thorsten fleisch was born in koblenz, germany in 1972. he began experimenting with super 8 film while at highschool where he also exhibited his first film, a super 8 loop.

after highschool and community service in an institution for the mentally ill he went to marburg to study art, music and media at phillips universität. one year later he changed to the städelschule in frankfurt in order to study film with prof. peter kubelka. there he started working with 16mm film. shortly after his studies at the städelschule he made ‘blutrausch / bloodlust‘ which not only got him a lot of attention but also the ann arbor filmcoop award. since 2001 thorsten fleisch has been a member of the board of artistic directors at the international experimental cinema exposition. he received several grants among them a grant from the filmbüro nw and a grant from the museum of contemporary cinema. for ‘gestalt’ he received an honorary mention at the prix ars electronica the number one festival for computer related art. he now lives and works in berlin where he was also involved in organizing legendary parties with the kachelklub.

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