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 complete credits

Filmografie:

Working with

Robert Markowitz, Fritz Lehner, Helmut Dietl, Diego Donnhofer, Kurt Mayer,
Douglas Wolfsberger, Lukas Stepanik, Kurt Ockermüller, Herbert Habersack,
Michael Pfeiffenberger, Paul Reddish, Helmut Voitl, Peter Payer, Karin Macher, Michael Glawogger,
Wolfgang Thaler, Klaus Steindl, Hubert Carneval, Käthe Kratz, Nathalie Borgers, Thomas Woschitz,
Nadia Seelich, Monika Stuhl, Cris Krikellis, Udo Maurer, Barbara Phuskas, Klaus Hundsbichler,
Michel Daeron, Rupert Barrington, Larry Weinstein, Nick Murphy, Hannelore Tiefentaler, Mike Lynch,
Lukas Sturm, Max Gruber, Rupert Smith, Werner Schweizer ...

Future Projects:

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The Truck

Feature Film shot 2006 in Egypt (Idea and concept by me)

3x50'

Beyond Boundaris 2

Docu soap shot 2006 in Africa

4x60'

Deepest Gully

Docu soap shot 2006 in Borneo

2x60'

Escape the Legion

Docu soap shot 2006 in Tunisia

8x60'

The Teatree

Docu in development (GB, India, China / Idea and concept by me)

1x60'

Feature Films:

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The Gate to Hell

shot on location in Vienna

ORF, Lotus Film

1x45'

The Cat

shot on location in Vienna

ORF, Mungo Film

1x45'

Flamenco of Love

shot on location in Sevilla and Vienna

ORF, Kirch Media
EPO Film

1x90'

The virgin

shot on location in Athens, Cairo and Vienna

Nanook Film

1x90'

Professor Niedlich

shot on location in Austria

SK-Film

1x90'

Thanksgivin'

shot on location in Austria

Demmelbauer Film

1x90'

Dead on Everest
2nd unit 1stac

shot on location in Austria

Tri Star Columbia

1x90'

Johann Strauß Junior

shot on location in Austria

Dor-Film

1x25'

Blind Shell

shot on location in Austria

Mund Film

1x30'

Jedermanns Fest

shot on location in Austria

Wega Film

1x90'

School Excursion

shot on location in Austria

SK Film

1x70'

Plutonium

shot on location in Austria,
Malta and Czech Republic

Scheiderbauer

1x90'

Container

shot on location in Austria

Filmakademie

1x20'

Grey Sky

shot on location in Austria

Lotus Film

1x90'

Documentary Films:

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Atlas Italy

shot on location in Italy

Atlantic Productions,
Discovery HD Theater

1x120'

Carpathian Mountains

shot on location in Rumania

Kurt Mayer Film

1x45'

Good Morning Austria

shot on location in Austria

Geyrhalter Film

1x90'

The Incident

shot on location in Austria

Kurt Mayer Film

1x90'

Beethoven´s Hair

shot on location in Austria/Germany/
Czech Republic/USA/Denmark

Dor Film/
Rhombus Media

1x90'

Origins of Art

shot on location in Austria

BBC London

1x90'

Alfons Gabriel in Persia

shot on location in Iran

ORF

1x50'

Citizen Krone

shot on location in Austria

Arte/Navigator Film

1x90'

The Gem Hunter in "Afghanistan"

shot on location in Afganistan and Pakistan

ORF / ZDF / Doc-Star

1x50'

Atlantic Drift

shot on location in Mauritius, Israel, Austria and U.K.

France 3, Israel 8 Extra Film,
les Films D’ci

1x90'

Lost Parents

shot on location in Austria, U.K.

Extra Film

1x90'

Bellaria, as long as we live

shot on location in Austria

Epo Film

1x90'

Treacherous Sands

shot on location in Hungary, Austria, Egypt,U.K.,Sudan

Epo Film

1x90'

When Love goes down the Train

shot on location in Austria

Extra Film

1x90'

Winter in Mountains

shot on location in Austria

ORF

1x50'

Bubendorfer

Projectmanaging

ORF

1x50'

France we are coming

shot on location in Austria

ORF

1x90'

One Summer one love  

shot on location in Austria  

WDR

1x50'

Doderer in Vienna  

shot on location in Austria  

ORF  

1x30'

Live Long Farewell

shot on location in Austria  

Extra Film   

1x90'

Paradise is Elsewhere  

shot on location New Guinea  

ORF  

1x50'

When the Mountain calls  

shot arround Grossglockner  

ORF  

1x90'

The Last Discoverer  

shot on location in Austria  

ORF  

1x50'

Behind Pink Courtains  

shot on location in Austria  

Filmakademie 

1x35'

Black against Black  

shot on location in Zaire, Ethiopia   

Lotus Film  

1x50'

Not far not Near  

shot on location in Albania  

ORF  

1x50'

Jolly Joker  

shot on location in Austria  

ORF  

1x20'

Scream of Solitude  

Drugs Education Film  

Lotus Film  

1x20'

Buddi Maya Sherpa  

shot on location in Austria, Nepal  

ORF  

1x50'

