Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala

Veronika Franz was born in 1965 in Vienna, Austria. Prior to establishing a career as a filmmaker, she worked as a film journalist for the German-language newspaper Kurier, beginning in 1997. including all three features in his Paradise trilogy; she also worked as an assistant director on some projects. Severin Fiala was born in 1985 in Horn, Austria, and Franz became more closely acquainted with Fiala when she and Seidl hired him to regularly babysit their two sons. Franz and Fiala found they had a mutual love of horror films. ==Career==

While attending a film festival, Franz met Austrian actor Peter Kern, a controversial actor and filmmaker. Franz and Fiala subsequently co-wrote and co-directed a segment in the anthology horror film The Field Guide to Evil (2018), titled Die Trud. In 2019, the duo directed (and co-wrote, with Sergio Casci) their English-language film debut, the psychological horror film The Lodge, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival before being released in the United States on 7 February 2020. Their latest collaboration is the drama ''The Devil's Bath which ran in Competition at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2024, receiving the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution'' for Martin Gschlacht's cinematography. In February 2024, they were announced to direct a film adaptation of A Head Full of Ghosts. ==Filmography==