Ippolit Wischinsky (born April 20, 1963), known as Ip Wischin, is a
Russian/Austrian dramaturgist, director, screenwriter, composer and
business consultant, whose main work is about the basic principles of
film dramaturgy.Wischin started filmmaking in his early teens,
shooting Shorts and experimental movies on Super 8. Moving to New York
in 1981, he studied directing, producing and editing at the School of
Visual Arts and later assisted Miloš Forman (known for movies like
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus) at Columbia
University.After returning to Austria in 1985, he started working on
Totentriptychon, a variation on Fritz Lang's Destiny - Der müde Tod,
set in an endtime dystopia. At the same time, he worked as editor and
writer for the ORF - Austrian Broadcasting and the Bundesamt für
Eich- und Vermessungswesen or BEV (German for Federal Office of
Metrology and Surveying).Shortly after being ordained as Zen
Buddhist(Jukai), he was approached by Michael Glawogger to work on
Movies in the Mind(Kino im Kopf), an episodic film project, for which
Wischin wrote the episode "Die Momolosse". He also composed the music
and played the lead character.
Russian/Austrian dramaturgist, director, screenwriter, composer and
business consultant, whose main work is about the basic principles of
film dramaturgy.Wischin started filmmaking in his early teens,
shooting Shorts and experimental movies on Super 8. Moving to New York
in 1981, he studied directing, producing and editing at the School of
Visual Arts and later assisted Miloš Forman (known for movies like
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus) at Columbia
University.After returning to Austria in 1985, he started working on
Totentriptychon, a variation on Fritz Lang's Destiny - Der müde Tod,
set in an endtime dystopia. At the same time, he worked as editor and
writer for the ORF - Austrian Broadcasting and the Bundesamt für
Eich- und Vermessungswesen or BEV (German for Federal Office of
Metrology and Surveying).Shortly after being ordained as Zen
Buddhist(Jukai), he was approached by Michael Glawogger to work on
Movies in the Mind(Kino im Kopf), an episodic film project, for which
Wischin wrote the episode "Die Momolosse". He also composed the music
and played the lead character.
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