Andrea Maria Dusl

Andrea Maria Dusl (* August 12 1961 in Vienna) is an Austrian/Swedish film director, author and illustrator.

Between 1981 and 1985 the daughter of Austrian architect Erwin H. Dusl and Swedish captain's family Pettersson's descendant Monica Jüllig studied stage design at Vienna's Akademie der Bildenden Künste and promoted as Master of Arts. She worked as assistant stage designer at Vienna's Burgtheater, Akademietheater (under the direction of George Tabori), Theater an der Wien, Theater in der Josefstadt and Wiener Staatsoper. Between 1993 and 1997 she attended medical studies at Universität Wien (University of Vienna).

Since 1985 she writes and illustrates for Austrian newspapers and magazines. Her columns Comandantina Dusilova and Fragen Sie Frau Andrea ("Ask Miss Andrea"), published in Austria's weekly magazine Falter have many fans among urban and liberal readers.

In 2003 Falter published the paperback "Fragen Sie Frau Andrea". In 2007 Residenz Verlag published the book "Die österreischische Oberfläche" (The Austrian Surface). A novel, "Boboville" will be published in 2008 by Residenz Verlag.

In 2001 she shot her first feature film Blue Moon starring Austrian stand-up comedian Josef Hader, Ukrainian actress Viktoria Malektorovych and German helmer-actor Detlev Buck. Blue Moon premiered at the 2002 Locarno International Film Festival. Awards: (2003 Grand Prix for Best Austrian Film (Graz, Diagonale). 2003 Special Jury Prize (Lagów, Poland) and Variety Critic's Choice of Europe's 10 Best Films, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2004 Best Script (Graz, Diagonale)).

In 2006 she has hosted Redezeit, a monthly political discussion at Viennas "off-broadway"-theater Rabenhof.

Currently she is developing her next feature films Crazy Day, Dining Car and Channel 8 (selected by 2005 eQuinoxe Screenwriter's Workshop and by 2006 New Cinema Network at Rome Film Fest [http://www.romacinemafest.org site] ).

Films

*Around the World in Eighty Days (In Achtzig Tagen um die Welt), (1989/1991) (6 shorts)
*Blue Moon, (2002)
*Heavy Burschi, (2005) (short)
*Channel 8, (2007) (in development)
*Dining Car, (2007) (in development)
*Crazy Day, (2009) (in pre-production)

Books

*Fragen Sie Frau Andrea, 107 fantastische Kolumnen, 2003, Falter Verlag, Wien
*Die österreichische Oberfläche, Essays, 2007, Residenz Verlag, St. Pölten
*Boboville, novel, 2008, Residenz Verlag, St. Pölten

External links

* [http://www.comandantina.com Andrea Maria Dusl's blog www.comandantina.com]
* [http://www.redezeit.at Andrea Maria Dusl's Redezeit]
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