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{{short description|Austrian film director and screenwriter}}
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'''Stefan Ruzowitzky''' (born 25 December 1961) is an [[Austria]]n [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]].
'''Stefan Ruzowitzky''' is an Austrian [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]].


==Early life==
==Early life and education ==
Ruzowitzky was born in [[Vienna]]. He studied drama and history at the [[University of Vienna]] and started directing [[music video]]s, for example for [['N Sync]], and [[Television advertisement|commercial]]s.
Ruzowitzky was born in [[Vienna]]. He studied drama and history at the [[University of Vienna]] and started directing [[music video]]s, for example for [['N Sync]], and [[Television advertisement|commercial]]s.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}


==Movie career==
==Movie career==
In 1996, Ruzowitzky presented his first feature film, ''Tempo'', about a group of youths living in Vienna. He was subsequently awarded with the ''Max Ophüls Preis''. His next feature film, ''[[The Inheritors (1998 film)|The Inheritors]]'', set in the rural [[Mühlviertel]] in [[Upper Austria]], came out in 1998, and was awarded ''Best Picture'' at the [[Rotterdam]] [[International Film Festival Rotterdam|film festival]] as well as at the ''[[Flanders]] Film Festival''. It also got a prize at the [[Seminci|International Film Festival]] in [[Valladolid]].
In 1996, Ruzowitzky presented his first [[feature film]], ''Tempo'', about a group of youths living in Vienna. He was subsequently awarded with the ''Max Ophüls Preis''.


His next feature film, ''[[The Inheritors (1998 film)|The Inheritors]]'', set in the rural [[Mühlviertel]] in [[Upper Austria]], was released in 1998, and was awarded ''Best Picture'' at the [[International Film Festival Rotterdam]] as well as at the [[Film Fest Ghent|Flanders Film Festival]]. It also won a prize at the [[Seminci|International Film Festival]] in [[Valladolid]].
In 2000 he directed the successful [[Germany|German]] [[horror film]] ''[[Anatomy (film)|Anatomy]]'', starring [[Franka Potente]], and in 2003 the equally well received sequel ''[[Anatomy 2]]''. Between those two Ruzowitzky's first international co-production ''[[All the Queen's Men]]'' from 2001, starring [[Matt LeBlanc]] and [[Eddie Izzard]], was received poorly by both critics and viewers.


In 2000 he directed the successful German [[horror film]] ''[[Anatomy (film)|Anatomy]]'', starring [[Franka Potente]], and in 2003 the equally well-received sequel ''[[Anatomy 2]]''. Ruzowitzky's first international co-production, ''[[All the Queen's Men]]'' (2001), starring [[Matt LeBlanc]] and [[Eddie Izzard]], was received poorly by both critics and viewers.
In 2007 Ruzowitzky's ''[[The Counterfeiters (2007 film)|The Counterfeiters]]'' premiered at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] and was nominated for a ''Golden Bear'' award.<ref>[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19327 'The Demeter' Finally to Set Sail With Dracula Aboard?]</ref> The film is based on the memoirs of [[Adolf Burger]], a [[Jews|Jewish]] [[Slovakia|Slovak]] typographer and [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] survivor involved in [[Operation Bernhard]].<ref>Adolf Burger, ''Des Teufels Werkstatt. Die Geldfälscherwerkstatt im KZ Sachsenhausen.'' Hentrich & Hentrich: Teetz, 2004. ISBN 978-3-933471-80-2</ref> ''The Counterfeiters'', nominated on behalf of [[Cinema of Austria|Austrian cinema]], won the [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for Best Foreign Language Film at the [[80th Academy Awards]] on 24 February 2008.<ref>[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1204399645031 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards Database 2007 (80th)]</ref>


In 2007 Ruzowitzky's ''[[The Counterfeiters (2007 film)|The Counterfeiters]]'' premiered at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] and was nominated for a [[Golden Bear]].<ref>[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19327 'The Demeter' Finally to Set Sail With Dracula Aboard?]</ref> The film is based on the memories of [[Adolf Burger]], a [[Jews|Jewish]] Slovak typographer and [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] survivor involved in [[Operation Bernhard]].<ref>Adolf Burger, ''Des Teufels Werkstatt. Die Geldfälscherwerkstatt im KZ Sachsenhausen.'' Hentrich & Hentrich: Teetz, 2004. {{ISBN|978-3-933471-80-2}}</ref> ''The Counterfeiters'', nominated on behalf of [[Cinema of Austria|Austrian cinema]], won the [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for Best Foreign Language Film at the [[80th Academy Awards]] on 24 February 2008.<ref>[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1204399645031 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards Database 2007 (80th)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120707161621/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1204399645031 |date=2012-07-07 }}</ref>
He is currently working on the [[vampire]] [[horror film]] ''The Last Voyage of the Demeter'', which is based on [[Bram Stoker]]'s [[Dracula]] tale,<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ibe85493aa8b41330c2c47848d3da7413 'Counterfeiters' helmer eyes 'Demeter']</ref> and the [[psychological thriller]] ''Braincopy''.<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37556/anatomie-director-set-offer-up-a-braincopy Anatomie Director Set to Offer Up a Braincopy]</ref>


