Stefan Ruzowitzky (born 25 December 1961) is an Austrian film director
and screenwriter.Ruzowitzky was born in Vienna. He studied drama and
history at the University of Vienna and started directing music
videos, for example for 'N Sync, and commercials.In 1996, Ruzowitzky
presented his first feature film, Tempo, about a group of youths
living in Vienna. He was subsequently awarded with the Max Ophüls
Preis. His next feature film, The Inheritors, set in the rural
Mühlviertel in Upper Austria, came out in 1998, and was awarded Best
Picture at the Rotterdam film festival as well as at the Flanders Film
Festival. It also got a prize at the International Film Festival in
Valladolid.In 2000 he directed the successful German horror film
Anatomy, starring Franka Potente, and in 2003 the equally well
received sequel Anatomy 2. Between those two Ruzowitzky's first
international co-production All the Queen's Men from 2001, starring
Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Izzard, was received poorly by both critics and
viewers.
and screenwriter.Ruzowitzky was born in Vienna. He studied drama and
history at the University of Vienna and started directing music
videos, for example for 'N Sync, and commercials.In 1996, Ruzowitzky
presented his first feature film, Tempo, about a group of youths
living in Vienna. He was subsequently awarded with the Max Ophüls
Preis. His next feature film, The Inheritors, set in the rural
Mühlviertel in Upper Austria, came out in 1998, and was awarded Best
Picture at the Rotterdam film festival as well as at the Flanders Film
Festival. It also got a prize at the International Film Festival in
Valladolid.In 2000 he directed the successful German horror film
Anatomy, starring Franka Potente, and in 2003 the equally well
received sequel Anatomy 2. Between those two Ruzowitzky's first
international co-production All the Queen's Men from 2001, starring
Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Izzard, was received poorly by both critics and
viewers.
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