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Leopold Lummerstorfer

Biography

Created his first feature film at the age of 19, worked in a wide variety of professions such as street worker, journalist, estate manager, district heating inspector, youth worker, in parallel he shot feature films as well as documentaries, among them ​‘The dream that remains’, a film about the Viennese community housing estate Trabrenngründe, ​“which moves without much effort from social study to gentle real satire. A surprise success for domestic cinema, in art value and in audience numbers, and a film as politically alert as it is amusing.”[1]

His films usually highlight a social flashpoint, which he brings to the screen, documentary or fictional, by means of analytical narrative structure. His feature film ​‘White Cherries’ (with Martin Puntigam, Josef Hader, Maria Hofstätter and others) advanced to become the most successful up-and-coming film in Austrian cinema to date. His works received numerous festival invitations (for example San Francisco, São Paulo, Saarbrücken, Istanbul, Paris (Cinéma du réel)) and awards. Since many years he has been creating useful design objects for a global clientele.

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Vita
Born
Gramastetten
Education
Ethnology, philosophy, journalism and communication studies at University of Vienna.
Occupation
Autor, Regisseur, Produzent
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Awards
2022
Österreichischer Kabarettpreis — Publikum (Science Busters, TV)
2018
Österreichischer Kabarettpreis — Publikum (Science Busters, TV)
2003
Filmstipendium 2003, Bundeskanzleramt Österreich
1998
Förderungspreis Filmkunst, Bundeskanzleramt Österreich
1997
Talentförderungsprämie für Film, Land Oberösterreich
1996
Wiener Filmpreis — Special Mention
1995
Drehbuchpreis, Land Oberösterreich
Filmography
2021
SCIENCE BUSTERS (2011-2021, TV (ORF/3Sat), 106 episodes, 20/30/45/60min; Director/Co-Screenplay), Fernsehserie
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2007
SHOW WITHOUT A NAME (2003-2007, TV (ORF), 18 episodes, Director), Fernsehserie, 30 min
2006
TREADING THE UNKNOWN (Director/Producer), Dokumentarfilm, 90 min
2000
WHITE CHERRIES (Director/Screenplay), Spielfilm, 86 min
1996
THE DREAM THAT REMAINS (Director/Screenplay/Producer), Dokumentarfilm, 155 min
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1995
VIENNE EN DANSANT (Director/Screenplay/Editor/Producer, Dokumentarfilm, 18 min
1993
SOME TIME WITH JOSEPH (Director/Screenplay/Editing/Production), Dokumentarfilm, 70 min
1992
A LETTER FOR YOU (Director/Screenplay/Editor/Producer), Spielfilm, 15 min
1992
Episode for VIENNA MINUTES (Director, Episode movie by Medienwerkstatt Wien), Dokumentarfilm, 40 min
1992
THE LAND SURVEYOR (Director/Screenplay/Editor/Producer), Spielfilm, 20 min
1990
MON PAYS ROSE (Director/Screenplay/Editor/Producer), Spielfilm, 83 min
1987
WALKING (Director/Co-Writer/Producer), Spielfilm, 10 min
Leopold Lummerstorfer