The list of Austrian film directors includes Austrian directors and directors born in Austria or Austria-Hungary who made at least one fictional or documentary film for cinema. Directors who were active in more than one era are listed only in that era, where they started their career as director.

Cinema of Austria
List of Austrian films
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Austrian film actors
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Silent film era (1906-1930)

Fictional films

• Artur Berger
• Eduard von Borsody
• Julius von Borsody
• Julius Brandt
• H. K. Breslauer
• Michael Curtiz
• Ludwig Czerny
• Géza von Cziffra
• Paul Czinner
• Alfred Deutsch-German
• Karl Ehmann
• Friedrich Fehér
• Jacob Fleck
• Luise Fleck
• Fritz Freisler
• Josef Hader
• Alfred Halm
• Emmerich Hanus
• Heinz Hanus
• Karl Hartl
• Franz Höbling
• Wilhelm Klitsch
• Eduard Köck
• Franz Köhler
• Anton Kolm
• Alexander Korda
• Fritz Kortner
• Otto Kreisler
• Robert Land
• Emil Leyde
• Hans Otto Löwenstein
• Ernst Marischka
• Hubert Marischka
• Joe May
• Wolfgang Neff
• Max Neufeld
• G. W. Pabst
• Arnold Pressburger
• Johann Schwarzer
• Paul L. Stein
• Wilhelm Thiele
• Gustav Ucicky
• Claudius Veltée
• Berthold Viertel

Traditional animation

• Peter Eng

Documentary films

• Joseph Delmont
• Richard Oswald

Early sound film era (1929-1959)

Fictional films

• Otto Ambros
• Franz Antel
• Rudolf Bernauer
• Géza von Bolváry
• Siegfried Breuer
• Rudolf Carl
• E. W. Emo
• Walter Felsenstein
• Willi Forst
• Wolfgang Glück
• Leopold Hainisch
• Eduard Hoesch
• Ernst Hofbauer
• Paul Hörbiger
• Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla
• Otto Kanturek
• Rudolph Katscher
• Georg C. Klaren
• Walter Kolm-Veltée
• Anton Kutter
• Wolfgang Liebeneiner
• Paul Löwinger
• Franz Marischka
• Georg Marischka
• Rudolf Meinert
• Kurt Meisel
• Gerhard Menzel
• Ernst Neubach
• Otto Preminger
• Harald Reinl
• Georg Tressler
• Bernhard Wicki
• Herbert Wise

Documentary films

• Hans Hass

1960s to 1980s

Fictional films

• Ruth Beckermann
• Karin Brandauer
• John Cook
• Axel Corti
• Robert Dornhelm
• Valie Export
• Michael Glawogger
• Wolfgang Glück
• Franz Josef Gottlieb
• Andreas Gruber
• Peter Handke
• Michael Haneke
• Paul Harather
• Herbert Holba
• Gerald Kargl
• Peter Keglevic
• Peter Kern
• Leopold Lummerstorfer
• Paulus Manker
• Otto Mühl
• Rolf Olsen
• Peter Patzak
• Wolfram Paulus
• Stefan Ruzowitzky
• Ulrich Seidl
• Götz Spielmann

Avant-garde and experimental films

• Kurt Kren
• Otto Muehl
• Peter Weibel
• Rudolf Schwarzkogler

Documentary films

• Hubert Sauper

After 1990

Fictional films

• Barbara Albert
• Helmut Berger
• Klaus Maria Brandauer
• Robert Dornhelm
• Andrea Maria Dusl
• Michael Haneke
• Jessica Hausner
• Edgar Honetschläger
• Jörg Kalt
• Nina Kusturica
• Ruth Mader
• Anja Salomonowitz
• Hubert Sauper
• Ulrich Seidl
• Harald Sicheritz
• Ludwig Wüst

Fictional and documentary films

• Rainer Frimmel
• Johannes Grenzfurthner
• Erwin Wagenhofer

Experimental films

• Titus Leber
• Bady Minck
• Virgil Widrich

References

• Walter Fritz: Im Kino erlebe ich die Welt - 100 Jahre Kino und Film in Österreich. Wien 1996, 306 S., Verlag Christian Brandstätter (Anhang Regisseure) ISBN 3-85447-661-2
• Robert von Dassanowsky: Austrian Cinema - A History. McFarland, Jefferson (North Carolina) und London 2005, ISBN 0-7864-2078-2. (English)