Hans Weingartner (born 2 November 1977)[1] is an author, director and producer of films. Born in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg,[1] he attended the Austrian Association of Cinematography in Vienna and earned a diploma as a camera assistant. Later, he studied film at the Academy of Media Arts KHM in Cologne, Germany. He also has studied neuroscience at the University of Vienna and graduated from the neurosurgical department at the Free University of Berlin’s Steglitz Clinic.[2]