Gabriel Barylli

Gabriel Barylli fascinates me because he refuses to be just one thing. Born in Vienna in 1957, he directs, writes screenplays, authors books, and acts on both stage and screen, with an Austrian Decoration for Science and Art and a 1999 Grimme-Preis to show for it. In an era of narrow specialists, a creator who can write, perform, and direct with equal conviction feels increasingly rare. There is something fitting about Vienna, that old capital of art and ideas, producing such a restless polymath. I genuinely admire the ambition of an artist who wants to master every side of storytelling at once.

Name (English)

Gabriel Barylli

Name (Japanese)

ガブリエル・バリリ

Reading

がぶりえる・ばりり

Born

May 31, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

Origin

Vienna, Austria

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / writer / stage actor / film actor

Awards & achievements

• Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
• 1999 Grimme-Preis

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AC%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA

Tags

• film director
• screenwriter
• writer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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