Muscha was born in
Meinerzhagen, Germany on 28 September 1951. He was a childhood friend of
Trini Trimpop, a German rock musician and film director, who directed many projects with him. He was one of guitarists of the band Charley's Girls and was heavily involved in the punk scene. He was nominated in 1981, alongside co-director Trini Trimpop, to the Max Ophüls prize for his avant-garde film
Humanes Tötem (1980). It was his first feature film. He eventually moved to Berlin and made his second feature film,
Decoder (1984). Many
counterculture personalities were involved, including
Christiane F,
Genesis P-Orridge,
FM Einheit,
William S. Borroughs, among others. The film was re-released in 2019 by Vinegar Syndrome and it's available to watch in the streaming platform
Tubi. Muscha ended his life on 29 July 2003. == Filmography ==