Otwin Biernat

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Otwin Biernat (2015)

Otwin Biernat (born December 3, 1981 in Graz , Styria) is an Austrian director , actor and filmmaker .

Life

Biernat completed an acting education and worked as an acting and phonetics lecturer as well as an actor and director in several theater productions. After appearances in Austria and Germany, including in the Hamburger Kammerspiele , Biernat moved to Berlin in 2009. There, together with other actors and directors, he founded “Theatrum Berlin”, an international theater group initiated by Sascha Weipert ( teAtrum VII ). Biernat played in 2010 at the Theaterforum Kreuzberg in Romeo and Juliet under the direction of Joachim Stargard .

Biernat wrote and produced short films. With the actress Anna-Sophie Brandstetter, he founded the film group “Peggy Sue Production” in 2010 for the production of short films and music videos, for which he works as a director, actor, editor and producer. As a contribution to the 99Fire Films Award 2011, they shot the short film Codeword Mr. Bean , which was shown at the Berlinale . In the same year, Biernat worked for "Peggy Sue Production" as a director and cameraman with the actress Eva-Maria Kurz on the film Essen is human .

Biernat worked as editor for the Al Jazeera channel from 2011 to 2014 . In 2011 he was also involved in the Deep View project, a documentary about electronic music in Hungary. In 2013 he was a co-producer of the feature film Homesick by director Jakob M. Erwa . Homesick was one of the entries at the 2015 Berlinale in the “Perspective German Cinema” category. He also founded his own experimental art platform “Without Confession”. He is a member of the music group “Egal” founded in 2014 and has guest appearances with the Graz band “Freaky Souls”. Since 2014 he has been back on stage as an actor.

In 2016, Biernat shot the feature film In the Eye of the Viewer - Point Of View , which he wrote and produced himself. In 2017 the film was screened at several festivals, including the Jagran Film Festival in India. The short film Macbetto was screened at the Italian Contemporary Film Festival in Canada and the Social World Film Festival. At the Art University of Foggia he is a lecturer for directing .

Trivia

Otwin Biernat is related to Arnold Schwarzenegger through the family on his mother's side .

Filmography (selection)

  • 2010: The Cowboy and the Villains
  • 2010: gut feeling (actor, co-director)
  • 2010: The Cowboy and the Villains Vol. 2
  • 2010: Lentil Stew (Director)
  • 2011: Codeword Mr. Bean (Director, Actor, Production)
  • 2011: Love in the Kitchen (Actor)
  • 2011: Alone in the Forest (Director, Production)
  • 2011: Sick Loved (Director, Production)
  • 2011: The Invisible (Actor)
  • 2012: The Cowboy and the Villains: Mother Death (Director)
  • 2012: 6 scenes (director, actor)
  • 2015: Homesick (production)
  • 2015: Underwater (actor)
  • 2016: 4get the Dance (Director)
  • 2017: In the eye of the beholder - Point Of View (Director, Production)
Otwin Biernat at the Jagran Film Festival 2017

honors and awards

As a director

As a producer

  • 2016: Best Picture - Eye On Films Competition, Kolobrzeg International Suspense Film Festival, Homesick
  • 2015: DFJW Prize Dialogue en perspective - Berlinale Homesick
  • 2015: Made in Germany - Perspective Award - Berlinale Homesick

As an actor

  • 2017: Award: Joint Winner Comedy Short, London X4 War Me - Flatmate

Web links

Commons : Otwin Biernat  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volkmar Draeger: Today's reading is bloody. In: New Germany. January 23, 2010, accessed on October 24, 2013 : "The most convincing performance of the evening is provided by Otwin Biernat, who gives Lorenzo, Count Capulet and Montague different contours."
  2. ^ Film ensemble. (No longer available online.) In: peggysue-production.com. Otwin Biernat, Anna-Sophie Brandstetter, archived from the original on October 10, 2014 ; Retrieved October 24, 2013 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.peggysue-production.com
  3. ↑ HomeSick - A film by Jakob M. Erwa In: homesick-film.de , accessed on November 6, 2017.
  4. ↑ http://otwin-biernat.at/pressemmeldung.html
  5. ↑ https://www.ilmattinodifoggia.it/news/focus/44915/l-accademia-di-belle-arti-e-leaving-fg-al-cinema-di-venezia.html
  6. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4556230/?ref_=tt_ov_drref
  7. ↑ https://pointofview-film.jimdofree.com/news/
  8. ↑ https://www.otwin.info/press/
  9. ↑ https://aspetos.com/at/parten/steiermark/weiz/franz-schwarzenegger
  10. ↑ Elena Kovalenko (L'infini) - Underwater. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Otwin Biernat: 4get the dance. In: youtube.com. May 3, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
  12. ^ Napoli Cultural Classic. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
  13. ^ Kino Duel International Film Festival. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
  14. ^ Swindon Independent Film Festival. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
  15. ^ I Filmmaker International Film Festival. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
  16. ^ I Filmmaker International Film Festival. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
  17. ^ Headline International Film Festival. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
  18. ↑ FICMA. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
  19. ^ Antakya International Film Festival. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
  20. ^ Bucharest Film Awards. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
  21. ↑ 99FIRE-FILMS: Codeword Mr. Bean - short film by Alexander Schimpf, 3rd place Best Cinematography, 99Fire-Films-Award 2011. March 27, 2014, accessed on October 29, 2017 .
  22. ↑ a b Looking forward to “HomeSick”. In: gruene.at. The Greens, accessed October 13, 2015 .
  23. ↑ Wwcsff Film Festivals: Autumn 2017 - Flatmate - Joint Winner - Comedy short. In: facebook.com. Retrieved November 6, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Biernat, Otwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz , Styria