Thomas Woschitz grew up in Austria and studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome under Lina Wertmüller.

After working as a film editor for feature films (he was nominated for a Silver Ribbon award for Best Editing for La Capa Gira,[1] directed by Alessandro Piva), he went on to direct a series of short films that were screened at major film festivals: Girls and Cars (2004) was screened in the Semaine de la Critique section of the Cannes Film Festival.

[2] His long collaboration with the Austrian indie band Naked Lunch led to the creation of the "film concert" Sperrstunde (2005), which was screened in competition at the Locarno Film Festival.

[3] In 2009 he was awarded the Max Ophüls Prize for his episodic music film Universalove,[4] which also features music by the band Naked Lunch.

His second feature film Bad Luck (2015), which stars Valerie Pachner, was praised for its tragic-comic nature and Woschitz's work with lay actors.