Harald Sicheritz (born 25 June 1958 in Stockholm , Sweden ) is an Austrian screenwriter and film director .
3-451: Poppitz is a 2002 Austrian comedy film directed by Harald Sicheritz . This article related to an Austrian film is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Harald Sicheritz Raised in a working-class district of Vienna , Harald Sicheritz studied Communication sciences and Political sciences . In 1983 he graduated with a Ph.D. - his thesis' title was How does TV entertain us? Sicheritz first became known as
6-598: A bass player and songwriter of the rock band Wiener Wunder , who in 1986 contributed to the soundtrack of the musical comedy blockbuster Müllers Büro and scored a #1 hit in the Austrian charts with Loretta . From 1980 to 1984 Sicheritz earned his spurs as a filmmaker by working for the TV program Ohne Maulkorb with ORF . In 2009 he was among the founders of the Austrian Film Academy and served as member of
9-651: The board for the first ten years. His 1994 feature film debut Mother's Day made Harald Sicheritz one of Austria's most renown directors - the film achieved cult status right away. Besides his regular work for the big screen, he writes, co-writes and/or directs TV films and episodes for TV series (e.g. Tatort , Kaisermühlen Blues , MA 2412 , Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall , Die Gipfelzipfler , Vorstadtweiber ), as well as numerous TV commercials. The Sicheritz feature films Hinterholz 8 (617.596 admissions) und Poppitz (441.082) rank as #1 and #2 in
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