Sabine Derflinger


Sabine Derflinger is an Austrian film director, screenwriter, producer and dramaturgical consultant. She lives and works in Vienna and Berlin. Many of her films have won several awards, notably Geraubte Kindheit, Vollgas, Kleine Schwester, and Tag und Nacht. She is also well known for directing a number of films in the cult series Tatort.
She has been celebrated as an Austrian pioneer in campaigning for more visibility for women in directing of films. In 2012, she was awarded the Viennese Women's Prize for her work.

Career

In 1991, Sabine Derflinger began her studies at the Filmacademy Vienna, after having already worked several years in the film business as a director’s and production assistant. In 1996 she successfully finished her studies with her thesis "Movie narratives between Epic & Drama".
Sabine Derflinger is known for several feature and documentary films, many of which have won awards. Furthermore, she is the first woman to have directed an Austrian chapter of the German/Austrian/Swiss cult crime series Tatort. By now she has directed two Austrian chapters ; Angezählt ) and one German Tatort chapter. Tatort Angezählt, which is set in Vienna's world of prostitutes and pimps, initiated a broad discussion about prostitution in the Austrian and German media. Paul Kemp - Alles kein Problem and Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall are further series that Sabine Derflinger has directed for the Austrian broadcaster ORF. Her film Tag und Nacht captured great media attention. Anna Red, that played lead role won "Best Actress" during the New York Film Festival in 2011. Her colleague Magdalena Kronschläger was nominated for "Best Actress" during the Austrian Film Prize 2011.
In 2010, Sabine Derflinger founded her own production company called Derflinger Film. Since then she has produced the following movies: The Rounder Girls, Schnelles Geld , Eine von 8 and What Remains. In 2013 Derflinger Film was hired as the service production for the Brazilian television network Globo TV, which shot several episodes of their telenovela Em Família in Vienna. The documentary Vom Umgang mit der Schuld is currently under production.

Filmography

  • 1991: Es war einmal – script, director, producer
  • 1994: Geraubte Kindheit – concept, director
  • 1996: Achtung Staatsgrenze – concept, director
  • 1998: Aus Liebe – script, director
  • 1999: The Rounder Girls – concept, director, producer
  • 2001: Vollgas – director, script
  • 2004: Kleine Schwester – director
  • 2004: Schnelles Geld – concept, director, producer
  • 2005: DREI, VIER – script, director, producer
  • 2006: In den Straßen von Delhi – concept, director
  • 2007: – director, script
  • 2008: Platz – director
  • 2008: Eine von 8 – concept, director
  • 2009: Was bleibt – producer
  • 2010: Tag und Nacht – director, script
  • 2011: Hotspot – director
  • 2012: Tatort – Falsch verpackt – director
  • 2012: Literatur hat Recht - Social Spot - director
  • 2012: For Those Who Can Tell No Tales - Executive Producer
  • 2013: Tatort - Angezählt - director
  • 2013: Paul Kemp - Alles kein Problem - director
  • 2013: Tatort - Borowski und das Meer - director
  • 2013: Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall - director
  • 2014: Vorstadtweiber - director

Awards

  • 1994: Hans Cermak Preis for Geraubte Kindheit
  • 1996: Interkulturpreis Oberösterreich for Achtung Staatsgrenze
  • 1997: Talent scholarship Upper Austria
  • 1998: Grünpreis Kultur for The Rounder Girls
  • 1998: Carl Mayer Script Scholarship for Vollgas
  • 2001: Thomas Pluch Förderungspreis for Vollgas
  • 2002: Max Ophüls Festival – Förderpreis Langfilm der Jury for Vollgas
  • 2003: Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich für Film
  • 2003: Österreichischer Förderpreis für Filmkunst
  • 2004: Filmfest München – VFF TV-Movie Award for Kleine Schwester
  • 2004: Darstellerpreis von Baden-Baden for Kleine Schwester
  • 2005: ver.di Fernsehpreis für Kleine Schwester
  • 2008: Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in China - prize for the best actress for Claudia Michelsen in 42plus
  • 2011: NYCFF - prize for the best actress for Anna Rot in Tag und Nacht
  • 2011: Diagonale - prize for best costume for Veronika Albert and Monika Buttinger in Tag und Nacht
  • 2012: Women’s prize from the city of Vienna. Citation: "In the competitive world of film, she is one of the few women, who asserts herself, with great skill and extraordinarily hard work and persistence".
  • 2013: Grimme Award for: Tatort – Down for the Count