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Stefan Ruzowitzky

Stefan Ruzowitzky

Director and writer · Born December 25, 1961 (64) · Vienna, Austria

Berlinale award nominee

Stefan Ruzowitzky (born December 25, 1961) is an Academy Award-winning Austrian film director and screenwriter.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 25, 1961 (64)
From
Vienna, Austria
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 30% in 30 days

What are Stefan Ruzowitzky's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 7

Grounded 4 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 1

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 7

Steady 3 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 2

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2

Casual 2 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Dread
5
Melancholic
4
Cold
3
Contemplative
3
Other
9

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Stefan Ruzowitzky's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Subscription and free streaming for Stefan Ruzowitzky's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

15 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Icefall(2025)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • Hinterland(2021)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Narcissus and Goldmund(2020)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Patient Zero(2018)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • Cold Hell(2017)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Radical Evil(2013)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • Deadfall(2012)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • The Counterfeiters(2007)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Anatomy 2(2003)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • All the Queen's Men(2001)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Anatomy(2000)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • The Inheritors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Tempo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Writer

  • Kristallnacht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 1996 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing15 of 15: 5 only directing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score42ndWriting10 of 15: 0 only writing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score55th

15 titles, 10 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s5 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Nominated for a Berlinale award in 2007.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Stefan Ruzowitzky's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th4

Reviewers score the atmosphere 64/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Stefan Ruzowitzky's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 82 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 50 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 67 · intenseMedian of all films: 36

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Stefan Ruzowitzky work with?

People who share at least 2 of Stefan Ruzowitzky's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Benedict Neuenfels shares the most, 7.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers