Confession: Roman-Catholic
Nationality: Austrian
Profession: Writer
Sex: Male
RÉSUMÉ:
Date of birth: 30th of October, 1972
1972 – 1991 Raised in Lower Austria (Wolfsbach, Aschbach, Seitenstetten)
1983 – 1991 Convent school in Seitenstetten
1992 – 1996 Vienna Film University (Screenwriting and Dramaturgy)
1996 - 1997 Babelsberg Film University (Dramaturgy)
1998 – 2002 University of Vienna (Slavic Studies)
2002 Graduation from the Vienna Film University with distinction
2008 - 2009 Brussels (writer of stories from the European capital)
Has lived in Vienna, Berlin, Kiev, Brussels
Screenwriter since 1992, journalist since 2000, columnist since 2006
Since 2001: Extensive traveling in Central and Eastern Europe
Since 2004: Lives and works in Devínska Nová Ves, 40 km from Vienna
BOOKS:
DIE WELT HINTER WIEN. Fünfzig Expeditionen
(The World Behind Vienna. Fifty expeditions)
Publishing House Picus, Vienna, 2008
DIE TOTE IM FLUSS. Der ungeklärte Fall der Denisa Š.
(Death of a caregiver. On Denisa Šoltísová)
Publishing House Residenz, 2009
BRÜSSEL ZARTHERB. Fünfzig europäische Expeditionen
(Intimate Brussels. Fifty European Expeditions)
Publishing House Picus, Vienna, 2010
INTIMATE BRUSSELS
The stories from Brussels in English
Publishing House Edition Andreae, Berlin, 2011
AWARDS:
DIE WELT HINTER WIEN (The World Behind Vienna),
50 Central European essays, published in the Austrian daily „Die Presse“
2007 International journalism award “Writing for CEE”
SERVIAM (feature movie, thriller)
2005 Austrian Script Prize „Carl-Mayer-Drehbuchpreis“
(First Prize)
STRUGGLE (feature movie, drama)
2003 Cannes, sélection officielle, “un certain regard”
2004 German Script Prize „Drehbuchpreis des ZDF“
1349 (historical drama based upon Arthur Schnitzler)
2000 Contest “Literary Adaptation” launched by Austrian TV ORF (Winner)
SKILLS:
Languages: German (mother tongue), English, Russian, Slovak, basic French and Hungarian
Degree: Magister artium (Master of Arts)