Klaus T. Steindl

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Klaus T. Steindl

Klaus Thomas Steindl (born June 20, 1966 in Graz , Austria ) is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and producer as well as owner of the company KREATIVkraft.

Career

Steindl graduated from the Stift Rein grammar school and then completed the studies of "directing" and "stage design" at the University of Art in Graz (previously "University of Music and Performing Arts"). After an assistant director at the Opera House in Nice , he worked as a freelance director for experimental theater. From 1991 he switched to the film industry. After several commercials (including the Austrian State Prize for Economic Film), he concentrated on making TV documentaries. His specialties include wildlife and nature films, investigative documentaries on historical topics and docu-dramas, with lavishly staged game scenes taking up a large space in the latter two categories. Klaus T. Steindl's TV docu-drama " Margarethe Ottillinger - The Woman Who Knew Too Much" with actress Ursula Strauss in the lead role was also shown in the cinema after it was first broadcast on television.

Ursula Strauss on the shooting of "Margarethe Ottillinger" : " We made a feature film in six days, so to speak. That was exhausting because some scenes were pretty intense ."

In May 2017, the cultural broadcaster ARTE opened its one-week anniversary program "25 Years ARTE" with the German / French TV premiere of Steindl's documentary drama "Venice and the Ghetto" in a feature film length (90 minutes).

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Steindl's catalog of works includes over 30 documentaries for the main evening program (as of 2017), more than half of which were co-produced with international partners, broadcast in numerous countries and many received awards - both in Europe and in the USA. With the international production " Die Vampirprinzessin ", which was published in 2007, Klaus T. Steindl played a key role in the development of what was then a new style for reenactment documentaries: The film presents clues in the style of a crime film with re-enacted game scenes and CSI- like special effects. Klaus T. Steindl is also one of the pioneers in the documentary area in terms of technology. So was z. B. his documentary "Wild Venice", which he co-produced with his company KREATIVkraft, the first 4K Ultra HD documentary on the Austrian public television broadcaster ORF.

Official press photo: Klaus T. Steindl with his leading actresses Maria Happel (l) and Constanze Passin during the shooting of the film "Sister Courage - Anna Bertha Königsegg and her resistance to the Nazi regime"

In 2019, a docudrama about the Salzburg Merciful Sister Anna Bertha Königsegg was created for ORF . The focus of the film is a young journalist (Constanze Passin) who is on the trail of a case of extraordinary moral courage of a nun ( Maria Happel ) during the Nazi regime in 1948 . For the cinematic implementation of the story, the screenwriter and director Klaus T. Steindl took the path of maximum reduction: In contrast to conventional documentaries, the focus in "Sister Courage" is on two actresses. The action takes place in a single room, compressed into one afternoon. The "Kammerspiel" is carried by the presence of the two actresses Maria Happel and Constanze Passin. Fine nuances in looks and gestures, short, unpathetic dialogues, the precise lighting and, last but not least, the surreal, disembodied guitar sound in the background create an idiosyncratic pull.

Many of Klaus T. Steindl's works found their way into the educational media catalog for Austrian schools either in an adapted form or in multimedia presentation forms specially developed for this purpose, for which they have been awarded several Comenius EduMedia prizes.

Promotion of young talent

In addition to his work as a filmmaker, Klaus Steindl is also committed to promoting young talent. Together with a group of film and media enthusiasts, he launched the Kinder- und JugendFILMwerkstatt Graz (today fum Film und Medien Initiative) in 2002, for which he developed the educational concept and curriculum. For many years he was also a member of the Styrian Film Funding Committee for artistic film productions ("CineStyria Filmkunst", today "Cine Art"), as well as a member of the Board of the Documentary Campus , an international training institution and network platform for documentary filmmakers.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1994: From the Etrichtaube to the postal rocket - history of Austrian aviation (with Niki Lauda )
  • 1996: Signs of the Times - The History of Scripture
  • 2000: The Secret of the Gardens (with André Heller )
  • 2000: Through the wild Alps
  • 2002: On the track of composers
  • 2006: Peter Rosegger - forest farmer and revolutionary
  • 2007: The vampire princess
  • 2008: The snow falls softly
  • 2009: The Voynich Riddle - The Most Mysterious Manuscript in the World
  • 2011: The colors of the south - Villach region
  • 2012: The Mona Lisa Secret
  • 2012: The Alps from above
  • 2012: The tulip crash
  • 2013: The Mona Lisa riddle - on the trail of the original
  • 2014: Wild Venice
  • 2014: A year in the magic forest - Rosegger's forest home
  • 2014: The sword in the rock
  • 2014: Mysterious Schönbrunn
  • 2015: Lake Constance - wilderness by the great water
  • 2015: City of Gladiators - Carnuntum
  • 2016: Margarethe Ottillinger - The Woman Who Knew Too Much (with Ursula Strauss )
  • 2016: Venice and the Ghetto
  • 2017: The Nero Files - On the trail of an ancient conspiracy
  • 2018: Myth Hallstatt - Dawn of the Celts / Mystery of the Celtic Tomb
  • 2019: Sister Courage - Anna Bertha Königsegg and her resistance against the Nazi regime (with Maria Happel )
  • 2019: The Power of Celibacy

