Peter Brunner

Peter Brunner (b. 1983, Vienna) is one of Austria's most gifted young screenwriters and directors. He studied under Michael Haneke at the Filmacademy Vienna. He started out directing music videos and short films (e.g. Throat Kiss / Kehlenkuss, 2003; Scream Now, 2009), which were presented at IFFs around the world. And in Sickness of the Youth (2007), created with a fellow student, he took the main role. His writer-director debut came in 2013 with My Blind Heart (Mein blindes Herz), screened in competition at the Rotterdam festival. His third film, entitled We Are Sisyphos, is currently in the works. The first EP from his music project Cardiochaos, Poetic Terrorism, was released in 2012. The making of Those Who Fall Have Wings kept him busy as director, writer, and editor.

50. MFF Karlovy Vary