Michael Welz (actor)
Michael Magnus Anton Welz (born March 18, 1953 in Skellefteå , Sweden ) is an Austrian actor . He is a member of the Vienna Bernhard Ensemble .
Life
Michael Welz was born in Sweden as the son of the Viennese sculptor and medalist Ferdinand Welz and the legal secretary Edith Welz. His parents emigrated there after the Second World War . In 1955 he came to Vienna when his father accepted a professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . He studied art history at the University of Vienna and attended a master class for sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts .
At the beginning of the 1980s, Welz gave up the visual arts again. After a series of performance projects in public spaces, he took acting lessons and began working as an actor in Vienna's independent theater scene.
This was followed in 2005 the establishment of the group's time, with whom he Bruchstücke.Paarweise of Linde Prelog and Lederfresse with the chainsaw VRROOMMM of Helmut Krausser brought to the stage. The group also took part in the four episodes of the “Vollgas!” Series of the Das Off Theater , which he launched together with Ernst Kurt Weigel . He also wrote plays and directed.
In 2008 Michael Welz became a member of the Vienna Bernhard Ensemble of Grischka Voss and Ernst Kurt Weigel.
He has two sons.
Awards
- 1979: Master School Award of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna , 1979
- 1979: Prize of the Minister of Science, 1979
- 1981: Award of the Theodor Körner Foundation , 1981
- 2014: Nominated with the Bernhard Ensemble for NESTROY in the category "Best Off-Production" 2014 (for "Wiener.Wald.Fiction")
- 2019: Nominated with the Bernhard Ensemble for NESTROY in the category "Best Off-Production" 2019 (for "LILIOM.CLUB")
Theater (selection)
- 2004: Fenn, by Caryl Churchill , directed by John Colton
- 2005: Fragments, in pairs, by Linde Prelog, directed by Helmut Gebeshuber
- 2006: Faust is dead, by David Weiss
- 2007: compact, performance
- 2008: Faust , by Johann Wolfgang Goethe , directed by Barbara Crobath
- 2009: Sylvins Finale, Performance
- 2010: Kreschpek, director: Michael Welz
- 2011: Educating Rita , by Willy Russell , directed by Peter Strauss
- 2013: Bird.Shit.Island, directors: Grischka Voss and Ernst Kurt Weigel
- 2014: Skinned, writer and director: Grischka Voss
- 2014: Wiener.Wald.Fiction, author and director: Ernst Kurt Weigel
- 2015: The.Big.Lumpazi, author and director: Ernst Kurt Weigel
- 2015: Imaginaire concentration camp, author and director: Ernst Kurt Weigel
- 2016: Welt.unter.Melancholia, author and director: Ernst Kurt Weigel
- 2017: Taxi.Speiber, author and director: Ernst Kurt Weigel
- 2017: Beet.Symph.Fifth, choreography: Anna Hein, director: EK Weigel
- 2018: Liliom.Club, director: Ernst Kurt Weigel
As a director
- 2007: Post for AS
- 2007: Anatol, by Arthur Schnitzler
- 2008: obsessions
- 2008: Over the years, by Michael Welz
- 2009: Cats Have Seven Lives, by Jenny Erpenbeck , drama.academy
- 2011: recording status, drama academy
- 2012: Naked And Free !, drama academy
Filmography (selection)
- 2005: Kuh, director: Vienzenz, short film
- 2007: One Minute, directed by Therese Illiasch
- 2008: Potio, director: Vienzenz
- 2008: Alyssas Spiegel, director: Diego Breit Lira, short film
- 2009: Playing the lion too, director: Corinna Pumm, short film
- 2009: Fladerantenschau, Episode 11, Director: Louis-Jeremy Spiess, Short, Okto TV
- 2010: The Robber , directed by Benjamin Heisenberg
- 2011: How to Live , Director: David Schalko , Dor-Film
- 2012: Erdbeermund, 3D in-house production with Günter Macho
- 2013: Die Werkstürmer , director: Andreas Schmied
- 2014: There and away, music video, Julian & der Fux
- 2015: The Blue Hours , Director: Marc Jago, NonPlusFilm
- 2015: Small Big Voice , Director: Wolfgang Murnberger
- 2015: All over me, music video, Loretta Who
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Welz: FENN (Caryl Churchill). March 27, 2009, accessed December 31, 2016 .
- ↑ dbe - projects. In: www.bernhard-ensemble.at. Retrieved July 26, 2016 .
- ↑ dbe - projects. In: www.bernhard-ensemble.at. Retrieved July 26, 2016 .
- ↑ dbe - projects. Accessed December 10, 2017 (German).
- ↑ dbe - projects. Accessed December 10, 2017 (German).
- ↑ dbe - projects. In: www.bernhard-ensemble.at. Retrieved July 26, 2016 .
- ↑ dbe - projects. In: www.bernhard-ensemble.at. Accessed December 31, 2016 .
- ↑ dbe - projects. Accessed December 10, 2017 (German).
- ↑ dbe - projects. Accessed December 10, 2017 (German).
- ↑ mindshout: KUH - a viennence film. In: www.vienzenz.com. Retrieved July 26, 2016 .
- ↑ mindshout: Potio - a viennence film. In: www.vienzenz.com. Retrieved July 26, 2016 .
- ↑ jhruzarecords: Julian & der Fux - Hin und Weg (Official Video). May 7, 2014, accessed July 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Security check required. In: www.facebook.com. Retrieved July 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Fabrique Records: LORETTA WHO - All Over Me (Official Video). September 8, 2015, accessed July 26, 2016 .
- ↑ LORETTA WHO. In: lorettawho.tumblr.com. Retrieved July 26, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Welz, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Welz, Michael Magnus Anton (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Skelleftea , Sweden |