Tony Kunewalder
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Tony Kunewalder (October 17, 1962 – May 14, 1995) was a music video director and screenwriter. He began composing songs, poems, stories and screen plays at an early age. After graduating from the University of Colorado, he led a rock band, directed music videos and sold an original screen play to Oliver Stone which he was about to direct as his first feature film when he was killed in a house fire (at age 32). He left behind his mother, Monique Kunewalder, a pianist and linguist and brother, Nicholas Kunewalder, a race car driver and instructor.
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