Ruth Beckermann
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2026WAX & GOLD
Director
2024Favoriten
Director & Writer
2022Mutzenbacher
Director & Writer
2018The Waldheim Waltz
Director & Writer
2016The Dreamed Ones
Director & Writer
2013Those Who Go Those Who Stay
Director & Writer
2012Jackson/Marker 4am
Director
2011American Passages
Director & Screenplay
2006Zorro’s Bar Mitzvah
Director & Writer
2006The Mozart Minute
Director
2001Homemad(e)
Director & Writer
1999A Fleeting Passage to the Orient
Director & Writer
1996East of War
Director & Writer
1991Toward Jerusalem
Director & Writer
1987The Paper Bridge
Director & Writer
1983Return to Vienna
Director & Writer
1981The Steel Hammer Out There On the Grass
Director
1978Suddenly, A Strike
Director
1977Arena Squatted
Director