Franz Novotny

Austrian film director

Franz Novotny

Born	(1949-05-30) 30 May 1949 (age 74) Vienna, Austria
Occupation(s)	Film producer, film director, screenwriter
Years active	1968–present

Franz Novotny (born 30 May 1949) is an Austrian film producer, director and screenwriter who was born in Vienna. His 2003 film Yu was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.^[1]

Novotny and his wife Karin founded the production company Novotny & Novotny.^[2]

Selected filmography

Exit... nur keine Panik (director, screenplay, 1980)
Coconuts [de] (director, screenplay, 1985)
Schmutz (screenplay, 1987)
Yu (director, screenplay, 2003)
Jew Suss: Rise and Fall (screenplay, producer, 2010)
Therapy for a Vampire (producer, 2014)
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (producer, 2016) won 2017 Romy^[3]
The Ground Beneath My Feet (producer, 2019)
7500 (co-producer, 2019)
Caviar (co-producer, 2019)

References

^ "25th Moscow International Film Festival (2003)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
^ Franz Novotny in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU)
^ "Peter Simonischek, Tobias Moretti and Egon Schiele shine bright at the Romy Awards" by Bénédicte Prot, cineuropa.org, 26 April 2017