Paulus Manker
Paulus Manker was born on the 25 th January 1958; he is an Austrian film director and an actor and also a screenplay writer and an author...
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Paulus Manker was born on the 25th January 1958; he is an
Austrian film director and an actor and also a screenplay writer and an author.
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Paulus Manker is seen as one of the best maverick
German-speaking actors of the country. He is also seen as a staggering
all-round talent on the cultural scene of the country.
Life
Paulus Manker is the son o the actress of the country called Hilde
Sochor and the son of the director of movies of the country called Gustav
Manker. He trained at the Max Reinhardt Drama School in the city of Vienna and
he studied acting and directing. Manker made his first appearance in the movie
of the country called Lemminge in the
year 1979. His first engagement
when he was in the drama school took him to the Burgtheatre in the city of
Vienna in the year 1979.
As an actor in the movie of the country, he first appeared in the movie
of the country called Lemmings in the year 1979 that was directed by Michael
Haneke, after which he acted the movie called Exit – Don't Panic in the year
1980 and then The Locked Out in the year 1982. He was given an invitation to
the Deutsches
Schauspielhaus in the city of Hamburg and he was a member of the ensemble from
the year 1986 to the year 1989. It was there that he for the first performed on
stage of the country and he took the leading role of anti-Semitic Jewish
philosopher called Otto Weininger in the play called Weininger's Last Night.
Paulus Manker worked as director in the movie of the country for the
first time in the year 1985 and his movie called Schmutz was showed in the year 1985 at the Cannes Film Festival in the Quinzaine
des Réalisateurs. He first worked as a director at the Volkstheatre in the city
of Vienna with Weiningers Nacht, and
he played the leading role in the play and it became the most famous role of
his career.
In the year 1990, Manker moved back to
the Burgtheatre under the leadership of Claus Peymann and he
took the role of Carlos in Clavigo.
His role as Shakespeare’s Richard III 1997 formed much discussion and
it was there that conflict came up with the theatre and the director of the
theatre called Dieter Dorn. He created the Alma-Widow of the four Arts at the
former Sanatorium
Purkersdorf with a writer from Israel called Joshua Sobol who became his most
important artistic partner. The two of them were the founders of the multimedia
musical about the pop star of the country called Falco.
Film
direction
Ø 1985
Schmutz
(Dirt) 1987 "Prize for the
best director" and "Special recommendation for the soundtrack", Ghent
/ 1986 "Premio para a primeira obra", Troia
1986
/ "Prix de la Commission Supérieure technique", Avoriaz
/ "Goldener Kader 1988", for cameraman Walter Kindler. Entered into
the 15th Moscow International Film
Festival.
Ø 1988
Weiningers Nacht (Weininger's Last Night) Austrian
entry for European Film Award 1990 / "Golden
Romy 1990" (Best director)
Ø 1992
Das Auge des Taifun (The Eye of the Typhoon) Documentary
about a performance of Erich Wonder and Heiner Müller
with German Rockband "Einstürzende Neubauten"
Ø 1995
Der Kopf des Mohren (The Moor's Head) based on a
screenplay by Michael Haneke, Fimfestival Cannes
1995 / Prize for Best Films Distribution (Brussesl 1995) Interfilm-Prize (Max
Ophüls Prize Saarbrücken) Opening film of the Salzburg Festival
1995 (Festival hall)
Ø 2004
Where Blade Runner meets Batman
- Downtown Los Angeles
Ø 2004
Die Seele brennt heut wieder sehr'
- Porträt Hilde Sochor (80)
Ø 2005
Mozart in America (Mozart Minute)
Films as an
actor (selection)
