Wolfgang Murnberger

Wolfgang Murnberger
Born (1960-11-13) 13 November 1960
Wiener Neustadt, Austria
OccupationFilm director
Years active1984-present

Wolfgang Murnberger (born 13 November 1960) is an Austrian film director.[1][2]

Murnberger directed four film adaptations of Wolf Haas's Simon Brenner novels: Komm, süßer Tod (2000), Silentium (2004), The Bone Man (2009) and Life Eternal (2015).[3]

Career

Murnberger has directed extensively for television as well as cinema. His television work includes episodes of Tatort and several seasons of Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall.

Together with Wolf Haas and Josef Hader, Murnberger wrote the screenplays for four films based on Haas's Simon Brenner novels. Murnberger directed all four, with Hader playing Brenner. The films were Komm, süßer Tod (2000), Silentium (2004), The Bone Man (2009) and Life Eternal (2015).[4]

Silentium premiered in the Panorama section of the 55th Berlin International Film Festival in 2005 and placed second in the Panorama Audience Award.[5] In 2006, it won the Grand Prix at the Festival du Film Policier de Cognac.[6]

The Bone Man screened in Panorama Special at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in 2009.[7] Murnberger's My Best Enemy (2011), starring Moritz Bleibtreu and Georg Friedrich, screened out of competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.[8]

Murnberger also directed a series of Styrian films for ORF's Landkrimi strand, beginning with Steirerblut (2014). Later entries include Steirerkind, Steirerwut, Steirerrausch, Steirerstern and Steirermord.[9][10]

His television film Kästner and Little Tuesday received the Fernsehpreis der Österreichischen Erwachsenenbildung in the television-film category for 2017. The award was presented in June 2018 to Murnberger for his direction, Dorothee Schön for the screenplay and ORF editor Sabine Weber.[11]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Wolfgang Murnberger". Verband Filmregie Österreich. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  2. ↑ "Wolfgang Murnberger". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  3. ↑ "Brenner-Krimi "Das ewige Leben" im Kino". ORF Ö1 (in German). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Brenner-Krimi "Das ewige Leben" im Kino". ORF Ö1 (in German). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Silentium". Austrian Films. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  6. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (10 April 2006). "Silentium and Mastermind win at Cognac". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Der Knochenmann" (PDF). Berlin International Film Festival. 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Mein bester Feind". Austrian Films. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "LandKrimi: Steirerblut". ORF (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Landkrimi-Rekord! 33 Prozent Marktanteil für "Steirermord" in ORF 1". ORF (in German). 11 December 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Fernsehpreis der Erwachsenenbildung für Förderprojekt des FERNSEHFONDS AUSTRIA". Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH (in German). 22 June 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Wolfgang Murnberger". Austrian Films. Austrian Film Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Wolfgang Murnberger". filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  14. 1 2 3 "ORF-Krimi aus Stadt und Land". ORF (in German). 19 November 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Wolfgang Murnberger inszeniert neuen ORF-Landkrimi „Steirerwut"". ORF (in German). 15 April 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  16. 1 2 "Dreharbeiten zu zwei neuen ORF-Steiermark-Landkrimis". ORF (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  17. 1 2 "On set und on air: 360 Minuten Steirische Landkrimi-Spannung". ORF (in German). 2 September 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "Erfolgreiche ORF-1-Landkrimi-Premiere: „Steirerangst" mit bis zu 768.000 Zuseherinnen und Zusehern". ORF (in German). 19 April 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  19. ↑ "ORF-1-Landkrimi-Premiere mit bis zu 692.000 Zuseherinnen und Zusehern". ORF (in German). 20 September 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  20. 1 2 "Bis zu 827.000 in ORF 1 mit Hary Prinz und Anna Unterberger auf den Spuren von „Steirergift"". ORF (in German). 27 November 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  21. 1 2 "FICTION – DREAM ON!". ORF (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2026.
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