Judith Zdesar

* 1980, Austria

born 1980 in Villach. Comparative Literature and German Studies at the University of Vienna. Scriptwriting and Directing Studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in the class of Michael Haneke.
M2 Documentaire de création (Studies of Creative Documentary Making) at the University Stendhal in Grenoble, France. Publications of short fiction.
Lives and Works in Vienna.


Awards and Scholarships (selection)

2007 Price of the Jury for Best Short Film 2007 at the Austrian Film Festival, Diagonale with „Bilder aus dem Tagebuch eines Wartenden“ („Diary of Someone Waiting“)
2009 Artist in Residence in Upernavik, Greenland
2010 Nomination FIRST STEPS AWARD for Best Short Film „Spass mit Hase“
2010 Landeskulturpreis Kärnten „Förderungspreis für Elektronische Medien“ (Cultural Award of the State Carinthia „Newcomer Award Electronic Media“)