Austrian Media

Media originating in Austria.

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Media:

Art

• The Kiss (Klimt)
• Venus of Willendorf
• Water Serpents I

Artists

• Gustav Klimt

Actors

• John Banner ^note  born in Austrian-Hungary and later moved to the US
• Bibi Besch ^note born in Austria and moved to the US
• Theodore Bikel ^note later resident in Israel and the US
• Klaus Maria Brandauer
• Sybil Danning
• Michael Haneke
• Paul Henreid ^note Austrian-British-American triple citizen
• Oskar Homolka
• Curd Jürgens
• Boris Kodjoe ^note born in Austria, raised in Germany before immigrating to the USA
• Hedy Lamarr ^note born in Austria, played in some Austrian films before moving to the USA
• Erwin Leder
• Lotte Lenya
• Peter Lorre ^note  born in Austrian-Hungary and later took US citizenship
• Reggie Nalder
• Maximilian Schell ^note born in Austria, emigrated to Switzerland with his family at the age of 8
• Romy Schneider ^note born in Austria right after the Anschluss, also worked in the Austrian film industry
• Christoph Waltz
• Oskar Werner

Films

• 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
• Angst
• Benny's Video
• Caché (international co-production)
• Chalet Girl (international co-production)
• The City Without Jews
• The Counterfeiters
• The Dark (2018)
• Downfall (2004) (international co-production)
• Ecstasy (Austro-Czech co-production)
• The Edukators (German-Austrian co-production)
• Funny Games
• Goodnight Mommy
• The Hands of Orlac
• Iceman (2017) (German-Italian-Austrian co-production)
• Muttertag
• The Piano Teacher
• Revanche
• The Seventh Continent
• Sissi
• Sunshine (1999) (international co-production)
• 38
• Toni Erdmann (co-production with Germany)
• Western (international co-production)

Filmmakers

• Max and Dave Fleischer ^note born in Austria, moved to the US as children
• Michael Haneke
• Josef von Sternberg ^note born in Austria, moved to the US in his teens
• Erich von Stroheim
• Billy Wilder ^note born in Austria-Hungary, moved to the US in the 1930s
• Fred Zinnemann ^note born in Vienna, moved to the US in 1929

Literature

• Bambi by Felix Salten
• Erebos
• Insu-Pu
• Lay Down Your Arms
• The Man Without Qualities
• Venus in Furs
• Sigmund Freud
• Franz Kafka (Czech/Austrian)
• Rainer Maria Rilke

Live-Action TV Series

• Freud
• Inspector Rex
• Tom Turbo

Media companies

• Red Bull — Known primarily as an energy drink brand, but has since ventured into media production as an elaborate Product Placement strategy

Music

• Belphegor
• Anton Bruckner
• Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
• Falco
• Joseph Haydn
• Kontrust
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold
• Gustav Mahler
• mind.in.a.box
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
• Pungent Stench
• Russkaja
• Franz Schubert
• Serenity (Band)
• Max Steiner
• Parov Stelar
• Music/STS
• Johann Strauss, Sr.
• Johann Strauss, Jr.
• Summoning
• Conchita Wurst

Philosophers

• Martin Buber
• Ludwig Wittgenstein

Scientists

• Sigmund Freud

Sports

• Niki Lauda
• Arnold Schwarzenegger ^note born in Austria, started his bodybuilding career there and moved to the USA at the age of 19, though holds dual citizenship
• Walter
• Johnny Weissmuller

Theatre

• Elisabeth
• Die Fledermaus
• I Am from Austria
• König Ottokars Glück und Ende
• Marie Antoinette (Musical)
• The Merry Widow
• Mozart!
• Rebecca
• La Ronde
• Schikaneder ^note Started out in English, but is about Austrian/German people/events. Made its world premiere as a German musical in Vienna.
• Tanz Der Vampire

Video Games

• And Yet It Moves
• Anno Domini
• Avencast: Rise of the Mage
• Bit Boy!!
• Bus Simulator (since 2016)
• The Clue!
• Cursed Mountain
• EndCycle
• Exoptable Money
  • Presentable Liberty
• A Game with a Kitty
• GREED: Black Border
• Half-Quake
• Florian Himsl (known for his work with Edmund McMillen):
  • The Binding of Isaac
  • Coil
  • Triachnid
• KZ Manager
• The Lion's Song
• Motocross Madness (2013)
• Neighbours From Hell
• Ori and the Blind Forest
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Pardus
• The Perfect Tower
  • The Perfect Tower II
• Reactor 09
• Secrets of Rætikon
• Son of Nor
• Spell Force Conquest Of Eo
• Sponge Bob Square Pants Battle For Bikini Bottom Rehydrated
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
• Sun Age
• Super Mario War
• Swarm Universe
• THQ Nordic
• Tower 57 (German-Austrian co-production)
• Treasure Hunter Man

Webcomics

• Death and the Maiden

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