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Ulrich Seidl

Known for directing · Born 24 November 1952 · 73 · Vienna, Austria

47 credits

Ulrich Maria Seidl is a director, screenwriter and producer. He does not consider himself a documentary filmmaker, but several of his films often blend fiction and nonfiction. He started his career with award-winning documentaries such as "Good News" (1990), "Animal Love (1995), and "Models" (1998). Seidl's first feature film "Dog Days" won the Special Jury Price at Venice Film Festival in 2001. "Import Export" (2007), the first film produce by his own company, was invited to the Cannes competition. So far Seidl has directed some 20 feature films, fictive or non fictive.

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Known for

Paradise: Love

2012

Paradise: Hope

2013

Paradise: Faith

2013

Import/Export

2007

Dog Days

2001

In the Basement

2014

Rimini

2022

Sparta

2022

Safari

2016

Goodnight Mommy

2015

Models

1999

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

Acting (4)

2020Cinema Austria, the first 112 YearsHimselfFilm
2014Ulrich Seidl - A Director at WorkHimselfFilm
2012SquareSelfSeries
1998Sternstunde KunstSelfSeries

Directing (28)

2026TableauxDirectorFilm
2023Wicked GamesDirector, WriterFilm
2022RiminiDirector, Screenplay, ProducerFilm
2016SafariDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
2013Paradise: HopeDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2013Paradise: FaithDirector, Screenplay, ProducerFilm
2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirectorFilm
2012Paradise: LoveDirector, Screenplay, ProducerFilm
2007Import/ExportDirector, Screenplay, ProducerFilm
2006The Mozart MinuteDirectorFilm
2006Brothers, Let Us Be MerryDirectorFilm
2005Jesus, You KnowDirector, WriterFilm
2002State of the NationDirectorFilm
2001Dog DaysDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1999ModelsDirector, WriterFilm
1998Fun Without LimitsDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1997The Bosom FriendDirector, WriterFilm
1996Animal LoveDirector, WriterFilm
1996Pictures at an ExhibitionDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1995The Last Real MenDirector, WriterFilm
1992Loss Is to Be ExpectedDirector, WriterFilm
1992Beware HadererDirector, WriterFilm
1990Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from ViennaDirector, WriterFilm
1989War in ViennaDirector, WriterFilm
1984Look 84Director, EditorFilm
1982The PromDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
1980One FourtyDirector, WriterFilm
—DistancesDirector, Screenplay, ProducerFilm

Production (12)

2024The Devil's BathExecutive ProducerFilm
2024MoonProducerFilm
2024Veni Vidi ViciProducerFilm
2022SunProducerFilm
2021LuziferProducerFilm
2020Running on EmptyCo-ProducerFilm
2019LillianProducerFilm
2019The Children of the DeadProducerFilm
2016Egon Schiele: Death and the MaidenCo-ProducerFilm
2015Goodnight MommyProducer, Unit ManagerFilm
2012KernProducerFilm
—SterneProducerFilm

Writing (3)

2022SpartaWriter, Producer, DirectorFilm
2014In the BasementWriter, Director, Producer, IdeaFilm
1988Old PeopleAuthorFilm