Andrew Horn (September 16, 1952 – August 24, 2019) was an American film producer, director and writer. He was the winner of the 2004

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'' in the category Best Documentary Film. In 2014, he directed ''

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'', a documentary about American heavy metal band

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Career

A New Yorker by birth, Horn studied at

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. He moved to

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, Germany in 1989 for a fellowship program. His Emmy-winning film research were included on projects by

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and the Paul Robeson Foundation alongside films by

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and

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Death

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

Filmography

*''Doomed Love'' (1984) *''The Big Blue'' (1988) * ''East Side Story'' (1997) *''The Nomi Song'' (2004) *''

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'' (2013; research) *''We Are Twisted Fucking Sister!'' (2014) Andrew Horn Dead: Twisted Sister Documentarian Was 66, Hollywood Reporter
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References

External links

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Andrew Horn retrospective on Vimeo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Horn, Andrew American documentary filmmakers English-language film directors German-language film directors 1952 births 2019 deaths American male journalists