Vegard Ulvang  

shot on location in Norway  

ORF  

1x50'

Peter Aschenbrenner  

shot on location in Austria  

ORF  

1x20'

Natural History Films:

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Deep Jungles

shot on location in Guatemala

ITV Granada

3x50'

Beringia

shot on location in Sibiria, Spitzbergen
and USA (Alaska)

ORF/NDR

1x50'

The Austrian Rainforrest

shot on location in Costa Rica

ORF

1x50'

The Almendro Tree

shot on location in Costa Rica

ORF

1x50'

Weather in the Alps

shot on location in Austria

ORF

1x50'

Salt

shot on location in Poland

ORF

1x45'

Ancient amazon

shot on location in Tchad,Brazil, Ecuador, Peru

ORF/ZDF/Doc-Star/Canal+

1x50'

Through the wild Alpes

shot on location in Austria,Italy, Germany

ORF/BR/RAI

1x50'

Austrias Natural Heritage

shot on location in Austria

ORF

1x90'

The Magic Trees of Assam

shot on location in Assam/India

ORF/Doc-Star/ Canal + ZDF/ National Geographic

1x50'

Living for the Queen

shot on location in Austria

ORF/WDR/Nova

1x50'

The Scent of the Forrest

shot on location in Austria

ORF

2x50'

Wild Animals

shot on location in Austria, Hungary

ORF/BR

3x50'

In the Land of Bod

shot on location in Tibet

ORF

2x50'

40 Years Mount Everest

shot on location in Nepal

ORF

1x50'

The Man in the Ice

shot on location in Austria

ORF

1x50'

Malawi, Land of Fire

shot on location in Malawi

ORF

2x50'

Docu Soap:

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Vikings

shot on location in the North Sea

BBC, Diverse Ltd.

1x120'

Oxford against Cambridge, a traditional race but done in a different style and environment. The two teams had to cross the north sea from Danmark to GB in Viking boat replicas.

Beyond Boundaris

shot on location in Nicaragua

BBC, Diverse Ltd.

4x60'

11 Persons with major disabilities went on an expedition through Nicaragua, on their way from the atlantic to the pacific coast they had to cross jungles, followed rivers, went through hot sunburned farmland, ride horses and climbed the 1.635 m volcano conception.
3 austrian soundrecordists delivered the sound for an outstanding filmproject, using the M.A.R.S. (Multitrack Audio Recording System) recording up to 14 Persons on single Audiotracks.

Expedition Austria

shot on location in Austria (4 Months)

ORF

30'/ Day

Protagonists were crossing Austria on a direct line through mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, wilderness and urban territories.
Head of 13 people sound department.
Conception, development and setup of a man carryable outside recording system to record up to 20 persons on single tracks M.A.R.S. (Multitrack Audio Recording System), including workflow, duty roster and other logistic solutions.

Awards and Festivals:

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Beethoven's Hair:

 

Golden Prague International Television Festival 2005: Festival's Director Prize
Gemini Awards 2005: best sound, best director, best script
IDFA Amsterdam 2005

The Almendo Tree:

 

Missoula Montana 2004: Honorable mention for best sound and best film music

Citizen Krone:

 

Berlinale 2002: Competition
Nyon, Prix Europe, Viennale, 2002

Bellaria, as long we live:

 

Bavarian Filmpreis 2002
Ernst Lubitschpreis 2003
Saarbrücken Max-Ophüls Festival 2002: Opening Film
Berlinale 2002: Special Screening
Chicago 2002/4: Competition, Gold for best Doku
Diagonale, München, Sidney, Jerusalem, Karlovy Vary, Flanders,
Kiev, Emden, Max Filmvestival Hongkong 2002:
German Filmfestival London 2002:

Atlantic Drift:

 

Toronto 2002: Finalist
Berlinale 2002: Forum
Biariz, Sao Paolo, Montreal, Florenz 2002

Treacherous Sands:

 

Berlinale 2002: Forum

Ancient Amazon:

 

Mountain Film Festival Graz 2000: Best Environmental Film
Romy Award 2001

When Love goes down the Train:

 

Berlinale 2001: Forum

The Magic Trees of Assam:

 

Wildscreen 2000 Finalist
Scientific Film Festival Montreal 2000: 1st Price Grand Prix
Banff 2000: Best Environmental Film
Mountain Film Festival Graz 1999: Best Environmental Film

France Here we are:

 

Amsterdam 1999: Competition
Paris 2000, Diagonale,
Sao Paolo 1999

Living for the Queen:

 

Jackson Hole 1999: Finalist
Banff 1999: Best Environmental Film
Austrian Television Award: Golden Screen 1999

The virgin:

 

Toronto 2000: Finalist
Berlinale 2000: Forum
Diagonale, Sao Paolo, Seoul, Brisbane 2000

Thanksgivin´:

 

Bolzano, Hof, Molodist-Kiew, Odessa 2000
Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2000

When the Mountain calls:

 

Mountain Film Festival Graz 1997: Winner of the Audience choice

Blind Shell:

 

Rome 1997

School Excursion:

 

Seoul 1996

Not far not Near

 

Marseille, Diagonale 1995:
Leipzig 1996:

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