Katharina Mückstein

Katharina Mückstein is an Austrian director, screenwriter and producer. She studied Philosophy, Gender Studies and Directing at Filmakademie Wien, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst. In 2010 Mückstein co-founded the production company La Banda Film. Her first feature film was Talea (2013) and the second one L'animale (2018), which was invited to the Berlinale. She also produced Holz Erde Fleisch (2016) and Tiere und andere Menschen (2017). Between 2020 and 2022, she directed the TV crime series Blind Ermittelt (Blindly investigated) and the two TV films of the Der Wien-Krimi: Blind ermittelt crime saga. In 2023 she directed and co-wrote the documentary Feminism WTF, which was among others nominated at the Munich international Documentary Film Festival.