Ruth Mader
Ruth Mader (born July 11, 1974 in Vienna ) is an Austrian film director , author and producer .
Life
Mader studied directing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and then worked as an assistant director and in the casting department. Her film Gfrasta won the Max Ophüls Prize in the short film category in 1999. Her next short film Zero Deficit brought her an invitation to the 2001 Cannes Film Festival , where it was shown in the official selection of the Cinéfondation. Her first feature film Struggle was again included in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival and premiered in 2003 in the “ Un Certain Regard ” category .
Her episodic documentary What Is Love was shown at the Berlinale 2012 , her second feature film Life Guidance was invited to the 2017 Venice International Film Festival in the section Giornate degli Autori .
Filmography
- 1992: End of the line homeless
- 1994: kilometer 123.5
- 1997: Ready for What
- 1998: Gfrasta
- 2001: zero deficit
- 2003: Struggle
- 2017: Life Guidance
Awards
- CIPPUTI Award (Competition Torino Film Festival )
- Best Script, Saarländische Rundfunk & ZDF Award ( Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize )
- FIPRESCI Prize ( Molodist Int. Film Festival , Kiev)
- Best Cinematography ( Diagonale , Austria)
- Jury Prize ("Food in Film" Festival, Italy)
- Special Mention Jury (Festival Cinematografico dell'Umbria)
Web links
- Ruth Mader in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Salzburger Nachrichten: Venice Film Festival: Ruth Maders invited with "Life Guidance" . Article dated July 25, 2017, accessed July 25, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mader, Ruth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian film director, author and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |