Curt Faudon

Curt M. Faudon ( born May 10, 1949 in Graz) is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and film producer.

He has lived since 1979 in Manhattan, New York and produces feature films and documentaries, primarily for the ORF as well as commercials for multinational companies. Faudon has won numerous international awards, including the 1st Prize and Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin, Monte Carlo, Chicago, New York, Monte Cantini, Sydney and Prague.

Filmography (selection)

  • Hugo Wolf (1976 ) Director; Documentary feature film with Oskar Werner as a composer Hugo Wolf; ORF, ZDF
  • George Orwell (1984 ) Director; Documentary feature film about the life of George Orwell; Book: Hilde Spiel; ORF, ZDF, RAI, SRG
  • Good News from Austria (1984 ) Director; Documentary on the Austrian export industry
  • Fanny von Arnstein (1985 ) Director; Feature film based on a book by Hilde Spiel; in the lead role Constanze Breitebner, ORF, ARD
  • Christmas with Willi (1985 ) Written and directed; Feature film, starring Paul Manker, Karin Kienzer, ORF, ZDF
  • On the snow a fire (1986 /87) Written and directed; Documentary ORF, ZDF
  • Land of Valleys, part 1-10 (1989-1991) Director; documentation ORF
  • Top Spot, Part 1-3 (1989-1991) TV show; Writer, director and producer; with Désirée Nosbusch, Philip Michael Thomas, Shirley Bassey
  • Melting Pot of Illusions, Part 1 & 2 ( 1992) Written and directed; TV documentary about the United States 500 years after Columbus, PBS channel 13
  • Mount of Olives (1990 ) Director, TV documentary, ORF, PBS
  • Loaves and Fishes (1991 ) Director, TV documentary, ORF, PBS
  • Nothing but reality (1989 ) Director, TV documentary based on a book by Hilde Spiel, ORF, ZDF, PBS
  • The refused tenderness (1986 ) Director; Feature film based on a book by H. Fink; ORF
  • Crosstown Sabbath / forced to unrest (1994 /95) Script, direction and production; Docu-drama based on a book by Frederic Morton, ORF, PBS, Channel 13
  • Death Run (1997/1998) Written and directed; Movies with Rupert Frazer, Francois -Eric Gendron, Alexander Peskov, Thomas Heinze, Jerry Cala; Sat.1, BAVARIA, ORF
  • Flames of Hell ( 1999) co-author and director; Movies with Heino Ferch, Natalia Wörner, Axel Milberg: Kirch Group, SAT 1, ORF
  • Trivial Pursuit ( 2000) co-author and director; Movies with Tobias Moretti, Jule Ronstedt, Thomas Heinze, SAT 1
  • Tattoo ( 2000) co-author and director, feature film with Tobias Moretti, Katja Weitz Boeck, Ben Sadler, Gudrun Landgrebe, Erwin Steinhauer: Sat.1, Kirch Group, ORF, Vienna Film Commission
  • Universe Styrian Tuscany ( 2000) Written, directed and production; documentation ORF
  • Tirol Universe - Life in the Highlands (2001) Written, directed and production; Documentation ORF, Faudon Movies
  • Deadly Diversion (2004) co-wrote and directed; Feature film, EPO film, ORF, Towers Production London, Cine Carinthia; Ken Duken, Sebastian Koch, Eva Hassman, August Schmoelzer, Rosie Alvarez
  • Universe Carinthia - Life on the Water (2002/2003) Written and directed by, Producer: ORF - cine, Culture Carinthia, Faudon Movies, WDR
  • Szczesny - The Film (2003/2004) Written, directed and production documentation
  • Austria Commercials Advertising
  • Discover the Joy - Austria (2002/2003) promotional film. Got first prizes at film festivals in New York, Los Angeles, Carlsbad, ITB Berlin 2003, and Grand Prix CITF as the best promotional film worldwide in 2003
  • Deadly Detour (2004) Thriller.
  • Universe Central Park New York (2004/2005) Written, directed, production, ORF, WDR, Faudon Movies
  • The End of Something. Ernest Hemingway (2004/2005) co-wrote and directed;
  • "Silk Road " (2007 /2008). Film about the Vienna Boys' Choir - Director
Sydney Film Festival Paulus Manker Docudrama Integrated Authority File
210184
de