Adrian Goiginger

Adrian Goiginger
Goiginger in 2017
Born (1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 (age 35)
Salzburg, Austria
Occupation
    • film director
    • screenwriter

Adrian Goiginger (born 22 February 1991) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter.

Early life

Adrian Goiginger was born in Salzburg on 22 February 1991. He grew up with a drug-addicted single mother. His father had died of a heroin overdose. He was close to his grandparents and great-grandparents.

Goiginger wanted to become a filmmaker after he saw Forrest Gump at the age of 11. He went on to study directing at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.

Career

Goiginger wrote and directed The Best of All Worlds, an autobiographical film about his childhood and his mother's struggle with drug addiction. The film was released in 2017 and received five Austrian Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay for Goiginger.

Goiginger's 2022 film The Fox [de] is based on an episode from the life of his great-grandfather, who took care of a wounded fox cub as a soldier in the Wehrmacht during World War II.

Goiginger's 2023 film Rickerl [de] is about a failed musician and stars the musician Voodoo Jürgens [de]. It won Goiginger the Austrian Film Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay.

He again received the Austrian Film Award for Best Director for the 2026 film Four Minus Three [de]. Based on an autobiography by Barbara Pachl-Eberhart [de], it is about a female clown who loses her husband and children in a car accident.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

References

  1. 1 2 "Adrian Goiginger". Munzinger Biographie (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "Österreichischer Filmpreis für "Die beste aller Welten"". Der Standard (in Austrian German). Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  3. ↑ "The Fox (Der Fuchs)". Cineuropa.
  4. ↑ Gottlieb, Susanne (3 November 2023). "Review: Rickerl". Cineuropa. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  5. ↑ Gottlieb, Susanne (6 June 2024). "The Devil's Bath and Rickerl continue scooping prizes at the Austrian Film Awards". Cineuropa. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  6. ↑ Gottlieb, Susanne (22 June 2026). "Perla and Four Minus Three dominate the 16th Austrian Film Awards". Cineuropa. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  7. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (15 April 2026). "Berlinale Award-Winner 'Four Minus Three,' Starring Valerie Pachner, Acquired in Key Territories". Variety. Retrieved 5 October 2026.