Awards and prizes (selection)

"Hallstatt myth -

Mystery of the Celtic Tomb "

US International Film & Video Festival

Category: Documentary-History

Mountainfilm International Film Festival 2019

Award in the category: People & Cultures

"Venice and the Ghetto"

Lesson version

Comenius EduMedia seal for exemplary educational media
"The Venice Lagoon" Comenius Award for exemplary educational media

'' The Mona Lisa Riddle ''

'' New York Festivals '' Gold Medal Award

Category: Science & Technology

'' US International Film & Video Festival '' Certificate for Creative Excellence
'' The Tulip Crash '' '' New York Festivals '' International TV & Film Awards

Bronze World Medal

'' Prix Victoria '' in gold

Category: TV / Economy - International Business Film Festival

'' Cannes '' '' Corporate Media & TV Awards ''

Winner Category: Business & Economy

''Let it snow''

'' Cine '' '' Golden Eagle Award ''
'' Telenatura '' International Television Festival Pamplona
'' International Wildlife '' Montana Film Festival
'' Matsalu '' Nature Film Festival
'' Mountain Film Festival '' Tegernsee

'' The Vampire Princess ''

'' Cine '' '' Golden Eagle Award ''
'' The Voynich Riddle '' '' US International Film & Video Festival '' Certificate for Creative Excellence
'' New York Festivals '' International TV & Film Awards

Silver World Medal

'' The Mona Lisa Secret ''

'' Prix Victoria '' in silver

Category: Sponsoring, Non-Profit - International Business Film Festival

'' Composers on the trail ''

'' Comenius EduMedia '' medal + seal
'' The European Parliament ''

'' Comenius EduMedia '' seal

'' The Austrian Parliament ''

'' Comenius EduMedia '' seal

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b final diploma dated June 24, 1989, issued by the office of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz under Rector O.HProf. Sebastian Benda
  2. ↑ KreativKraft eU - film production - company information - information and consulting, trade and craft - companies AZ. Retrieved April 18, 2017 (Austrian German).
  3. ↑ 6th annual report of the Bundesgymnasium Stift Rein, Jhg. 1983/84, p. 57, self-published by the high school
  4. ^ Styria Film Commission and Fund of the State of Styria. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Double-page report in the daily newspaper "Kleine Zeitung" from July 22, 2016, published by the Styria Media Group AG
  6. ^ Dieter Hauptmann: Contemporary history . In: tele - Zeitschriftenverlagsges.mbH & Co KG (ed.): TELE The Austrian television magazine . tape 9/2016 . Vienna March 4, 2016, p. 8 .
  7. ↑ ARTE press. Retrieved May 29, 2017 .
  8. ↑ "Universe" explores the "Wild Venice" in 4K Ultra HD quality . In: ots.at . ( ots.at [accessed on April 18, 2017]).
  9. ↑ TV Media No. 51, December 13-19, 2014, interview with ORF technology director Michael Götzhaber under the title "What brings 4K?"
  10. ^ Robert Sonnleitner: ORF2 docudrama portrays "Sister Courage". Retrieved September 26, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Media platform of the Austrian Ministry of Education : People write - the history of writing The lagoon of Venice - natural space under the influence of people Lake Constance - nature conservation and renaturation Pills, powder, ointments - pharmacy and pharmacology: from herb garden to genetic engineering - the history of medicines The Vampire Princess
  12. ↑ Frido Hütter: Of pigeons and rockets . Ed .: Small newspaper. Graz September 22, 1993.
  13. ↑ Werner Urbanek: Through the desert to the goal . Ed .: Kronen Zeitung. November 7, 1996.
  14. ↑ Walter Titz: That smile over and over again . Ed .: Small newspaper. November 24, 2013, p. 24, 25 .
  15. ↑ Werner Rosenberger: When Mona Lisa smiles twice . Ed .: Courier. November 24, 2013, p. 33.34 .
  16. ↑ a b c Comenius database "The European Parliament", 2014 Comenius EduMedia Seal "The Austrian Parliament", 2010 Berlin Comenius EduMedia Seal "Composers on the Track", 2009 Berlin, Comenius EduMedia Seal + Medal
personal data
SURNAME Steindl, Klaus T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steindl, Klaus Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian film director, screenwriter and producer
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz , Austria