In 2013, he directed the 90-minute non-fiction drama ''Das radikal Böse'', which, by means of authentic letters and interviewing psychology, military, and history experts seeks to explain the mentality of "ordinary" members of [[Einsatzgruppen]] and [[Wehrmacht]] soldiers that carried out the Holocaust. It was mainly based upon [[Christopher Browning]]'s 1992 book ''Ordinary Men'', which assigns the efficiency of the German killing machinery to social mechanisms of conformism and peer pressure rather than racial hatred.
On May 2, 2014, Deadline Hollywood announced that Ruzowitzky will direct Screen Gems' action-thriller "Patient Zero" based off an original script by [[Mike Le]]. The film stars [[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]] and [[Natalie Dormer]].

His [[vampire]] horror film ''The Last Voyage of the Demeter'' is based on [[Bram Stoker]]'s [[Dracula]] tale,<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ibe85493aa8b41330c2c47848d3da7413 'Counterfeiters' helmer eyes 'Demeter']</ref> and the [[psychological thriller]] ''Braincopy''.<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37556/anatomie-director-set-offer-up-a-braincopy Anatomie Director Set to Offer Up a Braincopy]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/german-austrian-film-industry-antisemitism-letter-1235791235/|title=Over 800 German and Austrian Film Industry Professionals Sign Letter Against Antisemitism: ‘We Stand Unreservedly in Solidarity With All Jews’|publisher=Variety}}</ref>

On 2 May 2014, ''Deadline Hollywood'' announced that Ruzowitzky would direct Screen Gems' action-thriller ''[[Patient Zero (film)|Patient Zero]]'' based on an original script by [[Mike Le]]. The film stars [[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]] and [[Natalie Dormer]].


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
[[Image:Viennale 2009, opening (04) Karl Markovics, Stefan Ruzowitzky.jpg|thumb|220px|Ruzowitzky with [[Karl Markovics]] at the [[Viennale]], Vienna 2009]]
[[Image:Viennale 2009, opening (04) Karl Markovics, Stefan Ruzowitzky.jpg|thumb|220px|Ruzowitzky with [[Karl Markovics]] at the [[Viennale]], Vienna 2009]]
*1996 – ''Tempo'' – writer & director
*1998 – ''[[The Inheritors (1998 film)|The Inheritors]]'' – writer & director
*2000 – ''[[Anatomy (film)|Anatomy]]'' – writer & director
*2001 – ''[[All the Queen's Men]]'' – director
*2003 – ''[[Anatomy 2]]'' – writer & director
*2007 – ''[[The Counterfeiters (2007 film)|The Counterfeiters]]'' – writer & director
*2009 – ''[[Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book]]'' – writer & director
*2012 – ''[[Deadfall (2012 film)|Deadfall]]'' – director


{| class="wikitable"
==Oscar==
! Year
*2008 – ''[[The Counterfeiters (2007 film)|The Counterfeiters]]'' for Best Foreign Language Film (won)
! Title
! Director
! Writer
|-
| 1996
| ''Tempo''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The Inheritors (1998 film)|The Inheritors]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Anatomy (film)|Anatomy]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2001
| ''[[All the Queen's Men]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Anatomy 2]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Counterfeiters (2007 film)|The Counterfeiters]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Deadfall (2012 film)|Deadfall]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2013
| ''Radical Evil''<ref>[https://www.filmplatform.net/product/radical-evil/ Radical Evil | Film Platform]</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Macnab | first=Geoffrey | title=Radical Evil: Film that nobody wants to see | website=The Independent | date=5 January 2015 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/radical-evil-the-film-that-nobody-wants-to-see-9959093.html | access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Cold Hell]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Patient Zero (film)|Patient Zero]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2019
| ''8 Tage''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Narcissus and Goldmund (film)|Narcissus and Goldmund]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Hinterland (2021 film)|Hinterland]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|}

==Awards ==
*1998 - ''[[The Inheritors (1998 film)|The Inheritors]]'', Grand Prix at the 1998 edition of [[Film Fest Gent]]
*2007 – ''[[The Counterfeiters (2007 film)|The Counterfeiters]]'', Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
*2007 - ''[[The Counterfeiters (2007 film)|The Counterfeiters]]'', Grand Prix at the 2007 edition of [[Film Fest Gent]]


==Opera==
==Opera==
In 2010, Ruzowitzky directed his first opera production, ''[[Der Freischütz]]'', for Vienna's [[Theater an der Wien]]. The cast included his ''Counterfeiters''-star [[Karl Markovics]] in the non-singing role of ''Samiel'', the production was conducted by [[Bertrand de Billy]].
In 2010, Ruzowitzky directed his first opera production, ''[[Der Freischütz]]'', for Vienna's [[Theater an der Wien]]. The cast included his ''Counterfeiters'' star [[Karl Markovics]] in the non-singing role of ''Samiel''; the production was conducted by [[Bertrand de Billy]].


