Jeanne Szilit
born near Munich, Germany
EDUCATION
1967 Institute for Foreign Languages, Munich
1969 Konstverksamheten Stockholm, Sweden: Painting
1972 Teacher at Centro di Lingue Moderne, Trento, Italien
1986 University Ludwig-Maximilian, Munich: Philosphy and Literature
1991 University of Visual Arts, Film and Television (HFF), Munich, Excellence Scholarship Screenwriting
Residences and longtime Experiences in Sweden, Italy, Greece.
Since 2005 lives and works in Vienna, Austria
LANGUAGES:
German, English, French, Swedish, Italian
MULTIMEDIA WORK: Screenwriter, Photographer, Author
REALISATIONS / FUNDING:
1993 Jury Member at International Festival of Film
Academies, Munich.
President: Wim Wenders
1999 State Subsidy: Screenplay DOOMED
FFA - Federal Filmboard, Berlin
2006 State Subsidy: Screenplay KAFKA – PLAYING WITH FIRE
FFA - Federal Filmboard, Berlin
AWARDS
2002 BERLINALE / Nomination for GREAT GERMAN FILM AWARD
Category: BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
2017 2nd Price: Belvedere Museum Vienna
Photo Art Competition "That's Biedermeier!"
2016 INTERNATIONAL ART TODAY AWARD - Shortlist
England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany
PRIVATE AND MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
Dr. Diethard Leopold, Sammlung III (Museum Leopold), Vienna, Austria.
Klimt Foundation, Vienna, Austria.
Prince Hesso von Leiningen (President Board of Mumok - Museum of Modern Art Collection)
Museum of Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, Germany.
Birgit Minichmayr Collection, Vienna, Austria.
Sepp Frank Collection, Vienna, Austria.
Banyai Collection, Luzern, Switzerland.
Nathalie Chaix Collection, Genève, Switzerland.
Staininger Group Collection, Vienna, Austria.
Thomas Kramer Collection, Miami, USA
COLLABORATION WITH GALLERIES, AUCTION HOUSES, PICTURE AGENCIES, ART PLATFORMS:
Gallery Johannes Faber, Vienna, Austria
Gallery Suppan Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Gallery Kovacek & Zetter, Vienna, Austria
Auction House Palais Kinsky, Vienna, Austria
Auction House Dorotheum, Vienna, Austria
Auction House Quittenbaum, Munich, Germany
Imagno Brandstaetter Images, Vienna, Austria
Getty Images, Los Angeles, USA
Artnet.com
Artprice.com
Art Consulting Saskia Sailer
SCREENPLAYS FOR FILM COMPANIES:
Dor Film, Vienna, Austria
Bavaria Atelier Film, Munich, Germany
Hofmann & Voges, Munich, Germany
Perathon Film, (J. Vilsmaier) Munich, Germany
Rialto Film, Berlin, Germany
Kjell Sundvall Film Production, Sweden
Frankfurter Film Production, Germany
Multimedia Film, Hamburg, Germany.
Creative Artists Agency, CAA, Los Angeles, USA
PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR:
Klett Verlag, Germany (Nonfiction Book)
VOGUE, Germany (Interviews)
ELLE, Germany (Reportage)
COSMOPOLITAN, Germany (Reportage)
HARPER'S BAZAAR, Germany (Reportage)
TRAVELLER'S WORLD, Germany (Reportage)
SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, Germany (Literatur: Essay on Elfriede Jelinek)
DIE PRESSE, Austria (Essay about trains)
ART PUBLICATIONS:
EIKON, International Magazine for Photography and Media Art
PARNASS, European Art Magazine
PROFIL Magazine, Austria
KLEINE ZEITUNG, Vienna
