After making several short films, and receiving his diploma with
Vergiss Sneider!, with the drama
Erwin und Julia, Spielmann had his first great success. In 1993, his film
Der Nachbar won the
Vienna Filmaward at the
Viennale. And in 1994, his film for television
Dieses naive Verlangen was awarded with the
Erich-Neuberg-Preis. In 2006, he was honored with the
Upper Austrian Landeskulturpreis in the “Film” section. Spielmann is one of the most important contemporary Austrian film directors. His films
The Stranger and
Antares were the Austrian candidates for Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Antares has been screened widely at more than thirty International Film Festivals. Spielmann is on the committee of the
Verband der Filmregisseure Österreichs (the Association of the Austrian film directors). In the Linzer Kammerspiele (
Linz,
Upper Austria) he made his debut as theatre director with the performance of the play
Der einsame Weg, written by
Arthur Schnitzler. For the season 2006/2007, he wrote his first play for the theatre, the
Landestheater Linz,
Imperium, which was first released on 5 January 2007 at the Linzer Kammerspiele. In January 2009 Spielmann's
Revanche was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ==Filmography==