Ruth Beckermann
Directing · Director · Producer · Screenplay
Born Jan 1, 1952 · Vienna, Austria
Active 1977–present · Awards: Manès-Sperber-Preis, Austrian Film Award, Axel Corti Prize, Romy
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.
Filmography
The Waldheim Waltz (2018) — Director · Writer · ProducerThe Dreamed Ones (2016) — Director · Producer · WriterEast of War (1996) — Director · WriterHomemad(e) (2001) — Director · Director of Photography · WriterThe Paper Bridge (1987) — Director · WriterMutzenbacher (2022) — Director · Writer · ProducerA Fleeting Passage to the Orient (1999) — Director · WriterReturn to Vienna (1983) — Director · Editor · WriterToward Jerusalem (1991) — Director · WriterAmerican Passages (2011) — Director · ScreenplayThose Who Go Those Who Stay (2013) — Director · Writer · Editor · Director of PhotographyZorro’s Bar Mitzvah (2006) — Director · WriterArena Squatted (1977) — DirectorFavoriten (2024) — Director · Producer · WriterThe Mozart Minute (2006) — DirectorStrade perdute - Filmmaker 23 (2023)The Steel Hammer Out There On the Grass (1981) — DirectorJackson/Marker 4am (2012) — Director · Script · ProducerSuddenly, A Strike (1978) — DirectorImmer wieder Österreich (2020) — DirectorWAX & GOLD (2026) — Director