- Houchang Allahyari
- Kurdwin Ayub
- Leo Bauer
- Jasmin Baumgartner
- Christian Berger
- Helmut Berger
- Dieter Berner
- Reinhold Bilgeri
- Stefan Bohun
- Sebastian Brameshuber
- Sebastian Brauneis
- Peter Brunner
- Umut Dag
- Selma Doborac
- Diego Donnhofer
- Joerg Eggers
- Sara Fattahi
- Severin Fiala
- Florian Flicker †
- Veronika Franz
- Harald Friedl
- Christian Frosch
- Thomas Fürhapter
- Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Wolfgang Glueck
- Adrian Goiginger
- Ernst Gossner
- Johannes Grenzfurthner
- Max Gruber
- Josef Hader
- Klaus Haendl
- Michael Haneke
- Dominik Hartl
- Jessica Hausner
- Willhelm Hengstler
- Rupert Henning
- Bernhard Hetzenauer
- Valentin Hitz
- Daniel Hoesl
- Peter Ily Huemer
- Florian Kehrer
- Kilic Kenan
- Helmut Koepping
- Michael Kreihsl
- Elsa Kremser
- Marvin Kren
- Sandeep Kumar
- Kurt Langbein
- Johanna Lietha
- Stefan Ludwig
- Leopold Lummerstorfer
- Ruth Mader
- Pavo Marinkovic
- Anna Martinetz
- Sebastian Meise
- Markus Moerth
- Wolfgang Murnberger
- Franz Novotny
- Peter Patzak †
- Wolfram Paulus †
- Peter Payer
- Levin Peter
- Caspar Pfaundler
- Michael Pfeifenberger
- Paul Poet
- Karl-Martin Pold
- Jan Prazak
- Andreas Prochaska
- Michael Ramsauer
- Goran Rebic
- Juri Rechinsky
- Stephan Richter
- Lukas Rinner
- Evi Romen
- Thomas Roth
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Robert Schabus
- David Schalko
- Markus Schleinzer
- Othmar Schmiderer
- Gregor Schmidinger
- Reinhard Schwabenitzky †
- Guenter Schwaiger
- Ulrich Seidl
- Harald Sicheritz
- Goetz Spielmann
- Lukas Stepanik
- Michael Sturminger
- Antonin Svoboda
- Michael Synek
- Arash T. Riahi
- Arman T. Riahi
- Georg Tiller
- Christian Tod
- Erwin Wagenhofer
- David Wagner
- Lisa Weber
- Virgil Widrich
- Sandra Wollner
- Stefan Wolner
- Ludwig Wuest
- Constantin Wulff
Houchang Allahyari
Kurdwin Ayub
Leo Bauer
Jasmin Baumgartner
Christian Berger
Helmut Berger
Dieter Berner
Reinhold Bilgeri
Stefan Bohun
Sebastian Brameshuber
Sebastian Brauneis
Peter Brunner
Umut Dag
Selma Doborac
Diego Donnhofer
Joerg Eggers
Sara Fattahi
Severin Fiala
Florian Flicker †
Veronika Franz
Harald Friedl
Christian Frosch
Thomas Fürhapter
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Wolfgang Glueck
Adrian Goiginger
Ernst Gossner
Johannes Grenzfurthner
Max Gruber
Josef Hader
Klaus Haendl
Michael Haneke
Dominik Hartl
Jessica Hausner
Willhelm Hengstler
Rupert Henning
Bernhard Hetzenauer
Valentin Hitz
Daniel Hoesl
Peter Ily Huemer
Florian Kehrer
Kilic Kenan
Helmut Koepping
Michael Kreihsl
Elsa Kremser
Marvin Kren
Sandeep Kumar
Kurt Langbein
Johanna Lietha
Stefan Ludwig
Stefan Ludwig studied stage direction at the Max Reinhardt Seminar Vienna and documentary and TV journalism at the University of Television and Film Munich. He directed award-winning cinema documentaries such as “Charity salesmen” (2010) and “Angry Buddha” (2016). Over the last years he specialized in high-end historical docu-dramas.

Stefan Ludwig
- Born
- 1978, Eichstätt / Bavaria
- Education
- Max Reinhardt Seminar Vienna, University of Television and Film Munich
- Occupation
- Autor, Regisseur
- Website
- stefanludwigfilm.eu
- mail@stefanludwigfilm.eu
- 2010
- First Steps Award for Charity Salesmen
- 2016
- 'Particularly Good' Rating for Angry Buddha by the German Movie Rating Board
- 2016
- Best Documentary for Angry Buddha Five Lakes Film Festival
- 2008
- Film Board Bavaria Award for Strike Blues Regensburg Short Film Festival
- 2006
- Zelig Award for Distant Voices Borderlands Filmfestival Bolzano
- 2005
- Avid Award for Bite Bite Bite Dokfest Munich
- 2020
- Victims of the Vikings, Dokumentarfilm, 50 min
- 2019
- Elisabeth – The Driven Empress, Dokumentarfilm, 52 min
- 2018
- Glauben Leben Sterben - Menschen im Dreißigjährigen Krieg, Dokumentarfilm, 90 min
- 2016
- Der zornige Buddha, Dokumentarfilm, 98 min
- 2010
- Charity Salesmen, Dokumentarfilm, 73 min
- 2007
- Strike Blues, Spielfilm, 20 min
- 2006
- Distant Voices, Dokumentarfilm, 63 min
- 2004
- Bite Bite Bite, Dokumentarfilm, 15 min
Elisabeth – The Driven Empress (2019)
AT/DE/GR
Dokumentarfilm
52 min

