Bernhard Hetzenauer was born in Austria. Writer, director, producer and DOP of various short fiction and feature documentary films. Mag. degree in Art from the Vienna University of Applied Arts. MA Studies in Documentary Cinema, FUC Buenos Aires. MFA degree in Film from the Hamburg University of Fine Arts HFBK with Pepe Danquart and Wim Wenders. Studies in Gestalt Therapy in Quito and Buenos Aires.
Grants and Awards: 2006 Ursula Blickle Award/Vienna. 2007 Fohn Scholarship. 2008 Vienna Independent Shorts Audience Award. Dialektus Festival Budapest Special Jury Mention. Austrian Ministry of Culture Photography Grant. 2010 Merit-based Scholarship HFBK Hamburg. 2010-12 DAAD Scholarship for Artists, Germany. 2012 DAAD Award, HFBK Hamburg. Anni und Heinrich Sussmann Grant, Vienna. 2013 Theodor Körner Prize for Fine Arts, Vienna. Erasmus Euro Media Award, Vienna. HFBK Film Prize, Hamburg Culture Foundation. St. Petersburg Cinema Press Federation Diploma. 2nd Jury Prize, Biennial of Visual Arts Toluca, Mexico. City of Vienna Science Scholarship. 2013/14 Artist in Residence Scholarship, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EMARE MEX Scholarship, Werkleitz/Goethe Institut/FONCA/CNA Mexico.
His work was shown in Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Benin, Iran, Russia, Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Austria, Germany, France and Spain.
Participations in Biennial "Regard Bénin" 2012, Vienna Art Week 2012, Biennial of Visual Art Toluca/Mexico 2013, Biennial of Visual Arts "Miradas" Tijuana/Mexico 2014.
Grants and Awards: 2006 Ursula Blickle Award/Vienna. 2007 Fohn Scholarship. 2008 Vienna Independent Shorts Audience Award. Dialektus Festival Budapest Special Jury Mention. Austrian Ministry of Culture Photography Grant. 2010 Merit-based Scholarship HFBK Hamburg. 2010-12 DAAD Scholarship for Artists, Germany. 2012 DAAD Award, HFBK Hamburg. Anni und Heinrich Sussmann Grant, Vienna. 2013 Theodor Körner Prize for Fine Arts, Vienna. Erasmus Euro Media Award, Vienna. HFBK Film Prize, Hamburg Culture Foundation. St. Petersburg Cinema Press Federation Diploma. 2nd Jury Prize, Biennial of Visual Arts Toluca, Mexico. City of Vienna Science Scholarship. 2013/14 Artist in Residence Scholarship, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EMARE MEX Scholarship, Werkleitz/Goethe Institut/FONCA/CNA Mexico.
His work was shown in Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Benin, Iran, Russia, Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Austria, Germany, France and Spain.
Participations in Biennial "Regard Bénin" 2012, Vienna Art Week 2012, Biennial of Visual Art Toluca/Mexico 2013, Biennial of Visual Arts "Miradas" Tijuana/Mexico 2014.