Manfred Kirchheimer

Manfred Alexander Kirchheimer was born to a Jewish family in Saarbrücken in 1931. In 1936, his family fled to the United States from Nazi Germany, settling in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York. In the 1970s, Kirchheimer became a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City where he taught film production; he was part of the faculty for the next four decades. However, after making the documentary We Were So Beloved (1985), he stepped away from filmmaking until 2006, when he embraced digital film editing and returned with Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan. This began a new flurry of activity, which continued as late as 2022, as he made new projects and worked with old footage he had shot decades before. Personal life and death Kirchheimer was married to the former Gloria DeVidas, and had two children. He died from cancer at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, on July 16, 2024, at the age of 93. ==Filmography==

Style Kirchheimer's films typically focus on aspects of urban life. His films have been described as "hopeful, yet they admonish for the future". Kirchheimer stated in 2010 that he has never made back the money he has spent on his films. Films ==Awards and grants==

Kirchheimer received a number of awards and grants for his documentary films including awards from: ==References==