Andreas Gruber (born 2 November 1954) is an Austrian

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and director of both

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and

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. From 1974 to 1982 he studied screenwriting and directing at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

. In 1979 he was directing assistant to

Axel Corti Axel Corti (born ''Axel Fuhrmanns''; 7 May 1933 – 29 December 1993) was an Austrian screenwriter, film director and radio host. Life He was born in Paris. His father was a businessman of Austrian and Italian descent, his mother was from Berlin. ...

. In 2000 he won the

Golden Romy The Romy television award in honor of the German-born and naturalized French actress Romy Schneider, born in Vienna, was created in 1990 by the Austrian newspaper ''Kurier'' – or rather their movie reviewer Rudolf John, who also designed th ...

for best directing. His 2004 film '' Welcome Home'' was entered into the

27th Moscow International Film Festival The 27th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 26 July 2005. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film ''Dreaming of Space'' directed by Alexei Uchitel. Jury * Valentin Chernykh (Russia – Head of the Jury) * Nicola Pi ...

. He teaches at the

University of Television and Film Munich The University of Television and Film Munich (German: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, short: HFF Munich) is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. The school was established in 1966 by decree of the Bavarian government. T ...

, Germany.

Filmography

* 1983 ''Drinnen & draußen''. TV-Film. Screenplay and directing. * 1989 ''Schalom, General''. TV-Film. Screenplay and directing. * 1991 ''Erste Wahrnehmung''. TV-Film. Screenplay and directing. * 1994 '' Hasenjagd – Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen''. (English title: The Quality of Mercy) Screenplay and directing. * 2004 '' Welcome Home''. Film. Screenplay and directing.

Scouting

He was 20 years a member of the Scout group in

Wels Wels (; Central Bavarian: ''Wös'') is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of approximately 60,000, the eighth largest city in Austria. Geography Wels is in the H ...

. He also was a

Scout Leader A Scout leader or Scouter generally refers to the trained adult leader of a Scout unit. The terms used vary from country to country, over time, and with the type of unit. Roles There are many different roles a leader can fulfill depending on t ...

. He said that his time in Scouting was a very important time for him.

References

This article was originally a translation o
this version
of :de:Andreas Gruber in the German-language Wikipedia.

External links

*
Interview with Andreas Gruber by Bénédicte Prot
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gruber, Andreas 1954 births Living people Austrian film directors People from Wels Scouting and Guiding in Austria