Szyszkowitz Gerald
Born on 22.7.1938 in Graz. Studied theater studies and German language and literature in Vienna, doctorate in 1960, assistant to film director Willi Forst, scholarships in Paris and Washington, stays in Martinique, Manila and Saigon, 1962-72 director and theater dramaturge in Bonn, Dortmund, Wilhelmshaven, Stuttgart, Hanover and since fall 1968 chief dramaturge and director in Graz, from 1972 chief dramaturge of the ORF and since 1973 head of the main department of television drama and entertainment - during his work TV productions such as Peter Turrini's "Alpensaga", Thomas Pluch's "Das Dorf an der Grenze" or Helmut Zenker's crime series "Kottan"; Left ORF in 1994 and has been a freelance writer since the end of 1994.