12Karina Ressler

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Karina Ressler and Götz Spielmann editing Revanche

(Courtesy Karina Ressler) photo by Nico Albert

Karina has edited several times for Jessica Hausner, including the award winning Lourdes (2009). Amongst her other important collaborations is that with Götz Spielmann. She is also professor of Montage at the renowned University of Television and Film Munich (HFF).

RC: Where were you born/what did your parents do/was there an artistic background in the family?

KR: I was born in the south of Austria, near to Italy and Slovenia in a small town named Villach. My mother was a teacher for textile design and handcrafts. My father ...

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