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Paulus Manker
Born in Vienna
Director and actor
lives in Vienna and Hamburg

e-mail: paulus@manker.at

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Films
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)
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
2004   Where Blade Runner meets Batman - Downtown LA
2004   Die Seele brennt heut wieder sehr - Porträt Hilde Sochor (80)
2005  

Mozart in America (Mozart Minute)

 

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)
2009  Henri IV (Jo Baier)
2012  Tatort – Im Namen des Vaters (Lars Kraume)
2013  Die Seelen im Feuer (Urs Egger)
2015  Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer (Lars Kraume)
2017  Die Ketzerbraut (Hansjörg Thurn)
2020  Die Känguru-Chroniken (Dani Levy)
2022  Schächten (Thomas Roth)
2022  Der Pass (Christopher Schier)
 
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 to 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) Kronprinzenpalais Berlin
2007  Alma am Semmering (Joshua Sobol) Kurhaus
2009  Alma in Jerusalem
2008-2013  Alma in Vienna - Post- und Telegrafenamt
2011  Alma in Prague
 
Theatre work
1980 Burgtheater Vienna (Horst Zankl: "Komödie der Verführung")
1980 Vienna Festival Week (Hans Hollmann: "Die letzten Tage der Menschheit")
1981/82 Schauspiel Frankfurt (Arbeiten mit Johannes Schaaf, Horst Zankl,
Fritz Schediwy, B.K. Tragelehn)
1982 Thalia Theater Hamburg (Jean Genet: "Unter Aufsicht")
1984 Residenz-Theater Munich (Work with Peter Zadek "Builder Solness")
1986-1988 Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg (Work with Peter Zadek "Lulu", Michael Bogdanov "Julius Caesar" and Diter Giesing "Music")
1988 Deutsches Volkstheater Vienna ("Weiningers Last Night")
1990-1995 Burgtheater Vienna (work with Peter Zadek: «The Merchant of Venice» and  Claus Peymann "Clavigo" and Cesare Lievi "Waiting for Godot")
1992 Berliner Ensemble (work with Peter Zadek: «The Merchant of Venice»)
1996/97 Kammerspiele Munich (work with Peter Zadek: «Alice in Wonderland» / «King Richard III»)
1998 Vienna Festival Week in Theater in der Josefstadt (work with Luc Bondy: «Figaro gets divorced")
2000 Schauspielhaus Hamburg (work with Peter Zadek: «Hamlet»)
2002 Burgtheater Vienna (work with Peter Zadek: «The Jew of Malta" and Dieter Giesing "Pancomedia")
2005 Schauspielhaus Bochum (Dieter Giesing: "Die Zeit und das Zimmer")