Owen Browne / Metafilm
Elisabeth – The Driven Empress (2019)
She was perhaps the most unusual empress of the 19th century. Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi to the Habsburg family. At the age of 36 this tall, dark beauty refused to be photographed so that she could remain forever a legend. From that moment, she became a mystery. Escaping the straitjacket of royal life, Habsburg etiquette and the obligations of Europe’s biggest continental empire, she set out on a journey to find herself – an act of self-definition that makes her an idol even today – and yet she remains an enigma. Imagine: a member of Europe’s most traditional dynasty, with an anchor tattooed on her shoulder in a Greek tavern; an empress sailing hundreds of miles from her throne across the Mediterranean, tied to the mast in stormy seas. Monarch of a dozen nations, she built herself a gigantic dream house on the Island of Corfu – the Achilleion, a picturesque palace full of references to Greek mythology – named after the hero of the Trojan war, Achilles. Who is really behind the myth of sweet Sisi? What is the real story behind an imperial life? The unexpected discovery of her chief of staff’s diaries enables this blue chip documentary to take a brand new look at Elisabeth’s life. These notes of Count Warsberg – who was an expert in Greek antiquity and also her confidant – may solve the last secrets of one of the most fascinating and popular personalities of recent European history.
- Filmmusik
- Thomas Kathriner
- Kamera
- Thomas Beckmann
- Produktion
- Michael Cencig
- Schauspiel
- Sunnyi Melles, Alexander Fennon, Clemens Aap Lindenberg
- Schnitt
- Robert Zapletal
- Premiere International
- 30. November ‑0001
- Premiere Österreich
- 30. November ‑0001
- Kinostart
- 30. November -0001
Der zornige Buddha (2016)
AT/DE/HU/IN
Dokumentarfilm
98 min

Metafilm
Der zornige Buddha (2016)
János Orsós stammt aus einer Roma-Familie. Er ist Lehrer. Und er ist Buddhist. In einem ungarischen Dorf hat er eine buddhistische Schule gegründet. Sein Ziel: Teenager aus den ärmsten Roma-Ghettos sollen es auf die Universitäten schaffen. Sein Vorbild: der Aufbruch der Unberührbaren in Indien – Mutterland der Roma und des Buddhismus. Der zornige Buddha beobachtet über fast drei Jahre János‘ unbeirrbaren Kampf gegen alle Widerstände. Zugleich zeichnet der Film liebevolle und ungeschminkte Portraits der Roma-Jugendlichen, die in einer Welt voller Elend und Vorurteil mit Witz und Lebensenergie ihren Weg suchen.
- Filmmusik
- Martina Eisenreich
- Kamera
- Thomas Beckmann
- Produktion
- Michael Cencig
- Schnitt
- Alexandra Schneider
- Premiere International
- 2. August 2016 — Five Lakes Festival
- Premiere Österreich
- 10. March 2016 — Diagonale
- Kinostart
- 23. September 2016
- Awards
- “Particularly Good” Rating by the German Movie Rating Board
Best Documentary Five Lakes Film Festival 2016
Charity Salesmen (2010)
AT/DE
Dokumentarfilm
73 min

Stefan Ludwig
Charity Salesmen (2010)
Knocking on doors and asking for donations at private homes – this is the job of professional fundraisers. They get paid according to their success. The documentary follows a young fundraising team of the Malteser Relief Organization through a summer full of ups and downs.
Seven young Austrians, two Germans and one Hungarian work as paid fundraisers for the Malteser Relief Organization, an organization similar to the Red Cross, in the backwoods of Bavaria. It looks like a holiday camp, but it is hard work. Every morning they drive to their designated area, walk, walk, walk and ring houndreds of door bells trying to reach the hearts of the citizens. Their mission is to convince as many people as possible to make an annual donation to the organization by direct debit. They get paid according to their results. If they don’t inscribe any new members, they don’t earn a cent. This game has winners and losers. Some give up, while others quickly become clever sales people of charity.
- Filmmusik
- Martina Eisenreich
- Kamera
- Thomas Beckmann
- Schnitt
- Julia Drack
- Produktion
- Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
- Premiere International
- 30. November ‑0001 — Berlinale
- Premiere Österreich
- 30. November ‑0001 — Diagonale
- Kinostart
- 30. November -0001
- Awards
- First Steps Award