Curt Faudon

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Curt M. Faudon (born May 10, 1949 in Graz ; † July 25, 2019 there ) was an Austrian director , screenwriter and film producer .

Since 1979 he has lived mostly in Manhattan , New York , and has produced feature films and documentaries mainly for the ORF as well as advertising films for multinational companies.

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Curt Faudon was best known for making documentaries about historical figures for European television companies. However, he has also directed numerous feature film productions. Most recently he ventured into the thriller milieu with the feature film Tödlicher Umweg .

His main work consists of elaborate TV documentaries . He produced several episodes for the ORF series Universum , for which he addressed environmental issues and climate change .

In his last films he dealt with the Vienna Boys' Choir . Both the film Silk Road (The Vienna Boys' Choir - Paths to Distance) as well as Bridging the Gap and Good Shepherds give an insight into the life of the choir and its worldwide tours. In Good Shepherds , the way of the choir boys is combined with the world of shepherdess over several years . Curt Faudon hired Jane Goodall as the narrator for the English version .

Filmography (selection)

  • Advertising film Vienna Winterlove , 1989/1990 , as before
  • Commercial Vienna Magnifica , 1991/1992, as before
  • Land der Täler , part 1–10 (1989–1991) director; Documentation ORF
  • Top Spot , Parts 1–3 (1989–1991) TV show; Writer, director and producer; with Désirée Nosbusch , Philip Michael Thomas, Shirley Bassey
  • Melting Pot of Illusions , Parts 1 & 2 (1992) written and directed; TV documentary about the USA 500 years after Columbus , PBS channel 13
  • Mount of Olives (1990) Director, TV documentary, ORF, PBS
  • Loaves and Fishes (1991) Director, TV documentary, ORF, PBS
  • Nothing but reality (1989) Director, TV documentary based on a book by Hilde Spiel, ORF, ZDF, PBS
  • The Denied Tenderness (1986) director; Feature film based on a book by H. Fink; ORF
  • Cross Town Sabbath / Zwang zur Unrast (1994/95) Script, direction and production; Docu-drama based on a book by Frederic Morton , ORF, PBS, Channel 13
  • Total relaunch of TV News Station n-tv / CNN Script, direction and production; 1997 in Berlin
  • Death Run (1997/1998) written and directed; Feature film with Rupert Frazer , Francois-Eric Gendron , Alexander Peskov , Thomas Heinze , Jerry Calà ; Sat.1 , BAVARIA, ORF
  • Flames of Hell (1999) co-writer and director; Feature film with Heino Ferch , Natalia Wörner , Axel Milberg : Kirch Group, SAT 1, ORF
  • Trivial Pursuit (2000) co-author and director; Feature film with Tobias Moretti , Jule Ronstedt , Thomas Heinze, SAT 1
  • Tattoo (2000) Co-author and director, feature film with Tobias Moretti , Katja Weitzenböck , Benjamin Sadler , Gudrun Landgrebe , Erwin Steinhauer : Sat.1, Kirch Group, ORF, Vienna Film Commission
  • Universum Steirische Toskana (2000) Script, direction and production; Documentation ORF
  • Universum Tirol - Leben im Bergland (2001) Script, direction and production; Documentation ORF, Faudon Movies
  • Deadly detour (Deadly Diversion) (2004) co-wrote and directed; Feature film, EPO Film, ORF, Towers Production London, Cine Carinthia; with Ken Duken, Sebastian Koch, Eva Hassmann, August Schmoelzer, Rosie Alvarez
  • Universum Carinthia - Leben am Wasser (2002/2003) Script and direction, production: ORF-Cine, Culture Carinthia, Faudon Movies, WDR
  • Szczesny - The Film (2003/2004) Writer, director and producer, documentary
  • Discover the Joy - Austria (2002/2003) advertising film. Received first prizes at film festivals in New York, Los Angeles, Karlovy Vary, ITB Berlin 2003, and Grand Prix CITF as best commercial in 2003 worldwide
  • Universum New York Central Park (2004/2005) Writer, director, producer, ORF, WDR, Faudon Movies
  • The End of Something. Ernest Hemingway (2004/2005) co-writer and director;
  • The Vienna Collection , three films and 18 spots about Vienna (2007), script, direction, overall direction; Music: Gerd Schuller
  • Silk Road (2007/2008). Film about the Vienna Boys' Choir - director

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Filmmaker Curt Faudon has died , August 12, 2019, accessed August 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ Director Curt Faudon died at the age of 70 , August 12, 2019, accessed on August 12, 2019.
  3. ^ Vienna Tourism Association: Vienna Tourism: 50 Years & the Future. 1955–2005 , Vienna 2005, page 34

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personal data
SURNAME Faudon, Curt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faudon, Curt M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian director, screenwriter and producer
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 2019
Place of death Graz