Virgil Widrich

Born in Salzburg, Virgil Widrich spent his childhood in a house that is over 500 years old and stands on the Mönchsberg.

While there he became acquainted with artists such as Peter Handke, who was his neighbour, and film director Wim Wenders, a frequent visitor.

After selling Classic Films in 1991 Widrich again turned his attention to the computer and the possibilities it offered for creating art.

His next major project, which saw him working as production manager, was a new festival for Austrian film, held for the first time in 1993 under the name Diagonale.

Together with other filmmakers he also co-founded the production company Amour Fou Film in 2001, focusing on arthouse movies from young directors.

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for Heller als der Mond (Brighter than the Moon) (2000): for Copy Shop (2001): for Fast Film (2003): for Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel (2018) for checkpointmedia: