Andreas Gruber is an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n screenwriter

Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

 and director of both television

Television director

A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...

 and film

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

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From 1974 to 1982 he studied screenwriting and directing at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

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In 1979 he was directing assistant to Axel Corti

Axel Corti

Axel Corti was an Austrian writer and director.- Life :...

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In 2000 he won the Golden Romy for best directing.

Teaches at the University of Television and Film (HFF) Munich, Germany.

Filmography

• 1983 Drinnen & draußen. TV-Film. Screenplay and directing.
• 1989 Schalom, General. TV-Film. Screenplay and directing.
• 1991 Erste Wahrnehmung. TV-Film. Screenplay and directing.
• 1994 Hasenjagd – Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen. (English title: The Quality of Mercy) Screenplay and directing.
• 2004 Welcome Home. Film. Screenplay and directing.

Scouting

He was 20 years a member of the Scout group

Scout Group

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 in Wels

Wels

Wels is the second largest city of the state of Upper Austria, located in the north of Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is not part of its surrounding Wels County , but a so-called Statutarstadt . However, Wels is the county seat of Wels-Land.- Geography :Wels is located in the...

. He also was a Scout Leader

Scout Leader

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. He said that his time in Scouting was a very important time for him.

External links

• Interview with Andreas Gruber by Bénédicte Prot