Christian Strasser (journalist)

Christian Strasser (born May 4, 1964 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian journalist and book author.

Life

After attending elementary school and high school in Elixhausen and Salzburg from 1974 to 1982 and serving in the Austrian Armed Forces , Strasser began studying law, politics and journalism / communication science and cultural sociology at the University of Salzburg in 1983 . Even as a student, Strasser repeatedly worked for daily newspapers, magazines, electronic media and news agencies. In 1988 and 1992 he successfully completed his studies with a Mag.iur. and Mag.phil. from.

In 1988, Strasser was sent to the USA as a “Junior Ambassador” to improve Austria's image on behalf of Thomas Klestil - at that time a senior employee of the Foreign Ministry as a result of the Waldheim affair .

Since 1990 he has published around 12 books on cultural and contemporary history, including a biography of Carl Zuckmayer.

In 1994 the Salzburger Nachrichten (SN) hired him as an employee in the local and later business editorial team . Half a year later he switched to publishing management, as head of the special inserts / supplements department. Since 2003 he has been working as an advertising manager at the Salzburger Tageszeitung, with an interruption between 2006 and 2009 as marketing manager.

Strasser is the founder of numerous magazines and media projects from SN, u. a. of the borderland magazine "Hello Neighbor!", the "SN Business Academy", "Pure Alps", "Top 500 - The Best Companies", "Pole Position", the "Leonidas Sports Gala", the " SN career forums ”and numerous internet platforms (joblounge.at, karriereforum.eu etc.).

Memberships and offices

From 1998 to 2011 Strasser was President of the “Marketing Club Salzburg”. From 1992 to 2004, Strasser was a member of the “Salzburg Commission”, an unofficial committee of experts that advised the state government on various issues. In 2007 he was co-founder and vice-president of the AMC (Austrian Marketing Confederation), which includes associations across Austria with 1,500 marketing specialists and which is associated with the European Marketing Confederation in Brussels. He is also a member of the PEN and the “Initiative Kulturstadt Salzburg” (IKS).

Publications

Monographs

• Film in Salzburg-Salzburg in film 1945–1989. Self-published, Salzburg 1989.
• The Sound of Little Hollywood. Film production in Salzburg-Salzburg in film. Austrian Art and Culture Publishing House, Vienna / St. Johann 1993.
• Carl Zuckmayer : German artists in exile in Salzburg (= series of publications by the Research Institute for Political-Historical Studies of the Dr.-Wilfried-Haslauer-Bibliothek, Salzburg , Volume 5) Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1996, ISBN 3-205-98499-4 (with a preface by the actor Leon Askin ).
• Carl Zuckmayer 1896–1977. SBW, Henndorf aW 1996.
• The Sound of Music Guide 2011. Verlag der Salzburger Nachrichten, Salzburg 2011.
• Location Salzburg: The most beautiful locations in TV and cinema - The world's most versatile movie locations . Pustet, Salzburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7025-0695-7 .

