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Gabriel Barylli

ガブリエル・バリリ / がぶりえる・ばりり

Film director from Austria

May 31, 1957 (age 69) ・ Vienna, Austria

  • film director
  • screenwriter
  • writer

My Take

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.

Overview

Gabriel Barylli (born 31 May 1957) is an Austrian actor and film director. He has appeared in more than 40 films and television shows since 1981. He won the Silver St. George award for Best Actor for his role in A French Woman at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

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
Blood type
Private
Height
Private
Agency
Private
Occupation
film director / screenwriter / writer / stage actor / film actor

2. Background

Elementary school
Private
Junior high
Private
High school
Private
University
Private

Awards & achievements

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

3. Relationships

Spouse
Private
Children
Private
Parents
Private
Siblings
Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

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7. About this entry

Tags

  • film director
  • screenwriter
  • writer
Last updated
2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.