Leopold Lummerstorfer

Leopold Lummerstorfer (* 1968 in Gramastetten , Austria ) is an Austrian screenwriter , film director and film producer .

Live and act

Lummerstorfer made his first feature-length film Rosa Heimat at the age of 19 . He studied ethnology and philosophy at the University of Vienna, worked in various professions such as road worker, journalist, estate manager, district heating inspector and youth worker. At the same time, he made a number of short fiction films and documentaries, including The Dream That Remains , a film about the Trabrenngrund municipal housing complex in Vienna , “which moves from social studies to gentle real satire without much effort. A surprise success for the local cinema , in terms of art value and audience numbers, and a politically alert and amusing film ” .

His films mostly illuminate a social focus that he brings to the screen , documentary or fictional, using an analytical narrative structure . His feature film Yellow Cherries (with Martin Puntigam , Josef Hader , Maria Hofstätter and others) advanced to become the most successful young film in Austrian cinema to date. His work has received numerous festival invitations (for example San Francisco, São Paulo, Saarbrücken, Istanbul, Paris (Cinéma du réel)) and awards.

Leopold Lummerstorfer lives in Vienna , where he designed numerous editions of the ORF feature broadcast without a name . He wrote the screenplay for his film, which is currently in production (November 2009), while stocks last , together with Martin Puntigam, actors include Maria Hofstätter and Harry Rowohlt .

Filmography (director)

• 1987: Walking (short film)
• 1990: Rosa Heimat - a country illusion
• 1992: A letter for you (short film)
• 1992: The Land Surveyor (short film)
• 1993: Days with Josef - a servant's life picture (documentary)
• 1994: And they dance one (short film)
• 1994: Tomorrow children
• 1994: Half of Vienna
• 1995: The holy meal
• 1997: The dream that lasts (documentary)
• 2000: yellow cherries
• 2003–2007: broadcast without a name (TV broadcast)
• 2005: Taubstummengasse (short film)
• 2011–2018: Science Busters (TV show)

Awards

• 1995: Script award from the Province of Upper Austria
• 1996: Vienna Film Prize (Special Mention)
• 1997: Talent promotion bonus for film from the state of Upper Austria
• 2003: Film grant, Federal Chancellery Austria
• Film Art Award, Federal Chancellery Austria
• 2018: Austrian Cabaret Prize audience voting for "Science Busters" (TV show)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "The dream that remains" observes a living environment derStandard.at , October 11, 2007
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3. ↑ https://der.orf.at/unternehmen/aktuell/kabarettpreis126.html

Web links

• Leopold Lummerstorfer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official homepage of Leopold Lummerstorfer
• Austrian Film Director Association - short biography of Leopold Lummerstorfer
• Production diary of the film "As long as stocks last"