{{short description|Austrian director and photographer (born 1971)}} {{Infobox person | name = Rainer Frimmel | image = Rainer Frimmel at Berlinale 2026.jpg | caption = Frimmel in 2026 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|7|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Vienna, Austria | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{ubl|Filmmaker|Screenwriter}} | years_active = 1996–present }} '''Rainer Frimmel''' (born 11 July 1971, Vienna) is an Austrian director and photographer. After studying psychology in Vienna he graduated as a photographer. He has received scholarships in New York City, Paris and Rome for his photographic work.
Since 1996 he has been working together with Tizza Covi on films, theatre, and photography.
==With Tizza Covi==
In 2002 Frimmel and Covi founded their own film production company Vento Film to produce their films independently.
They have won several awards for their documentaries, including the Wolfgang-Staudte-Award at the Berlinale for ''Babooska''.thumb|right|Frimmel, opening night of Vienna International Film Festival 2013 (Gartenbaukino, Vienna, Austria).''La Pivellina'' is their first fiction feature film and has been screened worldwide in more than 130 International Film Festivals. The film has received numerous international awards including the Europa Cinemas Label in Cannes and was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but didn't make the final shortlist.<ref name="Oscar Shortlist">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110119.html |title=9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar® Race |accessdate=2011-01-19|work=oscars.org}}</ref> Their second feature film, ''The shine of day'', premiered in the international competition in Locarno 2012 and won the Silver Leopard for Best Actor. The film was also awarded as Best Austrian Movie of the year at the Diagonale, and won the Max Ophüls Award in Saarbrücken 2013.
==Filmography== *2026 ''The Loneliest Man in Town'' *2022 ''Vera'' *2020 ''Notes from the Underworld'' *2016 ''Mister Universo'' *2012 ''Der Glanz des Tages'' (''The shine of day'') *2009 ''La Pivellina'' *2005 ''Babooska'' *2001 ''Das ist alles (That’s all)'' *2000 ''Aufzeichnungen aus dem Tiefparterre (Notes from the basement)''
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==External links== * [http://www.afc.at/jart/prj3/afc/main.jart?rel=de&reserve-mode=active&content-id=1164272180506&artikel_id=1239972595142&lang=en Austrian Film Commission: Interview with Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel about La Pivellina] * [https://www.indiewire.com/article/new_directors_new_films_10_directing_duo_on_the_documentary_approach_they_t/# indieWire: New Directors/New Films '10 - Directing Duo on the Documentary Approach They Took to “La Pivellina”] *[https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118024707 Variety: Austria makes Oscar choices] *[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/la-pivellina-film-review-29529 The Hollywood Reporter: La Pivellina - Film Review]
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