Kurt Kuenne
Composer

Kurt Kuenne Net Worth

Kurt Kuenne is an award-winning filmmaker and composer who was born on October 24, 1973. He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he won the Harold Lloyd Scholarship in Film Editing and studied film scoring at the USC School of Music. His first feature, "Scrapbook" (1999), was featured in Filmmaker magazine's 25 New Faces of Indie Film. He followed it with "Drive-In Movie Memories" (2001), which opened the 2001 Telluride Film Festival and played nationally on PBS. In 2002, he won the AMPAS Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for his screenplay "Mason Mule". He then directed a series of black & white short musical comedies which won 40+ awards at 120+ film festivals worldwide. In 2008, he completed his 6 year passion project, the documentary "Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father", which premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival and was named one of the Top 5 Documentaries of 2008 by the National Board of Review. His work as composer includes re-scoring the restoration of the silent classic "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1925) and writing the book, music and lyrics for the stage musical adaptation of Frank Beddor's New York Times-bestselling novel "The Looking Glass Wars". In 2011, he collaborated for the second time with actor TJ Thyne on the fiction feature "Shuffle", which was released by Screen Media Films and won numerous awards at film festivals worldwide.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Composer, Director, Editor
Birth Day October 24, 1973
Age 50 YEARS OLD
Occupation Filmmaker, composer, writer
Notable work Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

💰 Net worth

Kurt Kuenne, a talented composer, director, and editor, has made a notable mark in the entertainment industry. Born in 1973, Kuenne has garnered recognition for his exceptional skills in multiple fields. As of 2024, his net worth is estimated to range between $100K to $1M, showcasing his success over the years. With his impressive body of work, Kuenne has undoubtedly proven his proficiency and cemented himself as a prominent figure in the industry.

Biography/Timeline

1973

Kuenne was born October 24, 1973 in Mountain View, California He grew up in Northern California, and began making films aged seven on Super 8 film and later video. He studied film at University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television, where he made Remembrances (1995) and was awarded the Harold Lloyd Scholarship in Film Editing. Kuenne then studied film composing, but returned to directing with feature Scrapbook (1999). In 2002 he was awarded an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for a script titled Mason Mule.

2007

Validation (2007), written, directed, and scored by Kuenne, was distributed through Gay Hendricks's Spiritual Cinema Circle and is a short film about a parking attendant (played by T. J. Thyne) who dispenses compliments to his customers. It won Best Short Grand Prize at the 2007 Heartland Film Festival, and The Independent Critic rated it A+. It has received more than 9 million YouTube views.

2008

Kuenne's documentary Dear Zachary (2008), about the murder of his childhood friend Andrew Bagby, was received as a documentary that "will rip you apart inside and pour your guts out through your tear ducts".

2011

His latest feature film Shuffle (2011) again stars T. J. Thyne, playing a man who finds his life running out of sequence. It won the Jury Award for Best Feature at the 17th Stony Brook Film Festival.

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