
Ulrich Seidl
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 24, 1952
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria
Ulrich Maria Seidl is a director, screenwriter and producer. He does not consider himself a documentary filmmaker, but several of his films often blend fiction and nonfiction. He started his career with award-winning documentaries such as "Good News" (1990), "Animal Love (1995), and "Models" (1998). Seidl's first feature film "Dog Days" won the Special Jury Price at Venice Film Festival in 2001. "Import Export" (2007), the first film produce by his own company, was invited to the Cannes competition. So far Seidl has directed some 20 feature films, fictive or non fictive.
Filmography
- Sterne
Sterne TBA
Producer
- Distances
Distances TBA
Director, Screenplay, Producer

Tableaux 2026
Director

Moon 2024
Producer

Veni Vidi Vici 2024
Producer

The Devil's Bath 2024
Executive Producer

Wicked Games 2023
Director, Writer

Sparta 2022
Producer, Writer, Director

Rimini 2022
Director, Screenplay, Producer

Sun 2022
Producer

Luzifer 2021
Producer

Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years 2020
as Himself

Running on Empty 2020
Co-Producer

Lillian 2019
Producer

The Children of the Dead 2019
Producer

Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden 2016
Co-Producer

Safari 2016
Director, Writer, Producer

Goodnight Mommy 2015
Producer, Unit Manager

Ulrich Seidl - A Director at Work 2014
as Himself

In the Basement 2014
Writer, Director, Idea, Producer

Venice 70: Future Reloaded 2013
Director

Paradise: Faith 2013
Director, Screenplay, Producer

Paradise: Hope 2013
Director, Screenplay

Kern 2012
Producer

Paradise: Love 2012
Screenplay, Producer, Director

Import/Export 2007
Screenplay, Director, Producer

Nichts ist spannender als die Wirklichkeit 2006
as Self

Brothers, Let Us Be Merry 2006
Director

The Mozart Minute 2006
Director

Jesus, You Know 2005
Director, Writer

State of the Nation 2002
Director

Dog Days 2001
Director, Screenplay

Models 1999
Director, Writer

Fun Without Limits 1998
Director, Screenplay

The Bosom Friend 1997
Director, Writer

Animal Love 1996
Director, Writer

Pictures at an Exhibition 1996
Director, Screenplay

The Last Real Men 1995
Director, Writer

Loss Is to Be Expected 1992
Director, Writer

Beware Haderer 1992
Director, Writer

Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna 1990
Director, Writer

War in Vienna 1989
Director, Writer
- Old People
Old People 1988
Author
- Look 84
Look 84 1984
Director, Editor

The Prom 1982
Producer, Writer, Director

One Fourty 1980
Director, Writer
Credits from TMDB.