Lïfe Andruszkow formed CITYZENZ FILM:MEDIA:COMMUNICATION [5] under which he works as writer/director/producer. Lïfe Andruszkow is currently working on his first fiction film Au bout des rêves which will have a cast of French, German and Danish actors in the main roles.


composer/producer

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From 1981-2010 Lïfe Andruszkow has composed and written lyrics on behalf of bands, theatre, musical and film. His major compositions for bands has been for THE LAW with the album False Truth (1982), for ART EXIST with the album Aubaude Dolorose (1985), for THE ACT with the album Dancing In Burning Silhouettes (1989), for LïFE with the album Bridges Broken (2004), and the latest album On the Verge of Surrender (2008) for the band HUMAN DOLLS. In 1986 Lïfe Andruszkow composed and produced the musical Flying Images (Flyvende Billeder) for Husets Teater, Copenhagen, in cooperation with writer/director Kamma Andersen [6]. In 2001 Lïfe Andruszkow composed music for another musical The Ballad of Suzy in cooperation with artist Zadis Viola[7]. As film composer Lïfe Andruszkow have written the score for the fiction film Vertikal (1994) by Jenö Farkas for Nomad film [8], the scores for several short film, notably The Yellow Wallpaper (2007), the scores for several documentaries, notably Himmelen er mit Tag (2000) by Jenö Farkas for Nomad film [9] and Un monde de thé (2009) by Pierre Barboni for Kea Production [10].



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