7.8
Movie
Directing
Ruth Beckermann
- Born
- (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria
- Credits
- 23 titles
Biography
The filmmaker and writer was born in Vienna, Austria. Her films include The Paper Bridge and East of War. Her film Those Who Go Those Who Stay won Best Documentary at the 2014 Diagonale in Graz. Two years later, The Dreamed Ones won Beat Feature Film at the same festival. The Waldheim Waltz received several prizes including the Glashütte Original – Documentary Award at the 2018 Berlinale and was also nominated as Austria’s entry for the Oscars. In 2022, MUTZENBACHER screened in the Encounters section of the Berlinale where it won the award for Best Film.
Signature work
Known For
7.8
Movie
6.1
Movie
Mutzenbacher
8.2
Movie
The Dreamed Ones
6.3
Movie
Toward Jerusalem
6.3
Movie
American Passages
6.5
Movie
A Fleeting Passage to the Orient
7.0
Movie
East of War
6.6
Movie
Return to Vienna
7.1
Movie
Homemad(e)
5.5
Movie
Those Who Go Those Who Stay
5.5
Movie
Zorro’s Bar Mitzvah
5.5
Movie
Arena Squatted
7.3
Movie
The Paper Bridge
5.0
Movie
Favoriten
5.0
Movie
The Mozart Minute
Movie
Strade perdute - Filmmaker 23
Movie
Wax & Gold
Movie
The Steel Hammer Out There On the Grass
Acting credits 5
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wax & Gold Film | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 | Strade perdute - Filmmaker 23 Film | |
| 2022 | Mutzenbacher Film | Self (voice) |
| 2020 | Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years Film | Herself |
| 1976 | Club 2 TV | Self (1 ep) |
Crew credits 20
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wax & Gold Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2024 | Favoriten Film | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 2022 | Mutzenbacher Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2020 | Immer wieder Österreich Film | Director |
| 2018 | The Waldheim Waltz Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2016 | The Dreamed Ones Film | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 2013 | Those Who Go Those Who Stay Film | Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography |
| 2012 | Jackson/Marker 4am Film | Director, Script, Producer |
| 2011 | American Passages Film | Director, Screenplay |
| 2006 | Zorro’s Bar Mitzvah Film | Director, Writer |
| 2006 | The Mozart Minute Film | Director |
| 2001 | Homemad(e) Film | Director, Director of Photography, Writer |
| 1999 | A Fleeting Passage to the Orient Film | Director, Writer |
| 1996 | East of War Film | Director, Writer |
| 1991 | Toward Jerusalem Film | Director, Writer |
| 1987 | The Paper Bridge Film | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | Return to Vienna Film | Director, Editor, Writer |
| 1981 | The Steel Hammer Out There On the Grass Film | Director |
| 1978 | Suddenly, A Strike Film | Director |
| 1977 | Arena Squatted Film | Director |