Aleksander Bach is a German film director, best known for directing '' Hitman: Agent 47''.

Early life

Bach was born in

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, Poland, later moved to

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, Germany with his parents in his childhood, and grew up in Solingen. He graduated in Audio Visual Engineering from the

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, and then completed his post-graduate degree from the

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Career

Bach started his career as a music video director and then ventured into making advertisements for several major clients. In 2015, Bach made his feature directorial debut with the action film '' Hitman: Agent 47'', based on the video game series ''

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''.

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portrayed the lead role of a secret agent named Agent 47, along with

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as the female lead. The film was released on August 21, 2015 by

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Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bach, Aleksander Living people 1980 births Polish film directors People from Lublin Film directors from Berlin Polish music video directors German music video directors Robert Schumann Hochschule alumni Polish emigrants to Germany