(Actor and Director)

Born: 29.9.1962, in Innsbruck, Austria
From 1984 to 1995 he lived in Rome where he studied acting at the acting schools “La Scaletta” and “MTM” under the direction of G.B. Diotajuti and Lidia Biondi and Roberto della Casa.
From then he started to work as an actor mostly in Italy and as production manager. As an actor he worked with famous directors like Mario Monicelli, Franco Zeffirelli, Tinto Bras, Sergio Corbucci and Federico Fellini.
Back to Austria he produced 3 feature films for Delta Film:
"Die Virtuellen – The Virtuals", an Austrian - Italian Co-Production, 1996*
"Zwei Kinogesichter – Movie Faces", Austria 1998*
"DieSkrupellosen.com – TheUnscrupulous.com", Austria 2003*
* Several International Film Festivals like Shanghai, Mannheim Heidelberg, Fortalezza and Sao Paolo/Brasil, Kopenhagen, Arezzo/Italy, Nomination for the Princes Award 1999, Denmark
* Shown on TV in Italy and Germany Rai, Bayrischer Rundfunk, MDR
Director of short and feature films:
"Meine Tante Lydia – My aunt Lydia" – 2008, a Audiovisuelle Gedächtnis Produktion, 37 minutes official competition of Milan International Film Festival, International Film Festival Lessinia 2009, International Film Festival Pyongyang 2010, International Film Festival of Nations in Ebensee 2010 – winner of the Bronze Bear, 3 Nominations at Southampton International Film Festival Best Documentary, Best Direction in a Documentary, Best Photography in a Documentary
"Zersplitterte Nacht – 9. November 1938, als die Nacht am kältesten war" „Shattered Night - November 9th 1938, when the night was at its coldest“ - 2013, a Audiovisuelle Gedächtnis Produktion, 87 minutes Zagreb Jewish Film Festival – Festival of Tolerance 2014, Winner of Honorable Mention Award at International Film Awards Berlin 2014, Winner Best Editing Southampton International Film Festival 2016
"Die Zeitzeugen – Warum wir erzählen..." "The Eyewitnesses – Why we speak..." – 2015 a AVG Filmproduktion e.U., 22 minutes 2 nominations at Southampton Intern. Film Festival 2015, Ischia Film Festival 2016, Nomination Best Documentary at International Tour Film Festival Civitavecchia 2016
"3 Tage in Rom - 3 Days in Rome – 3 Giorni a Roma" a short documentary film 2016 a AVG Filmproduktion e.U, - „Short Film Corner“ International Film Festival Cannes 2016, American Documentary Film Festival 2017, River Film Festival Padua 2017, Best Directing Award at Southampton International Film Festival 2017, Goa Short Film Festival 2017, Pune Short Film Festival 2018, Love International Film Festival 2018, So Limitless and Free Film Festival 2018, Lovesick International Film Festival 2018, Switzerland International Film Festival 2018, Short and Sweet Film Festival 2019
"Otto Neururer – Hope through Darkness – Hoffnungsvolle Finsternis – una luce nelle tenebre"
feature 89 minutes 2019 – Winner best film at Vatican Film Festival – Mirabile Dictu, Southampton International Film Festival, Vero Beach Film Festival – Florida, Borderscene Film Festival – New Mexico, Hollywood Divine International Film Festival and many other awards and recognitions, shown on Austrian state TV ORF 2
"My Israeli Friend" a short documentary film 2021 - 21 minutes – based on a true story, Winner of the "Special Mention Award" at "24-th Religion Today Film Festival 2021" at Trento/Italyand "Best International Documentary" by Youth Jury at Asti International Film Festival/Italy. Shown in the Synagoge of Geneva/Switzerland on 9-th November 2022 as official commemorative film...
"Ride back to Freedom" feature documentary film 2022 – 101 minutes
First presentation at Venice Film Festival in September 2021, “Special Mention Award 2022” at 25. Religion Today Film Festival in Trient, Nomination for "Best Original Score" at the International Sound & Film Music Festival 2022 – Croatia, Finalist – Ferrara Film Festival 2022, Finalist – The Pigeon International Film Festival – Island, "Special Mention Award 2022" TV Premio Felix 2022 Film Festival – Milan, TV Premiere at ServusTV Austria and ServusTV Germany – Red Bull Groupe in 2023 www.ridebackto.com
"Ride back to Best Age" feature documentary 2024 - 89 minutes based on an idea by Hermann Weiskopf, Dr. Peter Mair and Kirsten Ossoinig www.ridebackto.com
Winner Audience Award – Best Film at Twelve Lions Film Festival – Lexington, Kentucky, USA 2024
Winner "Crystal Pine Award" for best original score in a documentary feature at International Sound & Film Music Festival in Samobor, Croatia
Finalist Best Documentary at Matera International Film Festival 2024, Italy