Lisl Ponger
* 1947 in Nuremberg.
Lisl Ponger attended the photography class of the School of Graphic Arts in Vienna. She made photographies of the actions of Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsch and Peter Weibel. From 1974 to 1978, she lived in the USA and in Mexico. In 1979, Lisl Ponger began to direct films. She was responsible for the concept and organization of the avantgarde film showcase called "Die Schatten im Silber" of 1987. She received the Austrian Promotion Award for Film Art in 1988 and the Honorary Award for Film Art in 1994. She is a founding member of the film disctribution company sixpackfilm and a member of the Vienna Sezession.
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0690409/
FILMS directed by LISL PONGER
If the Lumière Brothers...
Austria 2006, 1 min, language: without dialogue
If the Lumière Brothers had finished their invention 200 years earlier, I could have used original footage of James Cook, Joseph II, Catherine the Great, Danton and Mozart instead of just filming their clothing. (Lisl Ponger)
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2006, The Mozart-Minute
OTHER FILMS:
Imago Mundi - Das Gültige, Sagbare und Machbare verändern (2007)
déjà vu (1999)
Panorama (1998)
Passagen (1996)
Phantom Fremdes Wien (1991)
Semiotic Ghosts (1991)
Train of Recollection (1988)
Substantial Shadows (1987)
The Sound of Space (1986)
Container - Contained (1985)
Tendencies To Exist (1984)
Film - An Exercise in Illusion II. (1983)
Souvenirs (1982)
The Four Corners of the World (1981)
Lichtblitze (1981)
Film - An Exercise in Illusion I. (1980)
Space Equals Time - Far Freaking Out (1979)