Julian Roman Pölsler (born 1954) is an Austrian film director,
theatre director, and screenwriter. Pölsler was born on the Kreuzberg
mountain above the village of Sankt Lorenzen im Paltental in Styria,
Austria. He studied film directing and production at the University of
Music and Performing in Vienna. He also studied directing and
dramaturgy at the Institute for Cultural Management in the Max
Reinhardt Seminar, after which he worked as an assistant director to
Axel Corti.In 1982, he began directing television films and operas.
Since 2003, Pölsler has held teaching positions in the drama
department at the Konservatorium Wien and in the computer science and
media department at the Vienna University of Technology. In 2006, he
became theatre director at Klosterneuburg. Pölsler lives and works in
Vienna and Munich. His most recent feature film The Wall won the Prize
of the Ecumenical Jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in
2012, and was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign
Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.
theatre director, and screenwriter. Pölsler was born on the Kreuzberg
mountain above the village of Sankt Lorenzen im Paltental in Styria,
Austria. He studied film directing and production at the University of
Music and Performing in Vienna. He also studied directing and
dramaturgy at the Institute for Cultural Management in the Max
Reinhardt Seminar, after which he worked as an assistant director to
Axel Corti.In 1982, he began directing television films and operas.
Since 2003, Pölsler has held teaching positions in the drama
department at the Konservatorium Wien and in the computer science and
media department at the Vienna University of Technology. In 2006, he
became theatre director at Klosterneuburg. Pölsler lives and works in
Vienna and Munich. His most recent feature film The Wall won the Prize
of the Ecumenical Jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in
2012, and was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign
Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.
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