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Film director

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, screenwriter

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 and producer

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 best known for writing and directing the 2007 film

2007 in film

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 South of Pico

South of Pico

South of Pico is a 2007 character-driven drama film written and directed by Ernst Gossner set in Los Angeles.-Plot:Four strangers witness an unimaginable tragedy and are catapulted into the defining moment of their lives...

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Background

Gossner grew up in Tirol and had his first stage appearance at the age of 15. After graduating from Business School in 1992, Gossner worked at various jobs before he turned to acting full time.

Within the next seven years Ernst appeared in many plays in Austria, Germany and Italy. He also wrote and directed several stage plays and made his short film debut FLUCHT. The film became an internet phenomenon and in 1999 Ernst was accepted to the Directing Program at the AFI Conservatory

AFI Conservatory

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 in Los Angeles. His AFI thesis film BAR TIME was one of only five AFI alumni films ever released on DVD by the American Film Institute

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Feature films

After graduating from AFI Conservatory Ernst founded his Los Angeles based company Vent Productions. His first feature South of Pico

South of Pico

South of Pico is a 2007 character-driven drama film written and directed by Ernst Gossner set in Los Angeles.-Plot:Four strangers witness an unimaginable tragedy and are catapulted into the defining moment of their lives...

 (SOP), a character driven drama co-developed with his long-time collaborator Richard Marcus was shot in Los Angeles and premiered at the 2007 American Black Film Festival where it won all three awards it was nominated for. South of Pico went on to win seven international Awards in the U.S., Europe and China.

Awards

• USA Film Festival
  • 2002 - Special Jury Award, Bar Time
• American Black Film Festival
  American Black Film Festival
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  • 2007 - Best Feature, South Of Pico
• American Black Film Festival
  American Black Film Festival
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  • 2007 - Red Star Award for Originality, Innovation and Vision, South Of Pico
• Pan-African Film Festival
  Pan-African Film Festival
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  • 2008 - Best First Feature, South Of Pico
• Drehbuchverband Austria (Writer's Guild)
  • 2008 - Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award, South Of Pico
• Innsbruck Film Festival
  • 2008 - Audience Award, South Of Pico
• Beijing Film Festival
  • 2008 - Best Feature, South Of Pico

Filmography

• Flucht (1997)
• Bar Time (2002)
• The Point (2002)
• Otto+Anna (2005)
• South of Pico
  South of Pico
  South of Pico is a 2007 character-driven drama film written and directed by Ernst Gossner set in Los Angeles.-Plot:Four strangers witness an unimaginable tragedy and are catapulted into the defining moment of their lives...
  
   (2007)
• Global Warning (2011)

Theater

• "Die Praesidentinnen" Tiroler Landestheater (1998)
• "Parzival," Bergfestspiele Seefeld, Austria (2002)
• "Elektrika," Winner European Union Grant (2005)

External links

• Ernst Gossner official website
• http://boxoffice.com/reviews/2007/10/south-of-pico.php/ first review calls South of Pico reminiscent of Crash, only better
• http://southofpico.com/South_of_Pico/News/Entries/2007/11/7_Director_Ernst_Gossner_on_Independent_Film_Channel_(IFC)_News.html/ Ernst Gossner about his win of the Heineken Red Star Award for Originality, Innovation and Vision
• http://wwww.filmering.at/content/view/3585/559/calls SOUTH OF PICO nothing short of the Masterpiece SHORT CUTS (German!)