Götz Spielmann

Director, Writer, Producer, Actor

January 11, 1961 (65 years)
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Götz Spielmann (born January 11, 1961 in Wels, Austria) is an Austrian director and scriptwriter.

Götz Spielmann grew up in Vienna. After High School, he lived in Paris for several months. From 1980 to 1987 he studied film direction and script-writing in Vienna at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. At the Viennese Filmacadamy, his professors included Harald Zusanek and Axel Corti.

After making several short films, and receiving his diploma with Vergiss Sneider!, with the drama Erwin und Julia, Spielmann had his first great success. In 1993, his film Der Nachbar won the Vienna Filmaward at the Viennale. And in 1994, his film for television Dieses naive Verlangen was awarded with the Erich-Neuberg-Preis. In 2006, he was honored with the Upper Austrian Landeskulturpreis in the “Film” section.

Spielmann is one of the most important contemporary Austrian Film directors. His films The Stranger and Antares 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 the Verband 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 play Der einsame Weg, written by Arthur Schnitzler. For the season 2006/2007, he wrote his first play for the theatre, the Landestheatre Linz, Imperium, which was first released on January 5, 2007 at the Linzer Kammerspiele.

In January 2009 Spielmann's Revanche was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Antares
    Antares2004

Known For

  • Revanche
    Revanche2008
  • Antares
    Antares2004
  • October November
    October November2013
  • The Guardian Angel
    The Guardian Angel2022
  • The Neighbour
    The Neighbour1992
  • Foreign Land
    Foreign Land1984
  • The Stranger
    The Stranger2000
  • Südpol
    Südpol2019

Filmography

2022
2013
Oktober November · as Screenplay
2008
Revanche · as Screenplay
2004
AntaresOn Plex
2001
2000
1992
1984

2003
Annas Heimkehr · as Friedrich Goldberg
2001
Uprising · as Ss Officer In Railway Yard
2001
Spiel im Morgengrauen · as Otto Von Bogner
1999
1989

2007

2019
Südpol · as Idea
2001
Spiel im Morgengrauen · as Art Direction