
Jessica Hausner
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1972-10-06 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
Jessica Hausner
Biography
Jessica Hausner (born 6 October 1972; Vienna) is an Austrian filmmaker. She received international attention in 2001 when her film Lovely Rita, a portrait of a young girl who feels confined by family constraints, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Three years later she returned to Cannes with her film Hotel. Her 2014 film Amour Fou was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Jessica Hausner is the daughter of Viennese painter Rudolf Hausner, sister of costume designer Tanja Hausner and half sister of set designer and painter Xenia Hausner. She studied at Filmacademy Vienna. With fellow directors Barbara Albert and Antonin Svoboda and director of photography Martin Gschlacht, she founded the Viennese film production company coop99 in 1999. She was appointed a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2017.
Acting
(2020)
Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
as Herself
Crew
(2024)
Concrete Whisper
Dramaturgy
(2023)
Club Zero
Writer, Director
(2019)
Little Joe
Producer, Director, Screenplay
(2018)
In Heaven's Meadow
Consulting Producer
(2017)
Glitch Hotel
Writer
(2016)
Tomcat
Story Editor
(2014)
Amour Fou
Director, Screenplay
(2009)
Lourdes
Director, Writer
(2007)
Reclaim Your Brain
Producer
(2007)
Forever Never Anywhere
Producer
(2006)
Toast
Writer, Director
(2006)
The Mozart Minute
Director
(2005)
Sleeper
Producer
(2005)
You Bet Your Life
Producer
(2004)
Hotel
Writer, Director
(2003)
Kaltfront
Casting Director
(2001)
Lovely Rita
Director, Writer
(2000)
Fremde
Assistant Director
(1999)
Inter-View
Writer, Director
(1997)
Ägypten
Assistant Director
(1997)
Funny Games
Script Editor
(1995)
Flora
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
(1994)
Kilometer 123,5
Writer
(1993)
I Want to Be a Butterfly Sometimes
Writer, Editor, Director
(1992)
Ruths Geburtstag
Editor, Writer, Director
(1992)
Mr. Mares
Writer, Director, Editor
(1992)
Anne
Director, Editor, Writer