Key Teaching Staff
Frank Behnke, Berlin (D)
School: ZeLIG - School for Documentary, Television and New MediaField of Teaching: Editing/Sound Design
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Major Achievements: Author, Film Editor, Sound Designer, Berlin (DE)
Born in Berlin in 1955. Attended the Music School 1965-1970 (which included a 1969 European tour, with orchestra); attended DFFB (Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie) in Berlin, 1988-1989. Assistant sound designer under Alan Splet, 1985-1986, for the film 'Blue Velvet', directed by David Lynch (USA). Guitarist in the band MUTTER, Berlin, 1986-2002; manager of art brut artist Klaus Beyer, 1988-present. Has held conferences on the art of David Lynch, 1991-present (in London, 2007; at the International David Lynch Conference, Berlin, 2012). In 2015 Quiqueg Verlag published his novel 'Ich, Medea'. Works as a writer, film editor, and sound designer; teaches sound, editing, and sound design at film schools in Münster, Berlin, Bolzano, Potsdam. He lives in Berlin.
