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Jessica Hausner
Vienna, Austria
Jessica Hausner (born 6 October 1972; Vienna) is an Austrian filmmaker. She received international attention in 2001 when her film Lovely Rita, a portrait of a young girl who feel…
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Jessica Hausner (born 6 October 1972; Vienna) is an Austrian filmmaker. She received international attention in 2001 when her film Lovely Rita, a portrait of a young girl who feels confined by family constraints, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Three years later she returned to Cannes with her film Hotel. Her 2014 film Amour Fou was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Jessica Hausner is the daughter of Viennese painter Rudolf Hausner, sister of costume designer Tanja Hausner and half sister of set designer and painter Xenia Hausner. She studied at Filmacademy Vienna. With fellow directors Barbara Albert and Antonin Svoboda and director of photography Martin Gschlacht, she founded the Viennese film production company coop99 in 1999. She was appointed a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2017.
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2024
Concrete Whisper
Movie Dramaturgy
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2023
Club Zero
Movie Writer
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2020
Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
Movie Herself
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2020
In Heaven's Meadow
Movie Consulting Producer
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2019
Little Joe
Movie Producer
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2017
Glitch Hotel
Movie Writer
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2016
Tomcat
Movie Story Editor
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2014
Amour Fou
Movie Screenplay
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2009
Lourdes
Movie Director
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2007
Reclaim Your Brain
Movie Producer
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2007
Forever Never Anywhere
Movie Producer
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2006
Toast
Movie Writer
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2006
The Mozart Minute
Movie Director
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2005
You Bet Your Life
Movie Producer
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2005
Sleeper
Movie Producer
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2004
Hotel
Movie Director
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2003
Kaltfront
Movie Casting Director
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2001
Lovely Rita
Movie Director
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2000
Fremde
Movie Assistant Director
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1999
Inter-View
Movie Director
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1997
Funny Games
Movie Script Editor
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1997
Ägypten
Movie Assistant Director
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1995
Flora
Movie Director
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1994
Kilometer 123,5
Movie Writer
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1993
I Want to Be a Butterfly Sometimes
Movie Editor
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1992
Anne
Movie Director
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1992
Ruths Geburtstag
Movie Editor
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1992
Mr. Mares
Movie Director
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Toxic
Movie Director
