Veronika Franz | |
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| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) Vienna, Austria |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
Severin Fiala | |
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| Born | 1985 (age 38–39) Horn, Austria |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
Veronika Franz (born 1965) and Severin Fiala (born 1985) are an Austrian filmmaking duo. Franz is a long time partner and Fiala the nephew of filmmaker Ulrich Seidl. Franz, a former film journalist, began her film career co-writing with Seidl. Franz and Fiala began their creative partnership writing and directing Kern (2012), a documentary about the actor Peter Kern. They went on to gain international notice for their feature debut, the German-language psychological horror film Goodnight Mommy (2014), which was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.