Ruth Beckermann
Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1952 (age 74) · Vienna, Austria
The filmmaker and writer was born in Vienna, Austria. Her films include The Paper Bridge and East of War. Her film Those Who Go Those Who Stay won Best Documentary at the 2014 Diagonale in Graz. Two years later, The Dreamed Ones won Beat Feature Film at the same festival. The Waldheim Waltz received several prizes including the Glashütte Original – Documentary Award at the 2018 Berlinale and was also nominated as Austria’s entry for the Oscars. In 2022, MUTZENBACHER screened in the Encounters section of the Berlinale where it won the award for Best Film.
Known for
The Waldheim Waltz
October 4, 2018
Mutzenbacher
June 16, 2022
The Dreamed Ones
March 18, 2016
Toward Jerusalem
February 23, 1991
American Passages
March 31, 2011
A Fleeting Passage to the Orient
October 10, 1999
East of War
November 27, 1996
Return to Vienna
June 10, 1983
Homemad(e)
September 12, 2001
Those Who Go Those Who Stay
October 25, 2013
Zorro’s Bar Mitzvah
March 10, 2006
Arena Squatted
January 1, 1977
Behind the camera20
- 2026Wax & Gold Director, Writer, Producer
- 2024Favoriten Director, Producer, Writer
- 2022Mutzenbacher Director, Producer, Writer
- 2020Immer wieder Österreich Director
- 2018The Waldheim Waltz Director, Writer, Producer
- 2016The Dreamed Ones Director, Producer, Writer
- 2013Those Who Go Those Who Stay Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor
- 2012Jackson/Marker 4am Director, Producer, Script
- 2011American Passages Screenplay, Director
- 2006