EDUARD MEISEL

a.k.a. ED MEISEL


Quaringasse 20/12, A-1100 Vienna / AUSTRIA (E. U.)

Phone: +43 (680) 310-7425

e-mail: screenplay@gmx.at • Skype Name: meiseled

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Member ”Austrian Writers’ Association”

European Screenwriter - working int'l standards

pen name (1966-1996): Edoardo Ricoza


R É S U M É


TELEVISION... (Since 1975)


Outlines for TV-MOVIES, TV-SERIES, TV-COMEDIES, TV-SHOWS. GAG WRITING.


SAVING SAVINGS ("Die sparreichen Vier") - comedy screenplay, Austrian

National TV - (Dir. H. Scholz)


FEATURE FILMS... (Since 1975)

 

SOCIAL EVENING IN A MOUNTAIN LODGE ("Huettenzauber") - comedy movie;

screenplay in co-operation with George W. Thomas (Prod. / Vanthomas Ltd.)


THE CHASE BEGINS ("CHASE - Die Jagd beginnt") - adventure comedy;

screenplay in co-operation with Walter Bannert (Dir.)


BLACK JADE drama, romance - screenplay (co-writer Louis W. Thompson, 

Los Angeles) - a novel (book to the movie planned in advance, only in US-English),

co-writer: to be determined


WALKING ON SUNSET feature-documentary - screenplay (Arthom Films Ltd.,

Los Angeles / Vienna <www.vanthomasfilm.com>),

Dir. / DP / Editor: George W. Arnhoff-Thomas (2003)


FESTIVAL...

“Walking On Sunset“ at the New York International

Independent Film and Video Festival 2005.

“Walking On Sunset” was screened at the Festival May 2005 in New York

and was awarded in the category “best supporting actress”.


RAILROAD CROSSING a political thriller (1994 - Arthom Films Ltd., Los Angeles / 

Vienna) co-writer: George W. Thomas - DP; Prod. & Dir. /  to be determined  –  

screenplay available, only in American English, based on a translation made

by Paul De Angelis


THE TANNER IDENTITY ("Tanner") political thriller - detailed treatment (American

English translation by Gordon Catlin), Prod. & Dir. /  to be determined - in

development - 2013 - a novel (book to the movie), co-writer: Stefan Geymayer


A SURPRISE FOR HARRY - a "jet black" thriller (Vienna-version: UEBERRASCHUNG 

FUER HARRY, Paris-version: JEAN-MARIE ET LES FEMMES) screenplay/rough draft for

a TV-Movie or Motion Picture (at the moment in German) - 2009/2013 - a novel

(book to the movie), co-writer: Tina Landauer


NOB HILL TOWERS mystery-drama - screenplay, only in US-English - co-writer:

George W. Thomas (DP) - Prod. & Dir. /  to be determined – in development -

a novel (book to the movie planned in advance), co-writer: to be determined


STAGE...(since 1968)


THE BLIND OF MASADA  ("Die Blinden von Masada"), a tragedy


ROBINSON DIES ("Robinson stirbt") - performed in Vienna (Austria)


RAILWAY CROSSING performed in Reutlingen b. Stuttgart (Germany),

translated into American English by Paul De Angelis


CHAOS or MR. AKHENATON'S FEAR ("CHAOS oder DIE ANGST DES HERRN ECHNATON")

a play in two acts - a historical "Fantasy-Drama" - translated into British English

by Nicole Özkinay, B.A. - and into Italian by Giuseppina Morbioli


RADIO...(since 1967)


NO MORE SONGS ABOUT VIENNA! ("Das letzte Wienerlied") radio play, Hessischer

Rundfunk (Frankfurt / Germany), Austrian National Radio (Vienna / Austria)


TRINIDAD radio comedy, Austrian National Radio (Innsbruck / Austria)

 

PROSE...(since 1984)

 

THE MURDER THAT NEVER HAPPENED a novel (Mystery-Thriller / SEELENRUHIG -

temporary German title) being worked on

 

ADVERTISING...(since 1970)


Industry and promotional films, Commercials, 

1976/1982 - a family's and company's history,

Radio Commercials for the Social Democratic Party of Austria (in the 70s)

 

GHOSTWRITING - a Thriller (in German)


Further information upon request


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