Ernst Gossner
Ernst Gossner (* 1967 in Tyrol , Austria ) is an Austrian director , screenwriter and producer .
Life
Gossner comes from Tyrol. After graduating from high school, Gossner worked as a laborer, radio journalist and bicycle tour guide before he became a theater actor. Within seven years Gossner played dozens of roles in Austria, Italy and Germany. He wrote plays and directed his first short film Escape .
In 1999 Gossner was accepted into the directing program of the American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles . His graduation film was Bar Time . After completing his training at the AFI Conservatory , Ernst founded Vent Productions in Los Angeles. His first feature film, South of Pico , was shot in Los Angeles and premiered at the 2007 American Black Film Festival . The film won all three nominations there and received other awards in the USA, Europe and China.
In 2014 his second feature film, The Silent Mountain, about the mountain war of 1915–1918 , was released, which was preceded in 2011 by the documentary Global Warning .
Filmography
- 1997: escape
- 2001: Tatort - Bad Blood
- 2002: Bar Time
- 2002: The Point
- 2005: Otto + Anna
- 2007: South of Pico
- 2011: Global Warning
- 2013: The silent mountain
- 2018: The miracle of Wörgl
theatre
Ernst Gossner also works as a theater director. He led u. a. Director of the following productions.
- 2002: Parzival by Tankred Dorst , Seefeld Mountain Festival
- 2010: The Glass Menagerie from Tennessee Williams , State Theater Innsbruck
Awards
- USA Film Festival
- 2002 - Special Jury Award, Bar Time
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American Black Film Festival
- 2007 - Best Picture, South Of Pico
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American Black Film Festival
- 2007 - Red Star Award for Originality, Innovation and Vision, South Of Pico
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Pan-African Film Festival
- 2008 - Best First Feature, South Of Pico
- Script Association Austria (Writer's Guild)
- 2008 - Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award , South Of Pico
- Innsbruck Film Festival
- 2008 - Audience Award, South Of Pico
- Beijing Film Festival
- 2008 - Best Picture, South Of Pico
Web links
- Ernst Gossner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- official homepage
- Review of South of Pico on BoxOffice.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Bergfestspiele Seefeld 2002. (No longer available online.) Tirolkultur.at, archived from the original on April 27, 2014 ; Retrieved April 26, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Glass Menagerie. State Theater Innsbruck, accessed on April 26, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gossner, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian director, screenwriter and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tyrol , Austria |