Leopold Lummerstorfer
Leopold Lummerstorfer ( * 1968 in Gramastetten, Austria ) is an Austrian screenwriter, film director and film producer.
Life and work
Lummerstorfer turned 19 years old his first feature film Rosa home. He studied anthropology and philosophy at the University of Vienna, worked in various professions such as a road worker, journalist, farm manager, district inspector and youth workers. In parallel, he shot a series of short films and documentaries, including The Dream That Remains, a film about the Viennese municipal trotting reasons, " the moves without much effort from the social study for gentle satire. A surprise hit for the home cinema, artistic value and in audience numbers and such a politically alert as amusing film. "
His films usually illuminate a social focal point, he, documentary or fictional, brings to the screen by analytical narrative structure. His feature film Yellow Cherries ( with Martin Puntigam, Josef Hader, Maria Hofstätter and others) became the hitherto most successful young filmmakers in Austrian cinema. His work has received numerous invitations to festivals ( for example, San Francisco, Sao Paolo, Saarbrücken, Istanbul, Paris ( Cinéma du reel ) ) and awards.
Leopold Lummerstorfer lives in Vienna, where he designed numerous editions of the ORF features broadcast without a name. The screenplay for his currently listed in production (as of November 2009) while stocks last he wrote with Martin Puntigam, performer include Maria Hofstätter and Harry Rowohlt.