Veronika Franz

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Veronika Franz (* 1965 in Vienna ) is an Austrian screenwriter and film director .

Life

Veronika Franz studied German and philosophy and worked as a film critic for the daily newspaper Kurier . As a longstanding artistic collaborator, she has been accompanying director and producer Ulrich Seidl since 1997 . She wrote with him and a. the scripts for Hundstage (2001), Import Export (2007), and the Paradise Trilogy (2012/2013). In 2003 Franz founded Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion GmbH together with Seidl.

She made her directorial debut in 2012 together with Severin Fiala , Ulrich Seidl's nephew, with a documentary about Peter Kern . In the film Ich seh Ich seh the two directed a feature film together for the first time, for which they also wrote the script. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and subsequently won multiple awards, including the “Melies d'or” for the best European genre film of 2015. Ich seh Ich seh was also broadcast as an Austrian contribution to the Oscar abroad . At the Austrian Film Prize 2016 she was awarded together with Fiala in the categories Best Director and Best Feature Film. A US remake of the film is in the making, produced by the Animal Kingdom production company ( It Follows , It Comes at Night ). The Lodge (with Riley Keogh, among others), the directing duo's first English-language feature film, was produced by Hammerfilm and Film Nation ( The Arrival ). It celebrated its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2019 . Franz and Fiala are currently working in Austria again: on the historical film Des Teufels Bad .

In June 2019, Franz was elected to the board of the Austrian Film Directorate Association . In 2020 she was appointed to the jury of the 77th Venice International Film Festival .

Awards and nominations

Filmography (selection)

  • 2001: Dog Days (screenplay)
  • 2003: Jesus You Know (screenplay)
  • 2007: Import Export (screenplay)
  • 2012: Paradies: Liebe (screenplay, artistic collaboration)
  • 2012: Kern (director and screenplay)
  • 2012: Paradies: Glaube (screenplay, artistic collaboration)
  • 2013: Paradise: Hope (screenplay, artistic collaboration)
  • 2014: In the basement (screenplay)
  • 2014: I see I see (director and screenplay)
  • 2016: Safari (screenplay)
  • 2018: Die Sünderinnen vom Höllfall (short film from the anthology The Field Guide to Evil , also Die Trud ; director and screenplay)
  • 2019: The Lodge (Director and Screenplay)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ulrich Seidl Film Production: Ich seh Ich seh . Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Courier: Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala . Issue 3/2015, accessed on November 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ That scare Hollywood. In: Wiener Zeitung . February 4, 2020, accessed February 14, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala: Austro-Horror, made in Hollywood. In: Kurier.at . April 16, 2016, accessed February 14, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Marshal Clemens: Filmmaker Severin Fiala on his work, the film academy and "Uncle" Ulrich Seidl. In: augustin.or.at. June 1, 2011, accessed February 14, 2020 .
  6. ↑ derStandard.at - Austrian Film Award: "I see, I see" big winner . Article from January 21, 2016, accessed on November 9, 2016.
  7. ^ Association of Austrian Film Directors: Board of Directors. In: austrian-directors.com. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
  8. ^ Austrian director Veronika Franz in the Venice Film Festival jury. In: Kurier.at . July 26, 2020, accessed July 26, 2020 .
  9. ↑ derStandard.at - Big Diagonale Feature Film Prize for "Ich seh Ich seh" . Article dated March 21, 2015, accessed November 9, 2016.
  10. ^ DerStandard.at - Viennale: Film award to "Ich seh Ich seh" . Article dated November 5, 2015, accessed November 9, 2016.
  11. ↑ Diagonale 2019 - "The sinners from Hellfall" - Oppressive morality . Article dated March 21, 2019, accessed March 22, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Franz, Veronika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian screenwriter and film director
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna