Andrea Maria Dusl

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Andrea Maria Dusl (* August 12, 1961 in Vienna) is an Austrian/Swedish film director, author and illustrator.

Between 1981 and 1985 the daughter of Austrian architect Erwin H. Dusl and Swedish captain's family Pettersson's descendant Monica Jüllig studied stage design at Vienna's Akademie der Bildenden Künste and promoted as Master of Arts. She worked as assistant stage designer at Vienna's Burgtheater, Akademietheater (under the direction of George Tabori), Theater an der Wien, Theater in der Josefstadt and Wiener Staatsoper. Between 1993 and 1997 she attended medical studies at Universität Wien (University of Vienna).

Since 1985 she writes and illustrates for Austrian newspapers and magazines. Her columns Comandantina Dusilova and Fragen Sie Frau Andrea ("Ask Miss Andrea"), published in Austria's weekly magazine Falter have many fans among urban and liberal readers.

In 2003 Falter publishes the paperback Fragen Sie Frau Andrea.

In 2001 she shoots her first feature film Blue Moon starring Austrian stand-up comedian Josef Hader, Ukrainian actress Viktoria Malektorovych and German helmer-actor Detlev Buck. Blue Moon premieres at the 2002 Locarno International Film Festival. Awards: (2003 Grand Prix for Best Austrian Film (Graz, Diagonale). 2003 Special Jury Prize (Lagów, Poland) and Variety Critic's Choice of Europe's 10 Best Films, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2004 Best Script (Graz, Diagonale)).

Since April 2006 she hosts Redezeit, a monthly political discussion at Viennas "off-broadway"-theater Rabenhof.

Currently she is developing her next feature films Dining Car and Channel 8 (selected by 2005 eQuinoxe Screenwriter's Workshop and by 2006 New Cinema Network at Rome Film Fest [site]).

[edit] Films

Around the World in Eighty Days (In Achtzig Tagen um die Welt), (1989/1991) (6 shorts)
Blue Moon, (2002)
Heavy Burschi, (2005) (short)
Channel 8, (2007) (in pre-production)
Dining Car, (2007) (in pre-production)