Director
Ruth Beckermann
Born 1952 · Vienna, Austria
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. Two years later, The Dreamed Ones won Beat Feature Film at the same festival. The Waldheim Waltz received several prizes including the Glashütte Original – Documentary Award at the 2018 Berlinale and was also nominated as Austria’s entry for the Oscars. In 2022, MUTZENBACHER screened in the Encounters section of the Berlinale where it won the award for Best Film.
Directed
The Waldheim Waltz
Director · 2018
The Dreamed Ones
Director · 2016
East of War
Director · 1996
Homemad(e)
Director · 2001
The Paper Bridge
Director · 1987
Mutzenbacher
Director · 2022
A Fleeting Passage to the Orient
Director · 1999
Return to Vienna
Director · 1983
Toward Jerusalem
Director · 1991
American Passages
Director · 2011
Those Who Go Those Who Stay
Director · 2013
Zorro’s Bar Mitzvah
Director · 2006
Arena Squatted
Director · 1977
Favoriten
Director · 2024
The Mozart Minute
Director · 2006
The Steel Hammer Out There On the Grass
Director · 1981
Jackson/Marker 4am
Director · 2012
Suddenly, A Strike
Director · 1978
Acting
Writing
The Waldheim Waltz
Writer · 2018
The Dreamed Ones
Writer · 2016
East of War
Writer · 1996
Homemad(e)
Writer · 2001
The Paper Bridge
Writer · 1987
Mutzenbacher
Writer · 2022
A Fleeting Passage to the Orient
Writer · 1999
Return to Vienna
Writer · 1983
Toward Jerusalem
Writer · 1991
American Passages
Screenplay · 2011
Those Who Go Those Who Stay
Writer · 2013
Zorro’s Bar Mitzvah
Writer · 2006