Barbara Albert

Barbara Albert was born on the 22^nd September 1970 in Vienna. She is an Austrian writer, film producer and a film director.

source of picture: www.coop99.at

Barbara Albert studied film making at the Wiener filmakademie. The first film that made her known to the larger population of the country was Nordrand that explained the reality of life of Yugoslavian children that resides in the city of Vienna.

She is the head of the production company of the country called Coop 99 together with Jessica Hausner and Antonin Svoboda.

Filmography

Ø  Fallen, 2006

Ø  Böse Zellen, 2003

Ø  Zur Lage, 2001

Ø  Lovely Rita, 2001

Ø  Nordrand, 1999

Ø  Somewhere else, 1998

Ø  Slidin‘ – alles bunt und wunderbar, 1998

Ø  Sonnenflecken, 1998

Ø  Die Frucht deines Leibes, 1993

Ø  Nachtschwalben, 1993

Prizes

Ø  Marcello Mastroianni Award (Best Young Actress) Venedig 1999

Ø  Wiener Filmpreis

Ø  Preis der FIPRESCI Jury (Viennale)

Ø  Best Feature Film (Stockholm)