Paulus Manker

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Paulus Manker (*January 25, Vienna) is an Austrian director and actor.

1 Life
2 Film direction
3 Films / as an actor (selection)
4 Stage Direction

[edit] Life

Manker is the son of the actress Hilde Sochor and the director Gustav Manker. He was trained at the Max Reinhardt seminar in Vienna. As an actor in films he was seen for the first time in Lemminge (direction Michael Haneke) in 1979; since then he did numerous roles both film and theatre.

[edit] Film direction

1985 Schmutz (Dirt) 1987 "Prize for the best director" and "Special recommendation for the soundtrack", Ghent / 1986 "Premio para a primeira obra", Troia 1986 / "Prix de la Commission Supérieure technique", Avoriaz / "Goldener Kader 1988", for cameraman Walter Kindler
1988 Weiningers Nacht (Weininger's last night) Austrian entry for European Film Award 1990 / "Golden Romy 1990" (Best director)
1992 Das Auge des Taifun (The Eye of the Typhoon) Documentary about a performance of Erich Wonder and Heiner Müller with German Rockband "Einstürzende Neubauten"
1995 Der Kopf des Mohren (The Moor's Head) based on a screenplay by Michael Haneke, Fimfestival Cannes 1995 / Prize for Best Films Distribution (Brussesl 1995) Interfilm-Prize (Max Ophüls Prize Saarbrücken) Opening film of the Salzburg Festival 1995 (Festival hall)
1996 Hans Hollein - Everything is Architecture TV-documentary on the famous Austrian architect Hans Hollein
1997 Alma - The Widow of the 4 Arts (The life of Alma Mahler-Werfel)
2004 Where Blade Runner meets Batman - Downtown Los Angeles
2004 Die Seele brennt heut wieder sehr - Porträt Hilde Sochor (80)
2005 Mozart in America (Mozart Minute)

[edit] Films / as an actor (selection)

1979 Lemmings (Michael Haneke) 1980 Exit - don't Panic (Franz Novotny) 1982 The Locked-out (Franz Novotny) 1983 The Power of Emotions (Alexander Kluge) 1984 Who was Edgar Allan- (Michael Haneke) 1987 Undiscovered Country (Luc Bondy) 1988 Sternberg - Shooting Star (Niki List) 1988 My 20th Century (Ildiko Enydi) 1989 Weininger's last Night (Paulus Manker) 1990 Common Death (Michael Schottenberg) 1991 Murderous Decicion (Oliver Hirschbiegel) 1993 Die Sturzflieger (Peter F. Bringmann) 1994 Brother of Sleep (Joseph Vilsmaier) 1996 The Castle (Michael Haneke) 1997 Alma (Paulus Manker) 1999 Code Inconnu (Michael Haneke) 2000 Wambo (Jo Baier) 2002 Die schöne Braut in Schwarz (Carlo Rola) 2003 Polterabend (Julian Pölsler) 2004 Basta - Rotwein oder Todsein / C(r)ook (Pepe Dankwart) 2006 Slumming (Michael Glawogger)

[edit] Stage Direction

1988 Weininger's last Night (Joshua Sobol) Deutsches Volkstheater Vienna 1993 Liliom (Franz Molnar) Burgtheater Vienna 1995 The Father (Niklas Frank/Joshua Sobol) Vienna Festival Week 1996 The Threepenny Opera (Bertholt Brecht/Kurt Weill) Burgtheater Vienna 1996-2001 Alma - A Show Biz till the End (Joshua Sobol) Vienna Festival Week 2000 F@lco - A Cyber Show (Joshua Sobol) Ronacher Musical theatre Vienna 2002 Alma a Venezia (Joshua Sobol) Palazzo Zenobio Venedig 2003 Alma em Lisboa (Joshua Sobol) Convento dos Inglesinhos Lissabon 2003 iWitness (Joshua Sobol) Cameri theatre Tel Aviv 2004 Alma in Los Angeles (Joshua Sobol) LA Theatre Los Angeles 2006 Alma in Berlin (Joshua Sobol) Kronprinzen-Palais Berlin