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| Born | 11 January 1961 (1961-01-11) (age 64) |
Götz Spielmann (born 11 January 1961) is an Austrian director and scriptwriter.
Spielmann was born inWels,Austria, and grew up inVienna. After High School, he lived inParis for several months. From 1980 to 1987 he studied film direction and script-writing in Vienna at theUniversity of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. At the Viennese Filmacadamy, his professors included Harald Zusanek andAxel Corti.
After making several short films, and receiving his diploma withVergiss Sneider!, with the dramaErwin und Julia, Spielmann had his first great success. In 1993, his filmDer Nachbar won theVienna Filmaward at theViennale. And in 1994, his film for televisionDieses naive Verlangen was awarded with theErich-Neuberg-Preis. In 2006, he was honored with theUpper Austrian Landeskulturpreis in the “Film” section.
Spielmann is one of the most important contemporary Austrian film directors. His filmsThe Stranger andAntares were the Austrian candidates for Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.Antares has been screened widely at more than thirty International Film Festivals.
Spielmann is on the committee of theVerband der Filmregisseure Österreichs (the Association of the Austrian film directors).
In the Linzer Kammerspiele (Linz,Upper Austria) he made his debut as theatre director with the performance of the playDer einsame Weg, written byArthur Schnitzler. For the season 2006/2007, he wrote his first play for the theatre, theLandestheater Linz,Imperium, which was first released on 5 January 2007 at the Linzer Kammerspiele.
In January 2009 Spielmann'sRevanche was nominated for anAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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| 1987 | Vergiss Snider! | Yes | Yes | |
| 1990 | Erwin und Julia | Yes | Yes | Nominated for Golden Leopard, 1991Locarno Film Festival |
| 1993 | Der Nachbar (1993) | Yes | Yes | |
| 1993 | Dieses naive Verlangen (1993) | Yes | Yes | |
| 1995 | *Loveable Lies | Yes | Yes | akaPretty Lies |
| 1996 | Fear of the Idyll (Die Angst vor der Idylle) | Yes | Yes | Die Angst vor der Idylle |
| 2000 | The Stranger | Yes | Yes | Die Fremde |
| 2001 | Spiel im Morgengrauen | Yes | Yes | |
| 2004 | Antares | Yes | Yes | Nominated for Golden Leopard, 2004Locarno Film Festival |
| 2008 | Revanche | Yes | Yes | Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film 2009Academy Awards |
| 2013 | October November | Yes | Yes | |
| 2019 | Südpol | No | Yes | TV Movie |
| 2022 | Der Schutzengel | Yes | Yes | TV Movie |
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