George Moorse (May 1, 1936, Bellmore,

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– July 30, 1999,

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) was an American film director who worked and lived in

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. Moorse was educated at

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and at

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. He began his work in Germany as a screenwriter, including writing for

Peter Lilienthal Peter Lilienthal (born 27 November 1929) is a German film director, writer, actor and producer. His 1979 film ''David'' won the Golden Bear at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1984 film '' Das Autogramm'' was entered into the 34th ...

(''Claire''). He was considered one of the leading directors of the Junge Deutsche film movement and worked on the television series '' Anderland''. He directed the films ' (1967) and ' (1967, after the novel by

Heinrich von Kleist Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays ''Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'', ''The Broken Jug'', ''Amphit ...

). He won the Bundesfilmpreise for his short film ''In Side Out'' (1965) and the feature film ' (1971). In 1971, he also shot the horror TV film ''Vampira''. Moorse filmed

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's works for television and achieved particular popularity as a director of 186 episodes of the cult series ''

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'', for which he worked on until his death. He also directed the 1995 film ''

Entführung aus der Lindenstraße Entführung aus der Lindenstraße (meaning 'Kidnap from Linden Street') is a German television film directed by George Moorse. It was produced in 1995 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the German television series Lindenstraße ''Lindens ...

''. Moorse died in 1999 of a heart attack. In memory of Moorse, the ice cream parlor in the series Lindenstraße was first named "Café Moorse" and, since mid-2009, "Café George".

Filmography (selection)

* 1967: ' (TV film) * 1967: ' * 1968: ' (TV film) * 1968: ''

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'' * 1971: ' * 1971: '' Vampira'' (TV film) * 1973: '' Pan'' * 1973: ''

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'' * 1974: ''

Schattenreiter ''Schattenreiter'' is the fourth full-length studio album by the German industrial rock/medieval metal band Tanzwut. It was released on 7 April 2006 by PICA Music as a two-CD digipak. The album marks their newfound sound, which incorporates a mo ...

'' * 1980: ''Daniel'' * 1983: ''Brandmale'' * 1995: ''

'' (TV film)

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German Filmhouse: George Moorse
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moorse, George 1936 births 1999 deaths Film directors from New York City American expatriates in Germany Hofstra University alumni

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