Thomas Woschitz (born 22 April 1968, in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee) is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and film editor.
Thomas Woschitz | |
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| Born | 22 April 1968 |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Occupation(s) | Film Director, Screenwriter, Film Editor |
Life and work
editThomas Woschitz grew up in Austria and studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome under Lina Wertmüller. After working as a film editor for feature films (he was nominated for a Silver Ribbon award for Best Editing for La Capa Gira,[1] directed by Alessandro Piva), he went on to direct a series of short films that were screened at major film festivals: Girls and Cars (2004) was screened in the Semaine de la Critique section of the Cannes Film Festival.[2]
His long collaboration with the Austrian indie band Naked Lunch led to the creation of the "film concert" Sperrstunde (2005), which was screened in competition at the Locarno Film Festival.[3] In 2009 he was awarded the Max Ophüls Prize for his episodic music film Universalove,[4] which also features music by the band Naked Lunch. His second feature film Bad Luck (2015), which stars Valerie Pachner, was praised for its tragic-comic nature and Woschitz's work with lay actors.[5]
Filmography
edit- 1995: Tascheninhalt und Nasenbluten (short)
- 1996: Blindgänger (short)
- 2004: Girls and Cars in a Colored New World (short)
- 2005: Sperrstunde
- 2008: Universalove
- 2015: Bad Luck
Awards
edit- 2009: Max Ophüls Prize for Universalove (2009)
References
edit- ^ Abbrescia, Dino; Barbarese, Mino; Sassanelli, Paolo; Mancini, Mimmo (2000-03-24), La capa gira, retrieved 2017-05-15
- ^ "AUSTRIAN FILM COMMISSION - Participations 2004". www.austrianfilms.com (in German). Retrieved 2017-05-15.
- ^ "Locarno International Film Festival (2005)". Retrieved 2017-05-15.
- ^ ore/dpa/ddp, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg (2009-01-31). "Max-Ophüls-Preis: Woschitz gewinnt mit "Universalove" - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Kultur". SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Von Reden, Sven (2015-05-29). ""Bad Luck": Die Fiktion als ultimative Fluchtlösung". derStandard.at. Retrieved 2017-05-15.