Fabian Burstein

Fabian Burstein (born August 4, 1982 in Vienna ) is an Austrian author and cultural manager .

Fabian Burstein ( LiteraPop reading and concert series , 2011)

Life

Fabian Burstein studied journalism and communication science at the University of Vienna. He worked for several years as a freelance writer , ghostwriter , screenwriter and director . He was also a co-founder of the digital publisher mcpublish and the culture magazine faq . From 2013 to 2015 Fabian Burstein was director of the FORUM youth culture center in Mannheim , Germany . From 2016 to 2019 he was head of the Ludwigshafen cultural office, responsible for the dasHaus cultural center , the Ludwigshafen International Street Theater Festival, the Ludwigshafen Cultural Summer, the Theater International Festival and municipal cultural funding.

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From 2001 Burstein wrote his first journalistic works for various culture and media magazines in Austria and Germany. From 2005 his column “TV protocols” appeared in the film magazine ray, with prominent protagonists from art , culture and the media. The guests included personalities such as theater director Nikolaus Bachler , the former Austrian finance minister Rudolf Edlinger and the Viennese cult rocker Willi Resetarits . In 2008, the publication of the saw Hansi Lang - Biography "child without time" for media coverage. Shortly after completing the work on the book, Hansi Lang died unexpectedly of the consequences of a stroke . Together with the Austrian singer Birgit Denk and the musician Martin Klein , who reinterpreted Hansi Lang's songs, Fabian Burstein went on a reading tour. With his documentary film debut “Porno Unplugged” Fabian Burstein caused violent reactions in 2009. Cinema chains and the Viennale Festival in Vienna refused to program the film, which dealt with the life and work of Austrian porn actors Mick Blue and Renee Pornero . "Porno Unplugged" became a surprise success with the audience and is still one of the best-selling independent film productions of recent years and has meanwhile also been released in Germany and Switzerland . In 2011 Fabian Burstein's debut novel "Statusmeldung" was published by the Austrian Labor Verlag, which has repeatedly been referred to as the "1st Facebook novel in the world" in the media. Burstein went on a reading tour through Austria and Germany with the Austrian singer-songwriter Violetta Parisini . In the same year, the Austrian television station Okto broadcast a half-hour portrait of Fabian Burstein in which companions had their say. With his second novel "Träum weiter", the story of the sadistic casting juror JJ and his victims in the fictional casting show "You are a star", Fabian Burstein caused heated controversy again, also due to an online art campaign in the Burstein the establishment of the "1st casting show union" announced. "The story leads deep into the casting show milieu and is a wild mixture of documentary, satire, crime thriller and psychological thriller," wrote Guido Tartarotti of the Austrian daily Kurier . After Burstein announced in an interview that the training measures in casting shows would be more reminiscent of "torture than singing exercises", RTL let him know via Bild that an author who "was seriously considering the term torture in connection with the casting shows genre that has been successful for years used ", had to put up with the question of" whether he was not mocking people who were actually victims of torture ". At the beginning of 2016, Fabian Burstein's third novel "Rosa Glas" was published by the publishing house "Bibliothek der Provinz", followed in 2018 by his first youth novel "Wie much wiegt die Liebe", which was awarded the Mira Lobe grant from the Republic of Austria.

Fonts

How much does love weigh , Roman, Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, 2018, ISBN 978-3-99028-738-5
Rosa Glas , Roman, Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, 2016, ISBN 978-3-99028-537-4
Dream on , Roman, Labor Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-902800-08-4 .
Me or Me - The True Story of a Man Who Killed His Father , factual novel, edition a, 2012, ISBN 978-3-99001-035-8 .
Status report , Roman, Labor Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-902800-00-8 .
We celebrate downfall! , Kulturpessimistische Schriften (Ed.) Anthology, Residence, 2009, ISBN 978-3-7017-3146-6 .
Child without time: The intensive life of Hansi Lang , biography, residence, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7017-3126-8 .
Homo medius: Mediality as a social factor , scientific monograph, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008, ISBN 978-3-639-05973-1 .
TV Protocols - Early Years 2005-2007 , audio book, mcpublish, 2011, ISBN 978-3-902797-29-2 .

Filmography

Director

2009: Porno Unplugged (long documentary)

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2009: Teamwork (illuminati film / Red Bull Media House ) (sports documentary)
2009: Porno Unplugged (illuminati film / Filmladen) (long documentary)
2009: Young Guns Rising (illuminati film / Red Bull Media House / Servus TV) (documentary series)
2010: Young Guns Rising Season II (illuminati film / Red Bull Media House / Servus TV) (documentary series)
2010: Teenage Rockstar (illuminati film / Teenage-Rockstar Entertainment / Super RTL) (music series)
2011: Young Guns Rising Season III (illuminati film / Red Bull Media House / Servus TV) (documentary series)