Franz Novotny

{{short description|Austrian film director}} {{For|the Austrian composer|Franz Nikolaus Novotny}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person | image = Österreichischer Filmpreis 2017 photo call Egon Schiele Tod und Mädchen Franz Novotny 1.jpg | caption = Novotny in 2017 | name = Franz Novotny | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|5|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Vienna, Austria | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Film producer, film director, screenwriter | years_active = 1968–present }}

'''Franz Novotny''' (born 30 May 1949) is an Austrian film producer, director and screenwriter who was born in Vienna. His 2003 film ''Yu'' was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.<ref name="Moscow2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2003 |title=25th Moscow International Film Festival (2003) |accessdate=1 April 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403123906/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2003 |archivedate=3 April 2013 }}</ref>

Novotny and his wife Karin founded the production company Novotny & Novotny.<ref>{{Austriaforum|AEIOU/Novotny%2C_Franz}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''Exit... nur keine Panik'' (director, screenplay, 1980) * ''{{ill|Coconuts (1985 film)|de|3=Coconuts (1985)|lt=Coconuts}}'' (director, screenplay, 1985) * ''Schmutz'' (screenplay, 1987) * ''Yu'' (director, screenplay, 2003) * ''Jew Suss: Rise and Fall'' (screenplay, producer, 2010) * ''Therapy for a Vampire'' (producer, 2014) * ''Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden'' (producer, 2016) won 2017 Romy<ref>[https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/327662/ "Peter Simonischek, Tobias Moretti and Egon Schiele shine bright at the Romy Awards"] by Bénédicte Prot, cineuropa.org, 26 April 2017</ref> * ''The Ground Beneath My Feet'' (producer, 2019) * ''7500'' (co-producer, 2019) * ''Caviar'' (co-producer, 2019)

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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Franz Novotny (Regisseur)}} *{{IMDb name|0637238|Franz Novotny}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Novotny, Franz}} Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:Austrian film producers Category:Austrian film directors Category:Austrian screenwriters Category:Austrian male screenwriters Category:Film people from Vienna