Michaela Taschek

* 1984, Austria
Born in 1984 in Neunkirchen, Lower Austria. Grew up on the eastern skirts of the Alps. Studied Scriptwriting (Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, graduated in 2018) plus Film & Theater Studies and German-as-foreign-language (University of Vienna, graduated in 2009). Has been working for Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen and for production company Lotus Film. These days she´s developing a mini series about the absence of snow (Prod: Witcraft Filmproduction).

Awards: Jugendjurypreis Diagonale 2014 for "Uns geht es gut"; Best Newcomer at VIS Vienna Shorts 2018 for "Doppelgänger".