Othmar Schmiderer was born in 1954 in Lofer, in the province of Salzburg. Since 1973 he has lived in Vienna. He studied sport and, after two years teaching, started working in the theatre in 1980, assisting in production and direction at the Theaterkooperative zur schaubude and other theatres. Finally, in 1983, he began working in film, assist- ing in various functions on numerous documentary and feature films, incl. work with Michael Pilz, Valie Export and many others. He took part in various productions as a cameraman and sound engineer, and also developed projects of his own. Since 1987 he has worked as an independent filmmaker in Vienna and Grafenwoerth, and in 2009 founded his own production company.
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