Markus Engel is a Berlin based Austrian Director and Writer. He is a Storyteller who focuses on challenging Actors to exceed their Potential. 

EDUCATION

1995/98 Master of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, USA

1991/94 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Claremont Colleges, Los Angeles, USA

FICTION FILM DIRECTING

2011 DER LETZTE GAST, Kurzspielfilm, HD, 15min

FESTIVALBETEILIGUNG:

* Max Ophuels Preis 2011, Saarbrücken, Germany

* PiFAN Puchon International Fantasic Film Festival, Seoul, Korea

2009 ZWEI PERSONEN FILM, short film, security cameras, 15min

2006 SZPARAGI Z KOSMOSU, short film, MiniDv, 15min

FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE:

* FILMZ, Festival of German Cinema in Mainz, Germany

* Shorts at Moonlight Film Festival 2007 in Höchst und Mainz, Germany

* 21st Brest European Short Film Festival 2006 in Brest, France

* Film tour Lublin/Warschau 2009 in Lublin and Warsaw, Poland

2005 SEVEN NEW PLAYS, animation, 7min

(Co-Director: Alexander Pschill)

FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE:

* Anifest4, Animation Film Festival 2006 in Budapest, Hungary

* 32nd Festival Internatcional Filmets 2006 in Barcelona, Spain

* Balkanima Animation Film Festival 2006 in Belgrad, Serbia

2004 KLEIDERSCHRÄNKE IM HERZEN, short film, MiniDv, 9min

FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE:

* Lucania Film Festival 2005 in Pisticci, Italy

* Short Express - Corti in Velocitá 2005 in Palinuro, Italy

BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR, short film, MiniDv, 7min

FESTIVAL AWARDS:

* Winner: "Best Ending", Berlin36 Film Festival 2004 in Berlin, Germany

2003 SCHATTEN, short film, MiniDv, 22min

FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE:

* 26th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2004 in Clermont-Ferrand, France

* 49th Cork Film Festival 2004 in Cork, Ireland

* KunstFilm Biennale 2004 in Köln, Germany

* Paris Tout Court Film Festival 2004 in Paris, France

* 18th Leeds International Film Festival 2004 in Leeds, England

* 11th Granada Film Festival 2004 in Granada, Spain

* Neuchâtel International Film Festival 2004, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland

* New York Short Film Festival 2004 in New York, USA

* 3rd RIFF, Rome Independent Film Festival 2004 in Rom, Italy

* 1st Potenza Film Festival 2004 in Potenza, Italy

BERLIN MIT HAUT UND HAAREN, short film, BetaSP, 7min

(Co-Director: Nayer Paknia)

FESTIVAL AWARDS:

* Winner, Berlin36 Film Festival 2003 in Berlin, Germany

05/2011

2002 NACHTSCHWIMMEN, short film, 35mm, 17min

FESTIVAL AWARDS:

* First prize European competition, Vendôme Film Festival 2002 in Vendôme, France

* Runner-up, Dances With Films 2002 in Los Angeles, USA

FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE:

* 3rd SentieroCorto 2002 - International Short Film Festival in Milan, Italy

* Taormina BLN Film Fest 2002 in Taormina, Italy

* 13th São Paulo International Short Film Festival 2002 in Sao Paulo, Brazil

* 7th Manchester International Short Film Festival 2002 in Manchester, England

* Corto Imola Festival 2002 in Imola, Italy

* Sevilla Festival of Cinema and Sport in Sevilla, Spain

* FIKE 2002 - Évora International Short Film Festival in Évora, Portugal

* 12th DaKINO International Film Festival 2002 in Bucharest, Romania

* 5th MVPA Annual Director's Cuts 2002 in Los Angeles, USA

* 5th Sarasota Film Festival 2003 in Sarasota, USA

* Filmschau Würzburg 2003 in Würzburg, Germany

* roARaTorio, Rencontres Internationales 2003, in Paris/Berlin, France/Germany

* DIAGONALE, Festival des oesterreichischen Films 2003 in Graz, Austria

* 2° International Best of Short Films Festivals 2003 in La Ciotat, France

* Las Vegas Blue Sky International Film Festival 2003 in Las Vegas, USA

* 1st Bratislava Selection of Best Short Films 2003 in Bratislava, Slovakia

* 1. Filmfest Eberswalde 2004 in Eberswalde, Germany

THEATER DIRECTING

2005 CLORIS UND SHELLY by Mayo Simon

ACUD Theater, Berlin, Germany

2004 EINE GESCHICHTE ÜBER EINE GESCHICHTE by Markus Engel

Dock 5, Vienna, Austria

1998 RED ROSES FOR MY LADY by Steven Levi

Cal Arts New Plays Festival '98, Los Angeles, USA

IT'S CALLED THE SUGAR PLUM by Isreal Horowitz

Tatum Theater, Los Angeles, USA

1997 THE MAN WHO .. FORTUNE COOKIE by Chris DeWan

Cal Arts New Plays Festival '97, Los Angeles, USA

IN A BAR OF A TOKYO HOTEL by Tennessee Williams

Coffeehouse Theater, Valencia, USA

1996 TALK TO ME LIKE THE RAIN by Tennessee Williams

DTVC Studio, Los Angeles, USA

COMMERCIALS / CORPORATE DIRECTING (Selection)

2011 XXXLUTZ, commercial

ARBEITERKAMMER ÖSTERREICH, commercial

2010 XXXLUTZ, commercial

RAIFFEISEN BANK, commercial

BERTELSMANN, corporate film

2009 PEARLE, commercial

TEEKANNE, commercial

AMA, 3 commercials

SCHAU HIN!, social spot

DEUTSCHE POST, corporate film

05/2011

2008 EON, commercial

ERSTE BANK, commercial

PEARLE, 3 commercials

SCHAU HIN!, social spot

2007 HERMES, 2 commercials

WIENER STÄDTISCHE VERSICHERUNG, corporate film

FRUFRU, commercial

RECHEIS, commercial

SAARBRÜCKER ZEITUNG, corporate film

2006 ZIUA, commercial for a Romanian Newspaper

FRUCADE, 3 commercials

2005 McDONALD’S AUSTRIA, 15 commercials

HILFSWERK AUSTRIA, social spot

TRIERISCHER VOLKSFREUND, corporate film

2004 WASSOLLWERDEN.DE, MTV social spots (co-directed)

HOLTZBRINCK VERLAGSGRUPPE, corporate film

MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTING (Selection)

PATRICK NUO, Welcome To My Little Island

BLACKMAIL, It Could Be Yours

KYAU VS. ALBERT, Save Me

THOMAS GOTTSCHALK, What Happened To Rock and Roll

SNAP, Gimme a Thrill

DJBOBO, Together

FALCO, Egoist

WRITING CREDITS

2006 EINE GESCHICHTE ÜBER EINE GESCHICHTE, theater play

staged at the WUK, Vienna Austria in February 2006

2003 CITY/BLOOD PROJECT, feature film script

2001 LAWS OF GRAVITY, feature film script

1998 A STORY ABOUT A STORY, one act play

staged at the Cal Arts New Plays Festival '98