Articles in collective works

• Film city Salzburg - or is it just a worn backdrop? In: Kurt Luger: Salzburg- Podium of Film Culture? On the situation of film and film funding. Information Center of the State Capital Salzburg, Volume 8. Salzburg 1992.
• Tauerngold and Silberwald. The Hohe Tauern National Park in the film. Tauriska, Neukirchen am Großvenediger 1993.
• with Peter Schuster, Harald Waitzbauer : Die Cinematographie im Land Salzburg (1895–1938). The Salzburger Kunstfilm-Industrie AG. Otto von Gruber- the pioneer of photogrammetry. In: One Hundred Years of Film 1895–1995. Salzburg film and photo pioneers. Series of Salzburg portraits. Series of publications of the State Press Office Salzburg. Salzburg 1994.
• Little Hollywood made of rubble and ashes - film and cinema in Salzburg 1945–1955. In: Salzburg 1945–1955. Destruction and rebuilding. Annual publication of the Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum 40/41. Salzburg 1994.
• with Peter Schuster: Simon Stampfer 1790–1864. From the magic disk to the film. Series of publications by the State Press Office Salzburg, No. 142.Salzburg 1998.
• The Sound of Music - an unknown worldwide success. The virtual Trapp emigrant saga as a global cultural icon with contradictions. The Sounds of Humbug. In: The Sound of Music between Myth and Marketing. Salzburg contributions to folklore. Salzburg 2000.
• Il salisburghese nel cinema sulla Homeland: una forma die rispecchiamento di politica e societa. In: Antonio Pasinato (Ed.): Heimat. Identita regionali nel processo storico. Donzelli Editore, Roma 2000.
• Carl Zuckmayer. In: Salzburg Literature Tours. Literary paths through the city and state of Salzburg. The Salzburg literary guide. Edition Eizenbergerhof No. 22. Salzburg 2001.
• Anti-Semitism at Wallersee. In: Robert Kriechbaumer (Ed.): The taste of transience. Jewish summer retreat in Salzburg. Böhlau, Vienna 2002.
• Legends on the Screen - Silent Night in Film History. In: Thomas Hochradner (Ed.): Silent Night! Holy Night! Between nostalgia and reality. Salzburg studies. Research on history, art and culture. Volume 4. Verlag of the Friends of Salzburg History Association, Salzburg 2002.
• Simon Stampfer in Salzburg. In: Geo Info. Festschrift for the Simon von Stampfer Symposium. Institute for Geoinformation and Cartography. Vienna Institute of Technology, Vienna 2004.
• The Salzburger Land as a projection surface for politics and society in Heimatfilm. In: Antonio Pasinato (Ed.): Heimatsuche. Regional identity in the Austro-Italian Alpine region. Königshausen and Neumann, Würzburg 2004.
• Your heart is my home. Deep red Herzlglühn in sentimental film - then as now. In: Salzburg farmers calendar 2006. Pustet, Salzburg 2006.
• with Susanne Rolinek, Gerald Lehner: In the shadow of the Mozartkugel. Travel guide through the brown topography of Salzburg. Czernin, Vienna 2009.
• with Susanne Rolinek, Gerald Lehner: In the shadow of Hitler's home. Travel guide through the brown topography of Upper Austria. Czernin, Vienna 2010.
• Survival Strategy Innovation. In: Peter Granig et al .: Future power of innovation and marketing. Heyn, Klagenfurt 2010.
• The total illusion - film and cinema in Salzburg during the Nazi era. In: Peter F. Kramml, Christoph Kühberger (Hrsg.): Staging of power. Everyday life, culture propaganda. The city of Salzburg under National Socialism. Volume 2. Series of publications by the Salzburg City Archives. Salzburg 2011.
• Possibilities of earning extremely low ... "Notes on the living conditions of Carl Zuckmayer in Henndorf exile in the mirror of Alice Zuckmayer's household book. In: Series of publications by the Henndorf Literature House No. 02/2011. Henndorf am Wallersee 2011.
• "The gswb and the history of non-profit housing in Salzburg (1939–2014)". In: Christian Wintersteller, Bernhard Kopf (ed.): Salzburg lives here. The history of the non-profit Salzburg housing association. Publisher Anton Pustet. Salzburg 2014
• "The Grossglockner High Alpine Road as a film set. In: Johannes Hörl, Dietmar Schöndorfer (ed.): The Grossglockner High Alpine Road. Heritage and Mission. Series of publications by the Research Institute for Political-Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library, Salzburg. Böhlau Verlag. Vienna 2015
• "The Eternal Song of Kaprun". In. Wilhelm Nemetz (Ed.): Kaprun and the art. Salzburg Museum. Salzburg 2015
• "Filmed Salzburg literature". In: Salzburg Museum (ed.): Bishop. Emperor. Anyone. 200 years of Salzburg in Austria. Tell me about Salzburg! Accompanying band for the state exhibition. Annual journal of the Salzburg Museum: Vol. 58/2. Salzburg 2016
• A house of emigration. 70 years ago Carl Zuckmayer formed the "Henndorfer Kreis". In: diary archive. Austria (Ed.): Series of publications "Wiesmühl". Henndorf / Wallersee No. 1/2018.
• A summer at the Wallersee. In: diary archive. Austria (Ed.): Series of publications "Wiesmühl". Henndorf / Wallersee No. 2/2018.
• Silent night in the cinematic interpretation . In: Thomas Hochradner, Michael Neureiter (ed.): Silent Night. The book for the song. Publisher Anton Pustet. Salzburg 2018
• Cinematic Interpretations of Silent Night . In. Thomas Hochradner, Michael Neureiter (eds.): Silent Night. A companion to the song. Publisher Anton Pustet. Salzburg 2018
• Film history, cinemas in Salzburg et al. in Peter Mittermayr, Heinrich Spängler (eds.): Salzburger Kulturlexikon. Jung and Jung publishing house. Salzburg, Vienna 2019