==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:50, 17 July 2024

Stefan Ruzowitzky
Stefan Ruzowitzky, 13 April 2008
Born (1961-12-25) 25 December 1961 (age 63)
Vienna, Austria
OccupationFilm director
Years active1996 – present
SpouseBirgit Sturm

Stefan Ruzowitzky is an Austrian film director and screenwriter.

Early life and education

[edit]

Ruzowitzky was born in Vienna. He studied drama and history at the University of Vienna and started directing music videos, for example for 'N Sync, and commercials.[citation needed]

Movie career

[edit]

In 1996, Ruzowitzky presented his first feature film, Tempo, about a group of youths living in Vienna. He was subsequently awarded with the Max Ophüls Preis.

His next feature film, The Inheritors, set in the rural Mühlviertel in Upper Austria, was released in 1998, and was awarded Best Picture at the International Film Festival Rotterdam as well as at the Flanders Film Festival. It also won a prize at the International Film Festival in Valladolid.

In 2000 he directed the successful German horror film Anatomy, starring Franka Potente, and in 2003 the equally well-received sequel Anatomy 2. Ruzowitzky's first international co-production, All the Queen's Men (2001), starring Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Izzard, was received poorly by both critics and viewers.

In 2007 Ruzowitzky's The Counterfeiters premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for a Golden Bear.[1] The film is based on the memories of Adolf Burger, a Jewish Slovak typographer and Holocaust survivor involved in Operation Bernhard.[2] The Counterfeiters, nominated on behalf of Austrian cinema, won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 80th Academy Awards on 24 February 2008.[3]

In 2013, he directed the 90-minute non-fiction drama Das radikal Böse, which, by means of authentic letters and interviewing psychology, military, and history experts seeks to explain the mentality of "ordinary" members of Einsatzgruppen and Wehrmacht soldiers that carried out the Holocaust. It was mainly based upon Christopher Browning's 1992 book Ordinary Men, which assigns the efficiency of the German killing machinery to social mechanisms of conformism and peer pressure rather than racial hatred.

His vampire horror film The Last Voyage of the Demeter is based on Bram Stoker's Dracula tale,[4] and the psychological thriller Braincopy.[5][6]

On 2 May 2014, Deadline Hollywood announced that Ruzowitzky would direct Screen Gems' action-thriller Patient Zero based on an original script by Mike Le. The film stars Matt Smith and Natalie Dormer.

Filmography

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Ruzowitzky with Karl Markovics at the Viennale, Vienna 2009
Year Title Director Writer
1996 Tempo Yes Yes
1998 The Inheritors Yes Yes
2000 Anatomy Yes Yes
2001 All the Queen's Men Yes No
2003 Anatomy 2 Yes Yes
2007 The Counterfeiters Yes Yes
2009 Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book Yes Yes
2012 Deadfall Yes No
2013 Radical Evil[7][8] Yes No
2017 Cold Hell Yes No
2018 Patient Zero Yes No
2019 8 Tage Yes No
2020 Narcissus and Goldmund Yes No
2021 Hinterland Yes No

Awards

[edit]

Opera

[edit]

In 2010, Ruzowitzky directed his first opera production, Der Freischütz, for Vienna's Theater an der Wien. The cast included his Counterfeiters star Karl Markovics in the non-singing role of Samiel; the production was conducted by Bertrand de Billy.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ 'The Demeter' Finally to Set Sail With Dracula Aboard?
  2. ^ Adolf Burger, Des Teufels Werkstatt. Die Geldfälscherwerkstatt im KZ Sachsenhausen. Hentrich & Hentrich: Teetz, 2004. ISBN 978-3-933471-80-2
  3. ^ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards Database 2007 (80th) Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today
  4. ^ 'Counterfeiters' helmer eyes 'Demeter'
  5. ^ Anatomie Director Set to Offer Up a Braincopy
  6. ^ "Over 800 German and Austrian Film Industry Professionals Sign Letter Against Antisemitism: 'We Stand Unreservedly in Solidarity With All Jews'". Variety.
  7. ^ Radical Evil | Film Platform
  8. ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (5 January 2015). "Radical Evil: Film that nobody wants to see". The Independent. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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