Béla Baptiste
Directing · Director · Co-Producer · Second Assistant Director
Born Mar 17, 1988 · Berlin, Germany
Active 2005–present
Born in Berlin and raised in Paris in a theater family, he moved to Vienna and earned an MFA in Film Directing from the Filmakademie Wien, where Michael Haneke taught. He currently works between New York and Paris.
Filmography
Merge (2025) — Stanley (segment "Angst") · Writer · DirectorThe Obelisk (2026) — Director · Writer · ProducerWhat's in Your Bag? (2025) — Director · ProducerYou Deserve More! (2026) — Director · WriterThe Dutchman's Pipe — Director · WriterSilence (2016) — Dieter AlbrechtFirst Shift (2024) — Second Assistant DirectorProfilers: Gaze Into the Abyss (2014) — Dubbing (voice) (uncredited)Vienna Crime Squad (2005) — KirchnerThe Dead and the Living (2012) — EmileCopStories (2013) — KrimoDer Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren (2009) — HansAngst (2021) — Stanley · DirectorLilly Schönauer: Liebe mit Familienanschluss (2013) — Max GruberAfter Love (2015) — The HustlerConcrete Whisper (2024)Gonzo (2024) — Co-ProducerPercht (2018) — Director · ScreenplayFrühlings Erwachen (2012) — Director · EditorLa Langue — DirectorBy the Way — Director · Writer · ProducerI Watch Her Sleep (2017) — Director · WriterVanishing Point (2018) — Director · WriterPale as Ale (2019) — Director · Writer · Producer · Editor