Georg Riha

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Georg Riha (born August 28, 1951 in Vienna ) is an Austrian photographer and filmmaker.

Live and act

Georg Riha was active as a rower in his school days (1968 and 1969 three times junior state champion, 1969 silver at the junior world championships in eighth place ). From 1972 he studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna , Film and Television Department ( Film Academy ), the subject "Camera". While still a student, he founded FWG Foto Werbe GmbH in 1975. Via commercial, industrial and architectural photography, he ended up in aviation photography in 1984 and finally returned to film production and directing in 1988.

CAMCAT

He uses for the realization of extraordinary perspectives and tracking shots

  • the helium zeppelin "CAMBLIMP 40/200/400"
  • the cable camera CAMCAT (designed by Victor Alder)
  • the time lapse camera (Timelapse) CAM35TL (developed by Manfred Gruber).

In 1994 Riha set up his studio complex in Pressbaum (studios, studios, workshops, production offices, post-production facilities, archive, sound studio).

Known to a wider international public Riha was in 1997 with a documentary on the St. Stephen's Cathedral in the series universe of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation . In addition to Romy in the “Best Camera” category, he was awarded several international prizes for this. There followed many other documentaries about Austrian monuments with the highest quality standards such as B. Glockner - the black mountain , Schönbrunn - source of beauty , Wachau - Land am Strome and Salzburg - in the shadow of the rocks .

For the world exhibition in Hanover in 2000 he produced the film Visions of Austria and as a further highlight in 2000 the film Tyrol - Land in the Mountains with music by Philip Glass .

The CAMCAT came u. a. at the Champions League finals in the Paris Stade de France (2000) and other Champions League games, at the Janet Jackson concert in New York's Madison Square Garden ( Emmy Award 1999 for “Special Camera Operating”), at horse races in Ascot (2000 to 2004 and 2006 to 2007), at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City (2002), at the World Athletics Championships in Seville (1999) and Edmonton (2001), at the French Open (1999 to 2005), at the Summer Olympics in Athens (2004), the Pope's visit to World Youth Day in Cologne (2005), the Winter Olympics in Turin (2006), the Pope's visit to Bavaria (2006), the World Cycling Championships in Salzburg (2006), the Summer Olympics in Beijing (2008) and at concerts by * NSYNC and Robbie Williams as well as in international feature films such as Harry Potter , Troy and Eragon .

In 2005 Georg Riha received the Billy Wilder Award for international services to Austrian film, and in 2006 he received the Axel Corti Prize .

In January 2009, insolvency proceedings were opened through Riha's service company Ultimate Pictures with liabilities of around EUR 3.9 million. This was completed in 2016.

In 2010 a Universum Production Wiener Wasser followed and the documentation Buildings for the Arts - Architecture Jewels Lower Austria . And in 2012 another ORF documentary The Magic of Laxenburg - between monarchy and modernity , on the occasion of 650 years of Laxenburg. In 2014, there was another ORF documentary about the cellar lanes in Lower Austria. In 2016, after a 10-year break, the design and production of the New Year's concert pause film followed for the fourth time under the title “ Magical Salzburg ” on the occasion of 200 years of Salzburg belonging to Austria. In 2018 the next break program of the New Year's Concert with the theme "Wien Moderne (Viennese Modernism)" on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of Otto Wagner, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt and Koloman Moser.

In a previously unprecedented form, scope and quality, with pictures taken exclusively from the air, Georg Riha began to create a comprehensive complete work about Austria from 2014.

With the project  Über Österreich  , from the first broadcasts in 2016-2020 for ORFIII, a comprehensive and diverse portrait of Austria will be created that is timeless and at the same time has a high documentary value. The quality and poetry of the sequence of images, as well as the text and music, play an essential role. At the same time, however, care is also taken to convey geographical knowledge and information. The project takes place every year with a 4-part (The North, The South, The East, The West). “A first exploration” in 2016 was followed by “The second exploration” in 2017, followed by “The third exploration” at Whitsun 2018. In close collaboration with a number of renowned composers, the texts of the author Felicitas Freise, and the unmistakable voice of the chamber actor Peter Simonischek pays homage to Austria.

