Biography
Bernhard Hetzenauer was born in Innsbruck, Austria. He is a writer, film director and producer. He graduated from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and the University of Fine Arts Hamburg HFBK, where he obtained an MFA in Film with Wim Wenders and Pepe Danquart. He also studied documentary film in Buenos Aires and Gestalt therapy in Quito, Ecuador.
His films have been shown in more than 30 countries. For his work he received various awards and scholarships (e.g. DAAD, EMARE MEX/FONCA, Theodor Koerner Preis, Crossing Europe Innovative Award). His book ”Das Innen im Außen” (The Inside on the Outside), a philosophical-psychoanalytical essay on the gaze in Lacan and in Béla Tarr‘s cinema, was published by Alexander Verlag in Berlin and Cineteca Nacional/Universidad Nacional Autónoma UNAM in Mexico City. His second book “Faces of Athens” was published by Revolver Publishing Berlin.
He lives and works in Austria, Germany and Latin America.
Filmography
THE BIRTHMARK / EL LUNAR EN SU ESPALDA
MX, DK, NO, AT | 2019
OTHER SIDE OF LOVE
2018
LA SOMBRA DE UN DIOS
AT, DE, MX | 2017
FACES OF ATHENS
AT | 2017
EL BUEN VIVIR: SHAIRY QUIMBO
EC | 2013
AND THERE WAS FIRE IN THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
DE, AT, EC | 2013
CHEZ NOUS
DE, AT, BN | 2012
THE LETTERS
AT, DE | 2012
LO QUE QUEDÓ GUARDADO / WHAT REMAINED UNSPOKEN
AT, DE, MX | 2010
WHEN DID I STOP TELLING YOU MY DREAMS?
AT | 2007
TODOS NOS HACEMOS ILUSIONES / WE ALL HAVE ILLUSIONS
AT, EC | 2007