Kurt Mayer (film producer)

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Kurt Mayer (born March 22, 1951 in Vienna ) is an Austrian film producer , film director and screenwriter .

Life

Kurt Mayer studied psychology , sociology and art history at the University of Vienna. During his studies he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Psychology at the University of Vienna and began working in film, initially as an outfitter and camera assistant . He also took part in theater performances . From 1973 to 1987 Mayer worked as a camera assistant and sound engineer for NHK , ZDF and ARD in Central and Eastern Europe. He was also with Klaus Pinter from Haus-Rucker-Inc. active as a photographer. This collaboration led to joint exhibitions in the Palais Clam-Gallas and in the Museum of Modern Art in the Palais Liechtenstein .

Kurt Mayer has been an independent film producer and director since 1983, working with the production company Epo-Film for many years . His first work as a film director was waking up in 1985 about the cast of the Hainburger Au . In 1995 he founded his own film production company, kurt mayer film , with which he produces business , documentary and feature films for cinema, television and the Internet. In 1997, he had film recordings of the fire at the Palace of Justice in Vienna , shot by his father Rudi Mayer, projected onto the facade of the Palace of Justice , while a live concert by Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber from Berlin was broadcast over the Internet .

Mayer is chairman of the umbrella association of Austrian filmmakers and a founding member of the Academy of Austrian Films .

Filmography

  • 1978: Headlock (camera)
  • 1985: Wake Up (Director)
  • 1986: Klaus Pinter - Ressources (production, direction)
  • 1987: Heaven and Hell (Director)
  • 1989: Death On (Director)
  • 1990: Grumpy Chants (Director)
  • 1992: Universum : Temporary Paradises (Director)
  • 1993: Procession (Director)
  • 1993: Universe: The Earth Carries (Director)
  • 1994: Against the Current (Director)
  • 1995: Catching Eyes (Director)
  • 1995: Land of Mountains : Vulkanland (Director)
  • 1996: Through Africa in an automobile (production, direction)
  • 1997: Drive-in cinema (production, direction)
  • 1997: Tomorrow's Money (Director)
  • 1997: Life frames Austria (director)
  • 1997: Universum: The Formation of the Alps (Director)
  • 1998: Warheads (Ars Electronica) (production, direction)
  • 1999: Faces (director)
  • 2000: Scenes of the future - always and everywhere there (script director)
  • 2001: the wobble atlas - collecting and hunting with HC Artmann (production)
  • 2001: Swimmer in the desert (co-production, direction, screenplay, camera)
  • 2001: Skills & Thrills (Director)
  • 2002: Easy Austria (director)
  • 2002: Universum: Weather Kitchen Alpen (Director, Screenplay)
  • 2003: Galle Road (Director)
  • 2003: Home of Amazement - The New Crystal Worlds in Wattens (Director)
  • 2003: Games of Life (Director)
  • 2004: Princely Treasures - The Liechtenstein Saga (Director)
  • 2004: Liechtenstein Museum Vienna (director)
  • 2005: Erik (A) - The man who became world champion (Production, Director)
  • 2005: Universe: Azores High and Iceland Low (Director)
  • 2005: Universum: Liguria - Life between Sky and Sea (Director, Screenplay)
  • 2006: Freud's missing neighbors (production, direction, screenplay)
  • 2006: Camera Alpin in Gold (director)
  • 2006: Universe: Carpathians - Life in Dracula's Forests (Director)
  • 2007: Prater (production)
  • 2007: Universum: Semmering HochWien. A city moves into the mountains (production, direction, screenplay)
  • 2008: Mr. Karl - Ein Mensch für Menschen (Director, Screenplay)
  • 2008: This is what it looks like - stories from Willi Resetarits (production)
  • 2009: Universum: People in the Karst - Life between Heaven and Hell (production, direction, screenplay)
  • 2010: The Shadow of the Prophet (Production)
  • 2011: You and I (Production)
  • 2012: What Happiness Is (Production)
  • 2013: Universum: Planet der Spatzen (production, direction, camera)
  • 2014: Rosi, Kurt and Koni (production)
  • 2014: Universum: Engadin - Wilderness of Switzerland (production, direction, screenplay, camera)
  • 2014: where I live. A film for Ilse Aichinger (production)
  • 2015: Fang den Haider (production)
  • 2015: Universum: Dolomiten - Legendary Jewel of the Alps (production, direction, screenplay, camera)

Awards

  • Advancement award for artistic photography 1983
  • Austrian State Prize for the image advertising line of the republic abroad 1992
  • Camera Alpin in Gold, Bergfilmfestival Graz 1998 (for The Origin of the Alps )
  • State Prize for Business Film 1998 (for Life frames Austria )
  • Silver Gentian, Trento Film Festival 2003 (for Azores high and Iceland low )
  • Master Award of Corporate Media 2004 (for home of amazement - the new crystal worlds in Wattens )
  • Silver Gentian, Trento Film Festival 2005 (for Erik (A) - the man who became world champion )
  • Golden Victoria, International Business Film Festival Vienna 2006 (for Princely Treasures - The Liechtenstein Saga )
  • Camera Alpin in Gold, Bergfilmfestivalgraz 2006 (for Carpathians - Life in Dracula's Forests )
  • CINE Golden Eagle Award 2009 (for people in the Karst - life between heaven and hell )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Kurt Mayer. Österreichischer Regieverband , accessed on May 14, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Club Carriere. Encyclopedia of Success . tape XVI . Algoprint, Vaduz 2006, ISBN 3-9522689-7-6 , p. 885 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e Kurt Mayer. dok.at , accessed on May 14, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b Manuela Jabri: Kurt Mayer Film. Austrian Chamber of Commerce , April 29, 2016, accessed on May 14, 2016 .
  5. ^ Members. Academy of Austrian Films , April 4, 2016, accessed on May 14, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Online video on Spiegel TV
  7. ↑ Prize-winning films 2006. Mountain and Adventure Film Festival Graz , accessed on May 14, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Mayer, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian film producer, film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna