Jessica Hausner

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Jessica Hausner
Jessica Hausner at the 66th Venice International Film Festival
Born (1972-10-06) 6 October 1972 (age 51)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1995-present

Jessica Hausner (born 6 October 1972) is an Austrian

Filmacademy Vienna
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Biography

Jessica Hausner is the daughter of Viennese painter

Filmacademy Vienna.[1] With fellow directors Barbara Albert and Antonin Svoboda and director of photography Martin Gschlacht, she founded the Viennese film production company coop99 in 1999.[2][3]

Her first films, a short Flora (1995) and diploma Inter-View (1999), were screened at several European film festivals.[3]

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.[4] At that time Austrian cinema was dominated by commercial comedies and the general public was prejudiced against auteur and genre cinema. Art-house, disturbing Lovely Rita became a breath of fresh air and revitalized Austrian film.[1] In 2002, Hausner was invited to join the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.[5]

In 2004, she returned to Cannes with her film Hotel,[6] a psychological horror inspired by David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, and Michael Haneke.[3][1][7]

For several years, Hausner stayed in Berlin and assisted Valeska Grisebach.[1] After this break, in 2009 she released Lourdes which is considered by many critics her best film.[3]

Her 2014 film Amour Fou was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[8]

Her next feature, Little Joe, became her English-language debut,[9] it was sold in 20 countries.[10] The film was selected in Competition at Cannes and brought the lead Emily Beecham the Best Actress award.[11]

Hausner was a jury member at 2011 Cannes in the Cinéfondation & Short Films section;[10] later, in 2016, she was a member of the jury for the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival,[12] while in 2021 she joined the main jury.[1]

She was appointed a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2017 which entitled her to vote at the Oscars.[1][2] In the same year, she was a special guest and mentor at Sarajevo Film Festival.[13]

As of 2023, Hausner is regarded as one of the most outstanding Austrian directors and holds a professorship at the Film Academy Vienna.

76th Cannes Film Festival.[14][15] The 29th Sarajevo Film Festival paid a tribute to Hausner with a retrospective of her features.[11]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Obermeier, Tobias (16 June 2023). "A mélange of irony and grotesque". Filmfest Munchen. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Academy Invites Record 774 New Members: 39 Percent Female and 30 Percent People of Color". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Gray, Carmen (10 January 2020). "Where to begin with Jessica Hausner". BFI. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Lovely Rita". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  5. ^ "24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Hotel". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  7. ^ von Dassanowsky & Speck 2011, p. 140-142.
  8. ^ "2014 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Jessica Hausner". Dali Film Festival. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Jessica Hausner". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  11. ^ a b "29th Sarajevo Film Festival will pay Tribute to Director Jessica Hausner". Sarajevo Times. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Un Certain Regard Jury 2016". Cannes Film Festival. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  13. ^ "Jessica Hausner – Filmmaker #23rdSFF". Fred. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  14. ^ Erbland, Kate (13 April 2023). "Cannes Breaks Its Own Record for Female Filmmakers in Competition (Again)". Indie Wire. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Jessica Hausner". Viennale. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

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