
Ruth Beckermann
Biography
The filmmaker and writer was born in Vienna, Austria. Her films include The Paper Bridge and East of War. Her film Those Who Go Those Who Stay won Best Documentary at the 2014 Diagonale in Graz. Two years later, The Dreamed Ones won Beat Feature Film at the same festival. The Waldheim Waltz received several prizes including the Glashütte Original – Documentary Award at the 2018 Berlinale and was also nominated as Austria’s entry for the Oscars. In 2022, MUTZENBACHER screened in the Encounters section of the Berlinale where it won the award for Best Film.
Acting (3 movies)
Directing (19 movies)

Favoriten
2024

American Passages
2011

Mutzenbacher
2022

The Dreamed Ones
2016

The Steel Hammer Out There On the Grass
1981

Jackson/Marker 4am
2012

East of War
1996

The Paper Bridge
1987

Homemad(e)
2001

Those Who Go Those Who Stay
2013

Return to Vienna
1983

The Waldheim Waltz
2018

Zorro’s Bar Mitzvah
2006

Arena Squatted
1977

Suddenly, A Strike
1978

Toward Jerusalem
1991

A Fleeting Passage to the Orient
1999

The Mozart Minute
2006
Immer wieder Österreich
2020
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Return to Vienna | 1983 | Writer | 
| The Paper Bridge | 1987 | Writer | 
| Toward Jerusalem | 1991 | Writer | 
| East of War | 1996 | Writer | 
| A Fleeting Passage to the Orient | 1999 | Writer | 
| Homemad(e) | 2001 | Writer | 
| Zorro’s Bar Mitzvah | 2006 | Writer | 
| American Passages | 2011 | Screenplay | 
| Jackson/Marker 4am | 2012 | Producer | 
| Those Who Go Those Who Stay | 2013 | Writer | 
| The Dreamed Ones | 2016 | Producer | 
| The Dreamed Ones | 2016 | Writer | 
| The Waldheim Waltz | 2018 | Writer | 
| The Waldheim Waltz | 2018 | Producer | 
| Mutzenbacher | 2022 | Writer | 
| Mutzenbacher | 2022 | Producer | 
| Favoriten | 2024 | Producer | 
| Favoriten | 2024 | Writer | 

