Rupert Henning

Rupert Henning ( Austrian Film Award 2011 )

Rupert Henning (born December 24, 1967 in Klagenfurt ) is an Austrian author and actor .

Life

In 1986 Henning graduated from high school. He then studied history and English at the University of Vienna . In addition to his studies, he also trained as an actor and director.

Henning has been working as an author since 1984, including for television and radio in various genres, and also as a translator. Since 1986, Henning has also worked as an actor and director for various stages (for example Theater in der Josefstadt , Theater Drachengasse , Graumann Theater, Studiobühne Villach, Schauspielensemble Wien).

In 2009, Rupert Henning founded the Academy of Austrian Films together with other Austrian filmmakers , and he is a member of the board.

Henning is married to the stage and film actress, presenter and former politician Mercedes Echerer .

Works

• Aligning - a principle of life - political cabaret together with Erwin Steinhauer , 2001
• Screenplay for the films in the Brothers Trilogy together with Uli Brée , 2002–2005
• Friendship - cabaret program (2004) and film (2006) about Austrian social democracy, author and actor
• In the Call of a Bird - Poetry Collection, 2004
• The 4 da - satire series on ORF , season 1 (2007) and season 2 (2008), author, director, actor
• Kebab with Everything (2011), author
• Dawn over Burma (2015), screenplay
• 2015: Tatort: ​​Grenzfall , author, director
• 2017: Tatort: ​​Schock (director and screenplay)
• 2017: Tatort: ​​Virus (screenplay)
• 2018: Landkrimi - Rollercoaster (screenplay)
• 2019: How I Learned to Be a Child with Myself (Director and Screenplay)
• 2019: Tatort: ​​One Way Ticket (Director and Screenplay)

Awards

Rupert Henning ( Romy 2008 )

• Austrian Youth Prize for Literature 1985
• Austrian Cabaret Prize 2004
• Literature Prize of the City of Villach
• Promotion award for the Kainz Medal for the 1999/2000 theater season
• Working grant from DRAVA-Verlag
• Romy in the categories "Best Screenplay" and "Best Comedy"
• Romy Awards 2017 - Award in the category Best Book TV Film for Tatort: ​​Schock

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rupert Henning: "I have a great crush on Eisner and Fellner". Standard, accessed January 21, 2017 . 
2. ^ Kurier: Hollywood Shine: The Winners of the ROMY Academy . Article dated April 20, 2017, accessed April 20, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Rupert Henning  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Rupert Henning in the catalog of the German National Library
• Rupert Henning in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• CV on orf.at ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )