Ulrich Maria Seidl (born 24 November 1952 in

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) is an

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film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr ...

, writer and producer. Among other awards, his film ''

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'' won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice in 2001. His 2012 film '' Paradise: Love'' competed for the

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at the

2012 Cannes Film Festival The 65th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012. Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the President of the Jury for the main competition and British actor Tim Roth was the President of the Jury for the Un Certain Regard sectio ...

. The sequel '' Paradise: Faith'' won the Special Jury Prize at the

69th Venice International Film Festival The 69th annual Venice International Film Festival, organized by Venice Biennale, took place at Venice Lido from 29 August to 8 September 2012. The festival opened with the Indian director Mira Nair's '' The Reluctant Fundamentalist'', and close ...

. The final part of the trilogy, '' Paradise: Hope'', premiered in competition at the

63rd Berlin International Film Festival The 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival took place in Berlin, Germany between 7 and 17 February 2013. Chinese film director Wong Kar-wai was announced as the President of the Jury and his film '' The Grandmaster'' was the opening fil ...

Biography

Seidl grew up in a

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family. Although at one point he wanted to become a

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, he studied journalism and drama at

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instead. Afterwards, he studied film-making at the Vienna Film Academy where he produced his first short, ''One-Forty''. Two years later he produced his first full-length film, ''The Ball''. His 2001 film ''

'' was shot over three years during the hottest days of summer. He is married to Veronika Franz, an Austrian filmmaker well known for her

psychological horror Psychological horror is a subgenre of horror and psychological fiction with a particular focus on mental, emotional, and psychological states to frighten, disturb, or unsettle its audience. The subgenre frequently overlaps with the related subge ...

features ''

Goodnight Mommy ''Goodnight Mommy'' (german: Ich seh, Ich seh , translation=I see, I see; UK: ''Goodnight Mummy'') is a 2014 Austrian psychological horror film, written and directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. The film stars Susanne Wuest and twin ac ...

(2014)'' and '' The Lodge (2019)'', which she both co-directed and co-wrote with their nephew Severin Fiala. In 2005 Seidl was a member of the jury at the

27th Moscow International Film Festival The 27th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 26 July 2005. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film ''Dreaming of Space'' directed by Alexei Uchitel. Jury * Valentin Chernykh (Russia – Head of the Jury) * Nicola ...

. He was scheduled to attend the 2014

Jerusalem Film Festival The Jerusalem Film Festival ( he, פסטיבל הקולנוע ירושלים, ar, مهرجان القدس السينمائي) is an international film festival held annually in Jerusalem, It was established in 1984 by the Director of the Jerusal ...

, but cancelled his visit due to the political tension in the region.

Style

Ulrich does not consider himself a documentary filmmaker, but several of his films often blend fiction and nonfiction. Several of his films are set in his home country, Austria.

Filmography

* 1980 ''One Forty'' (''Einsvierzig'') (short) * 1982 ''The Prom'' (''Der Ball'') (short) * 1990 ''Good News'' * 1992 ''

Losses to Be Expected Loss may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''Loss'' (Bass Communion album) (2006) * ''Loss'' (Mull Historical Society album) (2001) *"Loss", a song by God Is an Astronaut from their self-titled album (2008) * Losses "(Lil Tjay son ...

'' (''Mit Verlust ist zu rechnen'') * 1994 ''The Last Men'' (''Die letzten Männer'') (TV) * 1995 '' Animal Love'' (''Tierische Liebe'') * 1996 ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' (''Bilder einer Ausstellung'') (TV) * 1997 ''The Bosom Friend'' (''Der Busenfreund'') (TV) * 1998 ''Fun without Limits'' (''Spass ohne Grenzen'') (TV) * 1999 ''

Models A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a measure. Models c ...

'' * 2001 ''

'' (''Hundstage'') * 2002 ''State of the Nation'' (''Zur Lage'') * 2003 '' Jesus, You Know'' (''Jesus, Du weisst'') * 2004 ''Our Father'' (''Vater unser'') (filmed stage play) * 2006 ''Brothers, Let Us Be Merry'' (''Brüder, laßt uns lustig sein'') (short) * 2007 ''

Import/Export ''Import/Export'' is an Austrian drama film by the director Ulrich Seidl from 2007. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix - Golden Apricot reward at the Yerevan International Film Festival. The ...

'' * 2012 ''

Paradise trilogy ''Paradise'' (german: Paradies) is the collective name of three films directed by Ulrich Seidl: '' Paradise: Love'' (2012), '' Paradise: Faith'' (2012) and '' Paradise: Hope'' (2013). They focus on three women from one family; one of them travels ...

'' (''Paradies'') ** '' Paradise: Love'' (''Paradies: Liebe'') ** '' Paradise: Faith'' (''Paradies: Glaube'') ** '' Paradise: Hope'' (''Paradies: Hoffnung'') * 2014 ''

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'' (''Im Keller'') * 2016 ''

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'' * 2022 ''

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'' * 2022 ''

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Awards

* IDF Amsterdam Special Jury Prize - 1993 ''Loss Is to Be Expected'' * Sarajevo Audience Award - 1999 ''Models'' * Gijón Grand Prix Asturias - 2001 ''

'' * Venice Silver Lion - 2001 ''

'' * Karlovy Vary Best Feature Documentary - 2003 ''Jesus, You Know''

References

External links

Official website
* 1952 births German-language film directors Living people Austrian film directors Austrian screenwriters Austrian male screenwriters {{Austria-film-director-stub