Barbara Albert facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Barbara Albert
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| Nationality | Austrian |
| Occupation | Writer, director, and producer |
| Years active | 1991–present |
Barbara Albert was born in Vienna, Austria. She is a talented Austrian writer, film director, and film producer. This means she helps create movies from start to finish.
She went to the Wiener Filmakademie to study filmmaking. This is a special school where people learn how to make movies.
Her first movie that many people saw was called Nordrand. This film showed what life was like for children from Yugoslavia living in Vienna.
Barbara Albert also helps run a film production company called Coop 99. She works with other filmmakers like Jessica Hausner, Antonin Svoboda, and Martin Gschlacht. A production company helps make movies happen.
About Barbara Albert's Films
Barbara Albert's movies have been shown at big film festivals around the world. These festivals are special events where new movies are presented.
For example, Nordrand was shown at the Venice Film Festival in 1999. Her film Free Radical was at the Locarno Film Festival in 2003. And Mademoiselle Paradis was shown at the Toronto Film Festival in 2017.
Since 2024, Barbara Albert has been a professor at the Vienna Film Academy. She teaches students how to direct movies.
Her newest project is a TV series called Sleeping Swans. In 2024, this series won third place at the Series Mania Seriesmakers section. It also won a prize of €20,000. The story for the show was written by Ulrike Tony Vahl. Martina Haubrich produced the series.
What Films Has She Made?
Here are some of the films and series Barbara Albert has worked on:
- 2023: Sleeping Swans (a TV series)
- 2017: Mademoiselle Paradis
- 2006: Fallen
- 2003: Free Radicals
- 2001: Zur Lage
- 1999: Nordrand
- 1998: Somewhere else
- 1998: Slidin‘ – alles bunt und wunderbar
- 1998: Sonnenflecken
- 1993: Die Frucht deines Leibes
- 1993: Nachtschwalben
Awards She Has Won
Barbara Albert has won several important awards for her work:
- The "Marcello Mastroianni Award" for Best Young Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1999.
- The Wiener Filmpreis.
- The Preis der FIPRESCI Jury at the Viennale film festival.
- Best Feature Film at the Stockholm Film Festival.
See also
In Spanish: Barbara Albert para niños
