Gregor Schmidinger

Gregor is a Vienna-based independent screenwriter and director. He studied screenwriting at the University of California Los Angeles. His work includes short films, music videos, commercials as well as one theatrically released feature film. His two short films THE BOY NEXT DOOR (2008) and HOMOPHOBIA (2012) have combined more than 15 million views on YouTube. His first feature film NEVRLAND (2019) was awarded the Youth Jury Prize at the 40th Max-Ophüls Filmfestivals as well as the Thomas-Pluch Spezialpreis for Best Screenplay at the Diagonale 2019. He is a jury member of the Austrian Motion Pi…