editor

• with Peter Schatz, Jacky Chan, Li Che: Salzburg and its Music. Compass Travel Guide for China and The Asia-Pacific. New Star Press, Beijing 2007.

Movies

• "The Last Day" short film. Bavarian television. Ö 1984 (Awarded the Bavarian TV Amateur Film Award)
• "Xenophobia" documentary film. Ö 1986.
• "The Sound of Salzburg" P: ORF Salzburg. Ö 1988.
• "Knight and Day" video. Published on www.tomcruise.com. Austria 2009.
• "Simon S. goes Hollywood" Director: Sina Moser. P: wire rope film. D: Christian Strasser. D 2011.
• "With the power of the sun" economic film. P: Gecko Productions. Book, camera: C. Strasser. Ö 2014
• “The history of the gswb” D: Sophie Hichert, Albert Friedl. P: Gecko Productions. Script, co-director, camera: C. Strasser. Ö 2014
• "Bad luck. The Life of Maria Mandl “(German with English subtitles) D: Constanze Passin Co-R / P / C: Christian Strasser. Nemada Filmproductions. Ö 2014 Gold Award Winner 2015: International Film Festival Jakarta, Indonesia; Award of Merit - Special Mention 2015: Accolade Global Film Competition San Diego (USA)) Official Selection 2015: Iron Pointe Film Festival (USA), Kinolite International Film Festival St. Petersburg (RU), London Shows International Film Festival (GB), Legends of Hollywood Film Festival (USA), I Filmmaker International Film Festival, Marbella (E), Semi Finalist: Los Angeles CineFest 2016 (USA), and much more

As a curator and designer of exhibitions and film festivals

• Film in Salzburg-Salzburg in film. Salzburg 1989.
• "40 years of Tauern power plants in Kaprun". Salzburg and Kaprun 1994. Meeting of the film team and the actors of “ Das Lied von Kaprun ” (1955).
• Salzburg focus as part of the “Diagonale” film festival on behalf of the Austrian Film Commission with star guest Horst Buchholz. Salzburg 1993.
• 100 years of Carl Zuckmayer. Henndorf 1996. Main responsible designer of the exhibition.
• with Julian Pölsler, Wolfram Paulus: Salzburger Heimatfilm-Festival. Salzburg 2006, 2007.
• "The Trapp Family - Reality and" The Sound of Music ". Panorama Museum in the Salzburg Museum 2011-13. Collaboration on exhibition texts, provision of exhibits and author of the exhibition guide.
• 50 years “Where Eagles Dare” (MGM). Special exhibition and documentary film. Hohenwerfen Castle, Salzburg 2018.
• State exhibition "200 years of Silent Night! Holy Night!" Salzburg 2018. Exhibits, film station

Web links

• Literature by and about Christian Strasser in the catalog of the German National Library
• Christian Strasser in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Braunauer Zeitgeschichte-Tage - CV Christian Strasser

Individual evidence

1. ^ Winners - International Film Festivals for Women, Social Issues, and Zero Discrimination. International Film Festival, accessed April 17, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Awards of Merit - March 2015 |. Retrieved April 17, 2018 (American English).