Joerg “Jörg” Kalt (11 January 1967 – 1 July 2007) was an Austrian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

best known for his film ''Crash Test Dummies''. Kalt was born on Wednesday, 11 January 1967, in

Suresnes Suresnes () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. Located in Hauts-de-Seine, from the centre of Paris, it had a population of 49,145 as of 2016. The nearest communes are Nanterre, Puteaux, Rueil-Malmaison, Saint-Cloud an ...

near Paris and grew up in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

and

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. He studied German and

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

before working as a journalist. He made his first film, ''Eternity Starts Here'', in 1993 while studying at a film school in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

and moved to Vienna the following year. Other than ''Crash Test Dummies'' his best known film is ''Richtung Zukunft durch die Nacht'' ("Direction Future Through the Night"). He committed suicide on Sunday, 1 July 2007, while working on two projects: ''Tiere'' ("Animals"), and ''Zum Essen'' ("To Eat").

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* 1967 births 2007 suicides Austrian film directors Austrian cinematographers Suicides in Austria People from Suresnes French people of Austrian descent 20th-century Austrian journalists 2007 deaths {{Austria-bio-stub