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Professional Career:

 

While at school, external high school graduation and studying, a wide variety of temporary jobs including assistant surveyor, competition staff, interpreter, translator, waitress, confectioner, ice cream seller, assistant at children's camp, assistant in senior citizens' home, choral singer, removal assistant, private mathematics tutor, University tutor, and considerable experience in the conception and organisation of film events such as documentary matinees, congresses and theme-related film festivals.

 

Since 1995 freelance activities in the film industry, at first predominantly on the organisational side, but since 2000 increasingly concerned with creative activities including, most recently, scriptwriting.

 

From 2004 to 2007 with Lotus-Film GmbH, responsible for script development, dramatic consultancy, packaging, submissions and financing of Austrian projects and international co-productions.

 

Founded Witcraft Szenario OG together with Robert Buchschwenter in 2008, acting in the areas of script development/dramatic consultancy/producing.

 

Numerous jury work, including in the project commission of the Austrian Film Institute.

Script consultant in various Screenwriting Workshop programs, such as ‘Diverse Geschichten’, ‘Babylon’ and UNIDO’S ‘Cinematic and Entrepreneurial Motivation Awards (CEMA)’.

Development of film children’s educational programs for the Austrian Film Museum.

 

 

Filmography (Selection)

As Writer:

2008      Gangster Girls, documentary ⎪ directed by Tina Leisch ⎪ concept and production together with Tina Leisch

          Premiered at Viennale 2008 ⎪ Vienna Film Prize: Special Mention

In Development:

          Njanka, (working title) feature film screenplay ⎪ together with Razvan Radulescu

          Transit, (working title) feature film screenplay ⎪ Carl Mayer Young Writer’s Award ⎪ Scholarship by Sources2 

 

As Script Consultant ⎪Associate or Development Producer:

In production:

          American Passages , documentary ⎪ written and directed by Ruth Beckermann

 

2009      Winds of Sand ⎪ Women of Rock , documentary ⎪ written and directed by Nathalie Borgers ⎪ Lotus Film ⎪ Puzan International Film Festival (Nov. 2009)

          Contact High, feature film directed by Michael Glawogger ⎪ Screenplay: Michael Ostrowski /Michael Glawogger ⎪ Lotus-Film

          Vaterspiel (Kill Daddy Good Night) feature film written and directed by Michael Glawogger, based on a novel by Josef Haslinger ⎪ Lotus-Film ⎪  International Berlin Film Festival ⎪ Panorama Spezial

2008      42 plus feature film ⎪ written and directed by Sabine Derflinger ⎪ (Dor-Film) nominated for the Max Ophüls Prize ⎪ opening film of Diagonale 2008

2007      Freigesprochen (Free to Leave) feature film ⎪ written and directed by Peter Payer ⎪ (Lotus-Film) International Filmfestival Locarno ⎪ Competition ⎪ Young Jury Prize ⎪ Best Script Award at Milan Film Festival

2005      Slumming, feature film ⎪ directed by Michael Glawogger ⎪ Lotus-Film

          International Berlin Film Festival ⎪ Competition ⎪ Thomas Pluch Script Award ⎪ Sabam Prize for Best Script (Ghent)

         

 

In Development:

          Die Vaterlosen (working title), screenplay by Marie Kreutzer (Witcraft)

          Wirtshaus (working title), screenplay by Gideon Koval (Witcraft)

          Draken (working title), screenplay by Dirk Meints and Toni Weiss

          (as Development Supervisor for Frames Film)

          Sisters (working title), screenplay by Andrea Eckert and Georg Fischnaller

          (as Script Consultant for Fischer Film)

          Viyana (working title), screenplay by Max Gruber and Asli Kislal

          (as Script Consultant for Satel Film)

 

As Producer (Development & Production):

2008      Gangster Girls, documentary ⎪ directed by Tina Leisch ⎪ concept and production together with Tina Leisch

          Premiered at Viennale 2008 ⎪ Vienna Film Prize: Special Mention

2006      Kotsch, feature film ⎪ directed by Helmut Köpping ⎪ written by Gregor Stadlober ⎪ Lotus Film ⎪ Festival participations in Moscow ⎪ Golembohemia a.o. ⎪ Carl Mayer Script Award

2005      Das Tor zur Hölle (8x45), TV feature film ⎪ directed by Max Gruber ⎪ Lotus Film  ⎪  Golden Chest Festival Plovdiv ⎪ Best Director

1998      Beyond the Ocean, feature film ⎪ shot on location in USA & Russia ⎪ D: Tony Pemberton ⎪ GoEast Production ⎪ Sundance International Film Festival (competition) ⎪ etc

 

As Production Manager ⎪ Line Producer:

In production: American Passages (working title), documentary by Ruth Beckermann (Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion)

2004      Calling Hedy Lamarr, documentary ⎪ directed by Georg Misch ⎪ Mischief Film ⎪ Festival participations in Locarno (special mention) ⎪ Saarbrücken, etc

2001      Kronenzeitung - Tag für Tag ein Boulevardstück, documentary ⎪ directed by Nathalie Borgers ⎪ Navigator Film ⎪ Festival participations in Nyon ⎪ Prague ⎪ etc

1999      Die Jungfrau, (The Virgin) feature film ⎪ Nanook Film ⎪ shot on location in Egypt and Greece ⎪ D: Diego Donnhofer ⎪ Festival participations in Toronto ⎪ Berlin ⎪ Jerusalem, etc

          Luna Papa, feature film ⎪ shot on location in Tadjikistan ⎪ directed by Bakhtiar Khoudojnasarov  ⎪ Pandora Film ⎪ Prisma Film NTV-Profit ⎪ Les Films de l'observatoire ⎪ Thomas Koerfer Film ⎪ Tajik Film

          Venice International Film Festival ⎪ Toronto ⎪ Sundance ⎪ Rotterdam, etc

1998      Sonnenflecken (Sun Spots), short fiction ⎪ directed by Barbara Albert

          WIN Femme Film Festival USA: Best Short Film ⎪ Regensburg: Special Mention

1996      Die totale Therapie (Total Therapy), Feature film ⎪ directed by Christian Frosch

          Festival participations in Rotterdam (Audience Award) ⎪ Karlovy Vary ⎪ etc

1996      Frucht Deines Leibes (The Fruit of Thy Womb), Short Fiction ⎪ directed by Barbara Albert. Léopards de demain (Locarno) Ann Arbor ⎪ USA: Best Narrative

 

In Various Other Capacities

2004      Ragin - Geschichte einer Krankheit (Ragin – History of an Illness), directed by Kirill Serebrennikov ⎪ Production Supervisor

          Donau ⎪ Dunav ⎪ Dunarea, directed by Goran Rebic ⎪ Location Manager ⎪ Postproduction Supervisor

2001      Lovely Rita, directed by Jessica Hausner ⎪ Executive in charge of production

2000      Auf allen Meeren, documentary ⎪ directed by Johannes Holzhausen ⎪ Location Manager for Russia

1998      Pripyat, documentary ⎪ directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter ⎪ Researcher

          Suzie Washington, directed by Florian Flicker ⎪ Script/Continuity

1996      Große Ferien (Big Holidays), directed by Antonin Svoboda ⎪ Assistant Director

1995      Lisa und die Säbelzahntiger (Lisa and the Sabre-Tooth Tigers), directed by Bernd Neuburger ⎪ Pre-Production Manager