Ulrich Seidl

Ulrich Seidl
Born (1952-11-24) 24 November 1952 (age 71)
Vienna,[1] Austria
OccupationFilm director
Years active1980–present
Websitehttp://www.ulrichseidl.at

Ulrich Maria Seidl (born 24 November 1952) is an Austrian film director, writer and producer. Among other awards, his film Dog Days won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice in 2001.

His 2012 film Paradise: Love competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3] The sequel Paradise: Faith won the Special Jury Prize at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.[4] The final part of the trilogy, Paradise: Hope, premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.[5][6]

  1. ^ Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder (September 2009). The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. p. 440. ISBN 978-0-85745-565-9.
  2. ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  3. ^ "Cannes Film Festival 2012 line-up announced". timeout. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  4. ^ "Official Awards of the 69th Venice Film Festival". labiennale. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
  5. ^ "First Films for the Competition and Berlinale Special". berlinale. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  6. ^ Simon Mraz (Austrian Cultural Forum Moscow). Program Austrian Cultural Season in Russia 2013/14. AustrianCulturalForum Moscow. p. 310. GGKEY:XE8SU7JWWQU.