Film documentaries

  • 1994 Waterways - Nature and Big City using Vienna as an example: Documentation (45 minutes) from the series ORF Universum
  • 1996 Water for Vienna: Documentation (19 minutes)
  • 1997 St. Stephan - The Living Cathedral: Documentation (50 minutes) from the ORF Universum series
  • 1999 Lech - the last wild river: Documentation (45 minutes) from the series ORF Universum
  • 2000 Elementare Bilderwelten / Visions of Austria: intermission film (24 minutes) of the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic
  • 2000 Glockner - The Black Mountain : Documentation (90 minutes) from the ORF Universum series
  • 2000 Land im Gebirg : Short film (10 minutes) with music by Philip Glass
  • 2002 Schönbrunn - Source of Beauty : Documentation (52 minutes) from the ORF Universum series with Sir Peter Ustinov
  • 2003 Wiener Wasser: short film (17 minutes)
  • 2005 Wachau - Land am Strome : Documentation (50 minutes) from the ORF Universum series
  • 2005 Vienna Woods - Green Jewels: Documentation (50 minutes) from the ORF Universum series
  • 2006 Mozart 06: Intermission film (24 minutes) of the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic
  • 2006 Salzburg - In the shadow of the rocks : Documentation (50 minutes)
  • 2007 Lower Austria - Impressions from across the country: short film (11 minutes)
  • 2008 Austrian Kickoff: Intermission film (25 minutes) from the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic
  • 2008 Music and the Sea - Julian Rachlin & Friends : Documentation (30 minutes) about the 8th Chamber Music Festival in Dubrovnik (Croatia)
  • 2008 A magical place for music : Documentation about the 8th Chamber Music Festival in Dubrovnik (Croatia)
  • 2010 Buildings for the Arts - Architectural Jewels in Lower Austria : Documentation (25 minutes) from the series Österreichbild am Sonntag about contemporary architecture in Lower Austria and its use for art and culture. (First broadcast on August 29, 2010 ORF2)
  • 2010 Wiener Wasser: Documentation (49 minutes) from the series ORF Universum about the water supply of the city of Vienna . From the Hochschwab , through the sewer system , to the main sewage treatment plant in Simmering . (First broadcast November 18, 2010 ORF2)
  • 2012 The Magic of Laxenburg - Between Monarchy and Modernity : Documentation (45 minutes) about one of the most beautiful and important historical parks in Central Europe. (First broadcast April 1, 2012 ORF2)
  • 2014 Kellergassen in Lower Austria - Wine culture and joie de vivre: Documentation (45 minutes)
  • 2016 Magical Salzburg - 200 years in Austria: break film (23 minutes) from the Vienna Philharmonic's 2016 New Year's Concert
  • 2016 About Austria - the jewels of the country - a first exploration : Documentary series (4 × 45 minutes)
  • 2017 Maria Theresia - Legacy of a Ruler: Documentation (47 minutes) from the ORF III series Erbe Österreich
  • 2017 About Austria - Jewels of the country - the second exploration: Documentary series (4 × 50 minutes)
  • 2018 Wiener Moderne 1918 • 2018: Intermission film (27 minutes) from the Vienna Philharmonic's 2018 New Year's Concert
  • 2018 Franz Klammer: About Austria: Documentary series (4 × 50 minutes)

Cooperations and services

Books

  • 1974 The Vienna Naschmarkt
  • 1983 construction in Austria
  • 1986 Wells - Bridges - Weirs
  • 1985 Sound of Austria
  • 1986 Bird's eye view Austria: Lower Austria - the gentle country
  • 1987 Vogelschau Austria: Styria - harmony of opposites
  • 1987 Vogelschau Austria: Salzburg - the polyphonic symphony
  • 1988 Vogelschau Austria: Carinthia - the cheerful challenge
  • 1988 Vogelschau Austria: Upper Austria - diligence and abundance
  • 1989 bird's eye view Austria: Tyrol - the relaxing country
  • 1989 bird's eye view Austria: Burgenland - the small infinity
  • 1989 Vogelschau Austria: Vienna - Perspectives of a City
  • 1990 Vogelschau Austria: Vorarlberg - the other country
  • 1991 About Austria
  • 1991 soaring
  • 1991 Austria's mountains
  • 2002 Viennese water
  • 2005 The higher view of things - nature and landscapes in Austria
  • 2006 The Higher View of Things - Buildings and Architectures in Austria
  • 2007 The higher view of things - work and industry in Austria

