Ulrich Seidl

Biography

Ulrich Maria Seidl is a director, screenwriter and producer. He does not consider himself a documentary filmmaker, but several of his films often blend fiction and nonfiction. He started his career with award-winning documentaries such as "Good News" (1990), "Animal Love (1995), and "Models" (1998). Seidl's first feature film "Dog Days" won the Special Jury Price at Venice Film Festival in 2001. "Import Export" (2007), the first film produce by his own company, was invited to the Cannes competition. So far Seidl has directed some 20 feature films, fictive or non fictive.

Directed

1. Paradise: Love (2012) — Director
2. Paradise: Faith (2013) — Director
3. Paradise: Hope (2013) — Director
4. Import/Export (2007) — Director
5. Dog Days (2001) — Director
6. In the Basement (2014) — Director
7. Rimini (2022) — Director
8. Sparta (2022) — Director
9. Safari (2016) — Director
10. Models (1999) — Director
11. Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) — Director
12. Animal Love (1996) — Director
13. Jesus, You Know (2005) — Director
14. One Fourty (1980) — Director
15. The Bosom Friend (1997) — Director
16. Loss Is to Be Expected (1992) — Director
17. Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna (1990) — Director
18. State of the Nation (2002) — Director
19. Pictures at an Exhibition (1996) — Director
20. The Last Real Men (1995) — Director
21. Fun Without Limits (1998) — Director
22. The Prom (1982) — Director
23. Wicked Games (2023) — Director
24. Look 84 (1984) — Director
25. The Mozart Minute (2006) — Director
26. War in Vienna (1989) — Director
27. Brothers, Let Us Be Merry (2006) — Director
28. Beware Haderer (1992) — Director
29. Distances — Director

Also appeared in

1. Kulturzeit (1995) — self
2. Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years (2020) — Himself
3. Ulrich Seidl - A Director at Work (2014) — Himself
4. Square (2012) — Self
5. Sternstunde Kunst (1998) — Self