Born in Vienna, father of a one child, studied acting at the School of Physical Theatre in Toronto, Canada, and directing at the Vienna Film Academy under Michael Haneke. His short fiction film Musik won Best Shortfilm at the Diagonale and the First Steps Award of the German Film Academy. Stefan’s first feature documentary Brother Jakob, Are You Sleeping? has been invited to festivals such as Visions du Réel, Max Ophüls Preis, Diagonale, Nancy IFF, ZineBi Bilbao, Kasseler Dokfest and many more. It was awarded Best International Documentary at Mumbai IFF as well as with the Audience Award at Dokers Moscow IDFF and was nominated for the Austrian Film Award.
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