Barbara Albert (born in Vienna) is an Austrian writer, film-producer and film-director.

Her first film to become known to a larger audience was Nordrand, which describes the reality of life of Yugoslavian children in Vienna.

She heads the production company Coop 99 with Jessica Hausner, Antonin Svoboda and Martin Gschlacht, among others.

Her films were screened in Venice (Nordrand, 1999), Locarno (Free Radical, 2003) and Toronto (Mademoiselle Paradis, 2017).

The show was scripted by Ulrike Tony Vahl and produced by Martina Haubrich.