Jessica Hausner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jessica Hausner

Austrian film director and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1972

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Profession: screenwriter, film director, film producer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Jessica Hausner (born 6 October 1972) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter.
She received international attention in 2001 when her film Lovely Rita, a portrait of a young girl who feels confined by family constraints, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Three years later she returned to Cannes with her film Hotel.
Her 2014 film Amour Fou was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.Jessica Hausner is the daughter of Viennese painter Rudolf Hausner, sister of costume designer Tanja Hausner and half sister of set designer and painter Xenia Hausner.
She studied at Filmacademy Vienna.
With fellow directors Barbara Albert and Antonin Svoboda and director of photography Martin Gschlacht, she founded the Viennese film production company coop99 in 1999.
2017 she was appointed a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.In 2002 she was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.
In 2016, she was a member of the jury for the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.