Person
Ruth Beckermann
Directing · Born 1952-01-01 · Vienna, Austria
Biography
The filmmaker and writer was born in Vienna, Austria. Her films include The Paper Bridge and East of War. Her film Those Who Go Those Who Stay won Best Documentary at the 2014 Diagonale in Graz. Two years later, The Dreamed Ones won Beat Feature Film at the same festival. The Waldheim Waltz received several prizes including the Glashütte Original – Documentary Award at the 2018 Berlinale and was also nominated as Austria’s entry for the Oscars. In 2022, MUTZENBACHER screened in the Encounters section of the Berlinale where it won the award for Best Film.
Known for
Club 2
Self
Return to Vienna
Director
The Dreamed Ones
Director
Homemad(e)
Director
Mutzenbacher
Self (voice)
The Waldheim Waltz
Director
Favoriten
Producer
American Passages
Director
East of War
Director
The Paper Bridge
Director
Filmography
- 2026WAX & GOLDDirector
- 2024FavoritenProducer
- 2023Strade perdute - Filmmaker 23
- 2022MutzenbacherSelf (voice)
- 2020Cinema Austria, the first 112 YearsHerself
- 2020Immer wieder ÖsterreichDirector
- 2018The Waldheim WaltzDirector
- 2016The Dreamed OnesDirector
- 2013Those Who Go Those Who StayWriter
- 2012Jackson/Marker 4amDirector
- 2011American PassagesDirector
- 2006Zorro’s Bar MitzvahDirector
- 2006The Mozart MinuteDirector
- 2001Homemad(e)Director
- 1999A Fleeting Passage to the OrientWriter
- 1996East of WarDirector
- 1991Toward JerusalemDirector
- 1987The Paper BridgeDirector
- 1983Return to ViennaDirector
- 1981The Steel Hammer Out There On the GrassDirector
- 1978Suddenly, A StrikeDirector
- 1977Arena SquattedDirector
- 1976Club 2Self
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