Awards

  • 1997 Festival du film de la construction et du BTP (for St. Stephen the Living Cathedral )
  • 1997 Romy (TV award) "Best Camera" (for St. Stephen the Living Cathedral )
  • 1998 Festival de Television de Monte Carlo 1998 (for St. Stephen the Living Cathedral )
  • 1999 Emmy Award "Special Camera Operating" at the "Janet Jackson Concert" (Los Angeles, USA)
  • 2000 State Prize for Economic Film for Elementary Imagery (Austria)
  • 2000 6th Film Festival in St. Anton for Grossglockner Previews (Austria)
  • 2001 44th New York Country in the Mountains Film Festival (USA)
  • 2001 XXVI. International Tourist Film Festival Milano for Country in Mountains (Italy)
  • 2001 Festival International de Cinema de Muntanya for Land in the Mountains (Spain)
  • 2001 Mountain and Adventure Film Festival Graz for Land in the Mountains (Austria)
  • 2002 Festival Europèen du Futuroscope for Countryside in the Mountains (France)
  • 2002 5th Moscow intern. Festival of Mountain and Adventure Film (Russia)
  • 2003 36th US International Film and Video Festival for Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty (USA)
  • 2003 New York Festival - Best Editing 'Finalist Certificate' - for 100 years of Wiener Linien (USA)
  • 2003 European Masterclass for tools vs. gravity (Germany)
  • 2004 Multimedia State Prize for tools vs. gravity (Austria)
  • 2005 Billy Wilder Award (for international services to Austrian film)
  • 2006 New York Film Festival - Gold World Medal - for Wachau - Land am Strome (USA)
  • 2006 Axel Corti Prize for "extraordinary nature documentaries" (Austria)
  • 2006 39TH US International Film and Video Festival (Los Angeles, USA) - Gold Camera Award - for 125 years of Siemens Austria
  • 2006 39TH US International Film and Video Festival (Los Angeles, USA) - Silver Camera Award - for Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic
  • 2006 39TH US International Film and Video Festival (Los Angeles, USA) - Certificate for Creative Excellence - for Mozart 06
  • 2006 Grand Prix Cifft (Vienna, Austria) - Mention - for New Year's Concert 2006 - Mozart 06
  • 2007 New York Film Festival - Bronze World Medal - for Salzburg - In the shadow of the rocks (USA)
  • 2007 SW ITF'CRO. Int. Tour film festival in Split (Croatia) - Diploma for the best editing - Lower Austria - Impressions from across the country
  • 2008 Tourfilm Festival Riga 2008 (Latvia) - Grand Award for the best tourism film - for Austrian Kickoff
  • 2008 The golden city gate 2008 (ITB Berlin) - 2nd prize in the REGION category - for Austrian Kickoff
  • 2008 41ST US International Film and Video Festival (Los Angeles, USA) - Certificate for Creative Excellence - for Austrian Kickoff
  • 2008 1st Art & Tur - International Tourfilm Festival (Portugal) - Special Prize of the Jury - for Tyrol - Land of Water
  • 2008 1st Art & Tur - International Tourfilm Festival (Portugal) - Honor Mention - for Austrian Kickoff
  • 2008 11th ITF'2008 CRO International Tour Film Festival in Split (Croatia) - Award for the best director - for Austrian Kickoff
  • 2010 CINE TIROL Award for outstanding achievements for Tyrol
  • 2014 New York Film Festival - Gold World Medal - Zauber von Laxenburg
  • 2016 New York Film Festival - Bronze World Medal - Magic Salzburg (Magic Salzburg)
  • 2017 Gold Medal for Services to the Federal State of Lower Austria

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.c-spot.at/
  2. ↑ Kellergassen in Lower Austria on the 3sat website , accessed on March 2, 2015.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Riha, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna