Stefan Ruzowitzky

For many viewers in Japan, Ruzowitzky is simply the director of Anatomy, and that medical horror did put his name on the map. But the Viennese filmmaker is more interesting than that one title suggests. Trained at the University of Vienna, he moves comfortably between commercial genre work and weightier human drama, an unusual flexibility for a director from Austria's relatively small film world. I read him as a dependable craftsman who values solid storytelling over flash, the kind of filmmaker who quietly anchors a national cinema. He is one of those directors whose next project I always find myself genuinely curious about.

Stefan Ruzowitzky is an Austrian film director and screenwriter.

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Name (English)

Stefan Ruzowitzky

Name (Japanese)

シュテファン・ルツォヴィツキー

Reading

しゅてふぁん・るつぉゔぃつきー

Born

December 25, 1961 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

Origin

Vienna, Austria

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

film director / screenwriter

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

University of Vienna

Awards & achievements

• Romy
• 2008 Culture Medal of Upper Austria

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%86%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%84%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%84%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC

Tags

• film director
• screenwriter

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.