Umut Dağ

Umut Dağ at the Austrian Film Award 2015

Umut Dağ (* 1982 in Vienna ) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter .

Life

Umut Dağ grew up as the eldest child of a Kurdish family of immigrants in the Brigittenau district of Vienna . After graduating from the Vienna Business School , he first studied international development, religious studies and education. Since 2006 he has been studying directing at the Vienna Film Academy with Peter Patzak and Michael Haneke . His first feature film “Kuma” premiered in the Berlinale section “Panorama ” in 2012 , followed two years later by “Cracks in Concrete”. For both films he developed the story with Petra Ladinigg, who then wrote the script. In 2015 he shot a crime scene episode in Constance .

In his private life he is in a relationship with the actress Martina Ebm .

Filmography

2008: News of Death (short film)
2010: Radioactive (short video)
2011: Papa (short film)
2012: Kuma (feature film)
2014: Cracks in Concrete (feature film)
2015: Copstories (TV series)
2016: Crime scene: Rebecca
2016: Country crime - final settlement
2017: The German Child (TV movie)
2018: Crime scene: Solstice
2019: Tatort: The Monster of Kassel

Awards (selection)

2011: First Steps Award for the best medium-length film for "Papa"
2012: Best film at the "Linea d'ombra" film festival in Salerno for "Kuma"
2012: Audience Award for best film at the Lecce International Film Festival
2012: Best Film at Saitama International Film Festival, Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
2012: Golden Goddess for the best director at the Pristina international film festival
2012: Golden Starfish Award for best film at the Hamptons International Film Festival
2012: Best film at the Toruń International Film Festival (TOFIFEST)
2014: Best film at the Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin
2018: German Director Award Metropolis in the category Best Director of TV Film for Das deutsche Kind

Web links

Commons : Umut Dağ - collection of images, videos and audio files

Umut Dağ in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Archived copy ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
↑ orf.at: Viennese director Umut Dag received the Metropolis directing award . Article dated November 5, 2018, accessed November 5, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Dağ, Umut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[1] Archived copy ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

[orf3094281-2] orf.at: Viennese director Umut Dag received the Metropolis directing award . Article dated November 5, 2018, accessed November 5, 2018.