Ulrich Seidl
Encyclopedia
Ulrich Seidl is an Austria
n film director
, writer and producer.
Nominated
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, writer and producer.
Selected filmography
- 1990 Good News
- 1992 Loss Is to Be Expected (Mit Verlust ist zu rechnen)
- 1995 Animal Love (Tierische Liebe)
- 1999 Models
- 2001 Dog DaysDog Days (2001 film)Dog Days , is a 2001 Austrian feature film directed by Ulrich Seidl. It is characterized by a disturbing naturalistic style which is a trademark of Seidl's directing...
(Hundstage) - 2003 Jesus, You Know (Jesus, Du weisst)
- 2007 Import/Export
- 2011 ParadiseParadise (2011 film)Paradise is an upcoming film directed by Ulrich Seidl. It will focus of three women, one who travels to Kenya as a sex tourist, one who has to spend time at a weight-loss camp, and one who tries to propagate Catholicism...
(Paradies)
Awards
Won- IDF Amsterdam Special Jury Prize - 1993 Loss Is to Be Expected
- Sarajevo Audience AwardSarajevo Film FestivalThe Sarajevo Film Festival is the premier and largest film festival in the Balkans, and is one of the largest in Europe. It was founded in Sarajevo in 1995 during the siege of Sarajevo, and brings international and local celebrities to Sarajevo every year. It is held in August and showcases an...
- 1999 Models - Gijón Grand Prix AsturiasGijón International Film FestivalGijón International Film Festival was created in 1963. It was born as an initiative of the local authority and it was sponsored mainly by Gijón City Council and the then Caja de Ahorros de Asturias ; both institutions are still the main organisers of the festival, along with funding from the...
- 2001 Dog DaysDog Days (2001 film)Dog Days , is a 2001 Austrian feature film directed by Ulrich Seidl. It is characterized by a disturbing naturalistic style which is a trademark of Seidl's directing... - Venice Silver LionVenice Film FestivalThe Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
- 2001 Dog DaysDog Days (2001 film)Dog Days , is a 2001 Austrian feature film directed by Ulrich Seidl. It is characterized by a disturbing naturalistic style which is a trademark of Seidl's directing... - Karlovy Vary Best Feature DocumentaryKarlovy Vary International Film FestivalThe Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary , Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival gained worldwide recognition over the past years and has become one of Europe's major film events....
- 2003 Jesus, You Know
Nominated
- Cannes Film Festival2007 Cannes Film FestivalThe 2007 Cannes Film Festival, the sixtieth, ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. Wong Kar-wai's My Blueberry Nights opened the festival, and Denys Arcand's The Age of Ignorance closed...
- 2007 Import ExportImport ExportImport Export is an Austrian film by the director Ulrich Seidl from 2007. It was nominated to the Palme d'Or in the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix - Golden Apricot reward in Yerevan International Film Festival. The film was shot in Vienna, Ukraine, Romania, the Czech Republic and...
, Palme d'OrPalme d'OrThe Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...