Robert Neumüller

Robert Neumüller (born January 5, 1959 in Zwettl-Niederösterreich ) is an Austrian cameraman , director and screenwriter .

Life

Robert Neumüller graduated from the Bundesrealgymnasium Krems , studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna . There he graduated in 1985 with a degree in camera, script and cultural management with unanimous distinction. From 1985 to 1993 he was employed as a production assistant at ORF . Since 1993 he has worked as a freelance cameraman for film and television and since 2001 also as a director and screenwriter.

He is married to Catrin Neumüller (née Wesemann) and has three sons, Georg (* 1991), Jakob (* 1997), Simon (* 2001).

job

Robert Neumüller has worked as a cameraman on over 200 projects, including feature films, television films, series and documentaries. From 2002 to 2013 he was a Scientific Advisory Board at Danube University Krems, the Austrian Film Gallery and since 2013 he has been a member of the board of trustees of the Otto Mauer Fund.

Portraits and documentaries from the fields of culture, history, contemporary history and religion form the focus of his work today, mostly in the combination of script, camera and direction. His clients include ORF, arte, ARD, ZDF, 3-sat. He has also edited a book for each of his films about Axel Corti and Joe Zawinul .

In 2016 he was awarded the Axel Corti Prize for his work , “for his touching portraits and moving historical documentaries” (the jury gave reasons).

Working as a cameraman (selection)

documentary

• 1992 “Hymn to Silence”, director: Johannes Fabrick
• 1993 "Wiener Lust", director: Christian Rischert (Bavarian TV Prize)
• 1994 “Land der Täler- Im Weinviertel”, director: Johannes Fabrick
• 1996 “The Wanderer - Franz Schubert”, directed by Mischa Scorer
• 1999/2000 "Wunderland" (3 episodes), director: Stefan Pichl
• 2001 "Italy - Land of Promise" (7 episodes), director: Christian Rischert
• 2003 “Lotus and Sword”, directed by Volker Großkopf and Herbert Fechter
• 2004 “At the mouth of the river: The monasteries Cocos, Saon and Letea”, director: Volker Schmidt
• 2005 “Sigmund Freud - Rejoice! Sigmund's Ways and Insights ”, directed by Otto Brusatti
• 2006 “Schlurf - Im Swing against the lock step”, directed by Wolfgang Beyer, Mona Ladurner
• 2006 “The Motesiczkys - Still Life with Cello Hound and Easel”, directed by Frederick Baker
• 2009 “Universum - The Wide Land”, directed by Alfred Vendl and Robert Neumüller
• 2009 “Terra X - The Curse of the Diamond”, director: Stephan Köster
• 2010 “The Dream of the Promised Land - Theodor Herzl and modern Israel”, director: Monika Czernin
• 2011 “The Great Journey”, director: Helmut Manninger
• 2012 “People killing” Director: Jonny Roth
• 2018 "Giuseppe Garibaldi - The Staged Rebel" Director: Martin Betz / Beverly Blankenship

series

• 2000/2001 "Julia - an unusual woman", season 3, director: Holger Barthel

Televised films

• 1996 "Bernhardiner and Katz", director: Johannes Fabrick
• 1998 "Shattered dreams - a love in chains", director: Johannes Fabrick
• 1998 “Lieselotte”, directed by Johannes Fabrick
• 1999 "The dog must go", directed by Beverly Blankenship

cinemamovies

• 1997 "Suzie Washington", director: Florian Flicker (Best Film Diagonale 1998, Birgit Doll Best Actress, Fort Lauderdale, 1998)
• 1998 "Beastie Girl", directed by Johannes Fabrick (Sabina Riedel best actress, Diagonale 1999)

Director and camera (selection)

• 2001 "In Stripes - The Painter Heinz Greissing "
• 2002 "The Stone Trail - Karl Prantl "
• 2003 "Were you Axel Corti?"
• 2005 " Elias Canetti - The Vienna Years"
• 2006 " Friedrich Cerha - I want to be able to fly like this too"
• 2007 "Bosnia-Herzegovina - A Miracle That Doesn't Shine", ("Balkan Express" - 10-part series)
• 2007 "In the Universe of Wine"
• 2008 "Temeswar.com", ("Balkan Express" - 10 part series)
• 2009 "Joe Zawinul's Earth Time"
• 2010 "How Franz Liszt became"
• 2011 " Mariss Jansons - Music is the language of heart and soul"
• 2012 " Adam's Peak - Between Heaven and Earth" (with Christoph Ransmayr )
• 2013 “Shadows of the Past - The Wr. Philharmonic under National Socialism "
• 2014 "The tumbling continent" - "The Vertigo Years" (3 parts based on the book of the same name by Philipp Blom )
• 2015 "St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna - The rebirth of a landmark"
• 2016 "Happy New Year - 75 Years New Year's Concert"
• 2016 "I am not important - Portrait of Elizabeth T. Spira "
• 2016 "On the trail of the secret - Brother David Steindl-Rast "
• 2017 “The Rhythm of Vienna”, intermission film New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic 2017
• 2018 "Bodo Janssen - Learning to love life"
• 2018 "Patricia Kopatchinskaja - Vivaldi, Vienna and Christmas"

editor

• 2003 " Axel Corti - Films, Texts and Companions", Weitra, Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz , ISBN 978-3-85252-541-9 .
• 2009 " Joe Zawinuls Earth Time", Weitra, Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, ISBN 978-3-85252-945-5 .

Prizes and awards

• 1985 Prize of the BM f. Science and Research
• 1992 "Goldener Kader" for Best Cinematography Documentary: "Hymne to Silence"
• 1994 "Goldener Kader" for Best Cinematography Documentary: "Land der Täler- Im Weinviertel"
• 2004 Nominated for the " Television Award for Adult Education ": "Were you Axel Corti?"
• 2006 Nominated for the "Television Award for Adult Education": "Friedrich Cerha - This is how I want to be able to fly too"
• 2008 "Erasmus - Euromedia Grand Award" for "Balkan Express"
• 2008 Oenovideo Festival-Paris: Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Foreign Language Film, Prix Vin-Santé de Vivre: “In the Universe of Wine”
• 2009 Nominated for the "Television Award for Adult Education" 2009: "Joe Zawinul's Earth Time"
• 2014 "EuroMedia Special Award" for "The Staggering Continent" - "The Vertigo Years"
• 2015 Romy for the best TV documentary, "The Staggering Continent" - "The Vertigo Years"
• 2016 Nominated for the "Television Award for Adult Education": "St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna - The rebirth of a landmark"
• 2016 Axel Corti Prize
• 2018 Prälat-Leopold-Ungar-Journalist -Award - Recognition Award TV
• 2019 "Silver Dolphin" Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards for "See you in Vienna, May 2020"

Web links

• Robert Neumüller in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Caritas and Raiffeisen award the Prälat Leopold Ungar Journalist Prize 2018 . OTS notification dated November 5, 2018, accessed November 5, 2018.