Ernst Fuchs was born on February 13, 1930 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor and composer, known for Ernst Fuchs - Straßensänger und Kaiser wollt' ich werden (2006), H.R. Giger Revealed (2010) and Richard Serra: Thinking on Your Feet (2005).
At age 15, he was accepted to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
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He was a talented painter, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet and singer. He created brightly colored works that combined allegorical and religious themes.
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In the 1970s, he was a sought-after opera stage director and designer. He worked on productions of Mozart's "Magic Flute" and Wagner's "Parsifal" and "Lohengrin".
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He was the only child of a Jewish antiques dealer and a Catholic seamstress. He was baptized as a Catholic during the Nazi era to escape the Holocaust.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hochkant
1982
TV Movie
Prolog (as Prof. Ernst Fuchs)
Blaues Wild
1970
TV Movie
Zeichner
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ernst Fuchs - Straßensänger und Kaiser wollt' ich werden
2006
Documentary
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Trip
1971
TV Movie
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
H.R. Giger Revealed
2010
Video documentary
Ernst Fuchs - Straßensänger und Kaiser wollt' ich werden