Ruth Beckermann
Austria's Grand Dame of political cinema and her films
Ruth Beckermann is one of the most important Austrian filmmakers of the present day.
She was born in Vienna in 1952 as the daughter of two Holocaust survivors and also grew up in Austria's capital.
While studying journalism and art history, Beckermann spent time in Tel Aviv and New York. She completed her doctorate at the University of Vienna in 1977 and subsequently worked as a journalist. In 1977, she co-founded filmladen distribution in Vienna where she worked until 1985. From then on, she has been a freelance film-maker and writer.
Beckermann has been honoured with numerous international awards for her work. Her films revolve around work, migration, identities, and Jewishness both in Austria and elsewhere, and they often delve deep into the history of the present.
Picture credits Portrait of Ruth Beckermann: Lukas Beck
Ruth Beckermann
Austria's Grand Dame of political cinema and her films
Ruth Beckermann is one of the most important Austrian filmmakers of the present day.
She was born in Vienna in 1952 as the daughter of two Holocaust survivors and also grew up in Austria's capital.
While studying journalism and art history, Beckermann spent time in Tel Aviv and New York. She completed her doctorate at the University of Vienna in 1977 and subsequently worked as a journalist. In 1977, she co-founded filmladen distribution in Vienna where she worked until 1985. From then on, she has been a freelance film-maker and writer.
Beckermann has been honoured with numerous international awards for her work. Her films revolve around work, migration, identities, and Jewishness both in Austria and elsewhere, and they often delve deep into the history of the present.
Picture credits Portrait of Ruth Beckermann: Lukas Beck