Robert Dassanowsky(1956-2023)
- Producer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles and Europe, Robert
Dassanowsky attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the AFI
Conservatory and holds a Ph.D. from UCLA. A widely published film and
literary historian, he is also an award-winning playwright and has
written for television. As Professor of Germanic Studies and Film at
the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Dassanowsky is
particularly known for his influential work on Austrian author
Alexander Lernet-Holenia, on
controversial German filmmaker and photographer
Leni Riefenstahl, and on Austrian and
Central European cinema in general. In 1999 he reestablished Belvedere
Film, the postwar film company his mother
Elfi von Dassanowsky co-founded,
and has since been active as an independent international producer.