Born in 1971 in Vienna. In 1989, he starts to work as an independent film critic for Austria's Public Radio Station ORF and several newspapers and film magazines. From 1992 on, he works as a distributor for Polyfilm Verleih, as a film programmer for movie theatres and as a curator for film festivals in Germany, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg and Austria. From 1994 to 2000 he's co-managing director of the distribution company Danube Entertainment (Munich).In 1995, Dumreicher-Ivanceanu and film director Bady Minck create the production company Minotaurus Film Luxembourg. Minotaurus Film produces feature and documentary films, among them the documentary film "Bunica" by Ina Ivanceanu and Elke Groen, a portrait of Ana Ionescu, the producer's grand-mother, shot in Bucharest and premiered at the Nyon documentary film festival 2005.In 2001, Dumreicher-Ivanceanu becomes co-founder and managing director of the production company Amour Fou Filmproduktion in Vienna, a company specialised in the production of artistically outstanding films and 'cinéma d'auteur'. Amour Fou has its international breaktrough in 2003, when four films co-produced by Amour Fou are selected at Cannes: "Struggle" by Ruth Mader (Un Certain Regard), "No rest for the brave" by Alain Guiraudie (Directors' Fortnight), "In the Beginning was the Eye" by Bady Minck (Directors' Fortnight) and "Fast Film" by Virgil Widrich (Official Selection, Short Film Competition).Since its creation in 2001, Amour Fou has produced over 40 feature films, documentaries and short films which have been shown at numerous international film festivals (such as Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam, Toronto) and have been awarded numerous awards. In 2006, "Taxidermia" by the Hungarian director György Pálfi premiered at Cannes; in 2007, "It happended just before" by Anja Salomonowitz won the Caligari Award at the Berlinale. In 2008, the documentary "Loos Ornamental" by Heinz Emigholz celebrated its world premiere at the Berlinale. In 2009, Heinz Emigholz's next film "Two Projects by Frederick Kiesler" had its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.Several films are currently developped and produced by Amour Fou, including "The Future's Past – Creating Cambodia" by Susanne Brandstätter and "MappaMundi" by Bady Minck, which are both scheduled to be completed in 2011.
Austria