Peter Hengl is an Austrian screenwriter and director for films and TV. He was born in 1983 in Kufstein, Austria, moved to Vienna in 2007 and studied at the Vienna Film Academy from 2008 under Professors such as Götz Spielmann and Michael Haneke.
His student films „Vadim“ (horror, 15 min) and “The Hero” (dramedy, 30 min) were shown at dozens of festivals worldwide and received several awards and nominations.
Together with his frequent cowriter Marc Schlegel he penned the TV comedies “Curling for Eisenstadt” (2019) and “Man kann nicht alles haben” (2021) for Austrian public broadcasting company ORF. “Family Dinner” is his first feature film for cinema release as a writer and director. Aside from this he has several TV and feature projects in various stages of development.
2022
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FAMILY DINNER
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feature film
Written and directed by Peter Hengl
2020
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MAN KANN NICHT ALLES HABEN
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TV comedy for ORF (90mins)
Screenplay (with Marc Schlegel)
First broadcast first half of 2022
2018
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WISCHEN IST MACHT
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TV half hour comedy show for ORF
Pilot episode/format development, 2 episodes (with Marc Schlegel)
First broadcast spring 2020
2018
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CURLING FOR EISENSTADT
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TV comedy for ORF (90mins)
Screenplay (with Marc Schlegel)
First br
oadcast Sept 13, 2019
2013
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THE HERO
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dramedy short film (30mins)
written and directed by
premiered at Diagonale Austria in 2013, numerous festival participations and TV
screenings.
2012
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VADIM
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horror short film (15mins)
written and directed by
over
fifty festival participations and several awards including /Slash
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Filmfestival Wien,
Landshuter Kurzfilmtage, MotelX