director, producer, cinematographer, media artist
film, video, sound, installation, photography
founder member of Medienwerkstatt Wien
visiting professor University of Arts Linz

Manfred Neuwirth walks a fine line between documentary film, innovative cinema and new media. He describes himself as an “explorer, archivist, photographer and sound seeker”: Neuwirth has undertaken numerous journeys while filming, but is also an “ethnographer” of his own culture. His interest lies in day-to-day life, in the seemingly ordinary and in the sensory elements of the medium.

awards

Austrian National Award for Filmart
Tokyo Film Awards
Best Short Documentary
Diagonale Graz
Best Cinematography
Diagonale Graz
Best Sounddesign
together with Christian Fennesz
Seoul International Short Film Festival
Best Short Documentary
Five Continents International Film Festival
Best Documentary Short Film
International Motion Picture Awards Toronto
Special Jury Award
Docs Without Borders International Film Festival
Exceptional Merit Award
Docs Without Borders International Film Festival
Excellence Award Original Score
together with Christian Fennesz
Honorary Award Filmart Lower Austria
Dubai Festival International Film Competition
Best Short Film Documentary
Manifestation International Video Montbeliard
Belgian TV - Prix R.T.B.F
together with Gustav Deutsch, Gerda Lampalzer
Onion City Film Festival Chicago
Majorie Keller Audience Choice Award
Media Art Prize Lower Austria
Tokyo International Short Film Festival
Honorable Mention
New York Tri-State International Film Festival
Honorable Mention
Sydney International Film Festival
Honorable Mention
Vesuvius International Film Festival
Special Mention
Wiener Filmpreis
Special Mention