Sandra Wollner (born 1983) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. She made her feature
directorial debut with ''The Impossible Picture'' (2016), and also directed and co-wrote ''
The Trouble with Being Born'' (2020).
Education and career
In 2012, Wollner began studying
documentary filmmaking at the
Film Academy Baden-Württemberg
The Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (German: ''Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg'') was founded in 1991 as a publicly funded film school in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Filmakademie is one of the most internationally renowned film sc ...
.
She has directed several
short films,
and directed her first feature film, ''The Impossible Picture'' (2016),
while still a student at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. ''The Impossible Picture'' garnered a number of awards,
including the German Film Critics' Award in 2019.
Wollner directed and co-wrote ''
The Trouble with Being Born'', which premiered at the
70th Berlin International Film Festival
The 70th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 20 February to 1 March 2020. It was the first under the leadership of new Berlin Film Festival heads, business administration director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director C ...
in 2020, as part of the festival's Encounters section.
The film received the Special Jury Award in that section.
References
External links
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Austrian women film directors
Austrian women screenwriters
People from Leoben
1983 births
Living people
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