Portrait of Ulrich Seidl

Directing

Ulrich Seidl

Career

Active from 1980 to 2026, busiest in 2013 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Rimini
Rimini
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ulrich Seidl Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.7, average 4.7
  • Wholesome
    1.8, average 3.4
  • Nostalgia
    2.3, average 3.9
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 6
  • Psychological Drama 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Austrian Cinema 3
  • Bleak Realism 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Psychological 3
  • Exploitation 2
  • European Cinema 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Distances
Distances

Director, Screenplay

Sterne
Sterne

Producer

2020s

10 titles · average score 65
Tableaux
Tableaux (2026)

Director

The Devil's Bath
The Devil's Bath (2024)
GoodWatch score 74

Executive Producer

Moon
Moon (2024)
GoodWatch score 50

Producer

Veni Vidi Vici
Veni Vidi Vici (2024)
GoodWatch score 48

Producer

Wicked Games
Wicked Games (2023)

Writer, Director

Sparta
Sparta (2022)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Producer

Rimini
Rimini (2022)
GoodWatch score 77

Director, Screenplay

Sun
Sun (2022)
GoodWatch score 73

Producer

Luzifer
Luzifer (2021)
GoodWatch score 70

Producer

Running on Empty
Running on Empty (2020)

Co-Producer

2010s

11 titles · average score 66
The Children of the Dead
The Children of the Dead (2019)
GoodWatch score 52

Producer

Lillian
Lillian (2019)
GoodWatch score 70

Producer

Safari
Safari (2016)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Writer

Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (2016)
GoodWatch score 64

Co-Producer

Goodnight Mommy
Goodnight Mommy (2015)
GoodWatch score 75

Producer, Unit Manager

In the Basement
In the Basement (2014)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Producer

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

Paradise: Faith
Paradise: Faith (2013)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay, Director

Paradise: Hope
Paradise: Hope (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Screenplay

Paradise: Love
Paradise: Love (2012)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay, Director

Kern
Kern (2012)

Producer

2000s

6 titles · average score 63
Import/Export
Import/Export (2007)
GoodWatch score 68

Producer, Director

Brothers, Let Us Be Merry
Brothers, Let Us Be Merry (2006)

Director

The Mozart Minute
The Mozart Minute (2006)

Director

Jesus, You Know
Jesus, You Know (2005)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer, Director

State of the Nation
State of the Nation (2002)

Director

Dog Days
Dog Days (2001)
GoodWatch score 56

Director, Screenplay

1990s

9 titles · average score 64
Models
Models (1999)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer, Director

Fun Without Limits
Fun Without Limits (1998)

Screenplay, Director

The Bosom Friend
The Bosom Friend (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer, Director

Animal Love
Animal Love (1996)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer, Director

Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition (1996)

Screenplay, Director

The Last Real Men
The Last Real Men (1995)

Writer, Director

Loss Is to Be Expected
Loss Is to Be Expected (1992)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer, Director

Beware Haderer
Beware Haderer (1992)

Writer, Director

Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna
Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna (1990)

Director, Writer

1980s

5 titles
War in Vienna
War in Vienna (1989)

Director, Writer

Old People
Old People (1988)

Author

Look 84
Look 84 (1984)

Editor, Director

The Prom
The Prom (1982)

Director, Writer

One Fourty
One Fourty (1980)

Director, Writer