Beate Grötsch / Film Director, Script Writer and Photographer
I am working as a film director, photographer and script writer and got funding for my first feature script Just Left and Gone which was supported by the European MEDIA promotion. I graduated at the film school in Vienna with my short movie Der Nächste, bitte! at the director’s class of Ruth Mader.
I won many awards for my short movies, especially for Ana mit einem N which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2013 I finished my Master study in Script Writing at the Goldsmiths University, London. In addition I worked as a curator and jury member. Besides my activities as a director I am teaching as an assistant professor for Script Writing and I created some Masterclasses for Script Writing. Have look at my shop!
In 2021 I finished my long term documantary east goes west: It is about four youngsters with big wishes for the future. I met them first 13 years ago and could meet them again.
The start of 2022 was a Script Writing prize for my roadmovie idea: Schau’ auf die Karpaten at the Berlinale event by Akademie für Film- und Fernsehdramaturgie.
At the moment I prepare the new drama series idea: Eschenbach which was chosen by Canneseries for a workshop and by Autorenwerkstatt Top Talente in Munich and one feature project.
As a photographer I started at the age of fifteen and my first time solo exhibiton was at the Künstlerhaus in Vienna curated by Ursula Probst: born to be a star. Later I had more solo and group exhibtions: One of the group exhibiton was at the Jarvis Dooney gallery in Berlin 2019: Postcard Salon curated by Michael Dooney and I was part of the photo Schweiz 2022, photo Schweiz 2023 and the 4 th biennale: Ansbach Contemporary 2022.
I published two photo books with the Krautin Verlag in Berlin: Sillim Station and Are you one of these fishpeople? in 2021 and 2022. The second one was shortlisted for the Belfast Photofestival by the jury of SF MOMA, Time, New Yorker and Tate.
The new publication is called: healing colours and will be published this year: 2024.
I live in Berlin and Franconia.