:Alexander Schukoff

Alexander Schukoff studied directing under Axel Corti and screenwriting under Harald Zusanek at the Film Academy in Vienna. He produced short films for the movies{{cite web |title=Catalog of Filmmakers |url=https://www.sixpackfilm.com/en/catalogue/filmmaker/3956/ |publisher=Sixpackfilm |access-date=20 May 2023}} and worked as a director{{Cite web |title=Viennese Confectionary Art: Apart from Austrian Sacher Cake (2014) |url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/viennese-confectionary-art-apart-from-austrian-sacher-cake-2014 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}} for various television stations,{{Cite web |title=International TV- and culture magazin |url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/sound-of-vienna-2017 |website=A.V.Club}}{{Cite web |title=TV namigi: Božična peka, Korporativne živali in Poročilo |url=https://www.delo.si/magazin/zanimivosti/tv-namigi-bozicna-peka-korporativne-zivali-in-porocilo/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www.delo.si |language=sl-si}}{{Cite web |title=Programmwochen |url=https://pressetreff.3sat.de/programmwochen?tx_zdfprogrammdienst_pi1%5Baction%5D=show&tx_zdfprogrammdienst_pi1%5Bbroadcastid%5D=010de1bd-129e-4ee7-9885-124c87e605f8&tx_zdfprogrammdienst_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=Broadcast&tx_zdfprogrammdienst_pi1%5Bdatestart%5D=10.11.2022&tx_zdfprogrammdienst_pi1%5Bdatestop%5D=10.11.2022&tx_zdfprogrammdienst_pi1%5Bstation%5D=03&tx_zdfprogrammdienst_pi1%5Bweek%5D=45&cHash=23a7bc78798ae4e157b47b03fbdaeecc |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=3sat Pressetreff |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=Złotnicy Habsburgów (2016) – Telemagazyn.pl |url=https://www.telemagazyn.pl/serial/na-wspolnej-552361/odc3184/index.php/film/zlotnicy-habsburgow-3042569/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www.telemagazyn.pl |language=pl}} and music videos, including those featuring Falco,{{IMDb title|6556372 | Maschine brennt}} and was involved in the development of the OTS-project, which later became 3sat.

In 1986, Schukoff founded his film production company,{{cite web |title=List of Certified Film Procucers |url=https://www.wko.at/branchen/w/gewerbe-handwerk/film-musikwirtschaft/schukoffalexander.html |website=Austrian Economic Chamber |access-date=21 May 2023}} which produced commissioned work in the cultural and culinary sectors.{{cite journal |last1=Per |first1=Karlsson |title=European Wine Bloggers |journal=BK Wine Magazin |date=23 December 2010 |volume=December 2010 |url=https://www.bkwine.com/news/european-wine-bloggers-conference/ |access-date=23 May 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Mallavoy |first=Camille |title=VINEXPO EXPLORER CHAPTER 1 – AUSTRIA – PRODUCED BY ALEXANDER SCHUKOFF-FILM |url=https://www.vinexposium.com/vinexpo-explorer/multimedia-ressources-austria-chapter-1/vinexpo-explorer-chapter-1-austria-produced-by-alexander-schukoff-film/ |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Vinexposium |publisher=Global Wine Events Organizer |language=en-US}} As a media artist, he created several acclaimed short films for the cinema, with his first feature film "Simmering" still being screened in theaters[https://www.derstandard.at/story/3031695/film-ausflug-in-die-vorstadt DerStandard], daily Newspaper, (In german)] and at festivals today, as well as video installations in museums{{Cite journal |title=Alfred Klinkan Retospective |url=https://www.museum-joanneum.at/fileadmin//user_upload/Presse/Aktuelle_Projekte/Archiv/2019/Alfred_Klinkan/Press-release-Klinkan-E.pdf |journal=Universalmuseum Joanneum Press}} such as Museum of Applied Arts {{cite news |title=Official Press Release |url=https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20040420_OTS0071/mak-kick-off-europa-jetzt-bild |access-date=23 May 2023 |work=EUROPE NOW |publisher=MAK Vienna}}{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Redl |title=MAK KICK OFF |url=https://www.kanonmedia.com/mak-kick-off-europa-jetzt-junge-europaische-kunstszene-im-mak-2/ |website=EUROPE NOW |publisher=Kanonmedia |access-date=28 May 2023}} and Kunsthalle in Vienna.

Schukoff shifted his focus towards television documentaries in collaboration with journalist Nadeschda Tschistjakowa. Since 2005, in association with ORF the duo produced many documentaries, that have been shown worldwide on various television networks{{cite web |title=L'Arte della pasticceria viennese (|url=https://www.filmdistasera.com/scheda-film/l%27arte-della-pasticceria-viennese.html |website=Programmazione E Scheda (In Italian) |publisher=RAI Radio Audizione Italiane |access-date=27 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Lists of Films |url=https://mojtv.hr/filmografija/reziser/10481/alexander-schukoff.aspx |website=TV-Magazin |publisher=Moj TV Magazin (in Croatian) |access-date=8 August 2023}}{{cite web |title=THE NEXT WORLD-CLASS SMART ENTERTAINMENT |url=https://movie.trueid.net/th-en/movie/aEB15y0RwzRZ |website=TueID TV Magazin (in Thai) |access-date=9 August 2023}} and have won multiple international film awards.{{Cite web |title=TWO ORF CO-PRODUCTIONS WIN AT DEAUVILLE GREEN AWARDS 2021 – SEÑAL NEWS |url=https://senalnews.com/en/content/two-orf-co-productions-win-at-deauville-green-awards-2021 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=senalnews.com |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Winners 2021 |url=https://www.deauvillegreenawards.com/en/festival-deauville-green-awards/other-editions/winners-2021?view=article&id=3362:the-art-of-soap-making&catid=147 |access-date=25 May 2023 |website=Silver Awards |publisher=Deauville Film Festival}}

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Since 2007, Alexander Schukoff has been married to his partner Nadeschda Schukoff (maiden name Tschistjakowa). Together, they have a daughter and reside in Vienna.

• 1978: Simmering, short movie. Excerpts from this film were also used in the video installation "Remembering Forgetting"{{Cite web |title=Remembering Forgetting |url=https://www.jannakyllastinen.com/independent-films/remembering-forgetting |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Janna Kyllästinen |language=en-US}} by Harvard Professor Svetlana Boyms about her escape via Simmering (Vienna) from the Soviet Union in 1981, which was screened at Harvard University at 2015.{{cite web |last1=Luigi |first1=Porto |title=Remembering Forgetting by Svetlana Boym |date=30 October 2015 |url=https://www.luigiporto.com/single-post/2015/10/30/rememberingforgetting-by-svetlana-boym-19592015-screened-at-harvard |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• 1981: M.O. Music Show, TV-musicshow{{IMDb title|1285261|title=M.O. Musicshow}}
• 2003: About Ingeborg Bachmann, Live-Video-Performance at Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna{{cite journal |last1=Moser |first1=Christian |title=MAK NITE Videointallation |journal=Ingeborg Bachmann Forum |volume=November 2003 |page=5 |url=http://www.ingeborg-bachmann-forum.de/pdf/IB30_PR.pdf |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• 2005: Superstars. From Warhol to Madonna, Videoinstallation at Kunsthalle Wien
• 2008: Coffee Express, TV broadcast,{{cite web |title=Shortlist Broadcast |url=https://movie.douban.com/subject/5160170/ |website=Program 2009 |publisher=Douban TV-Program (In Chinese)|access-date=24 May 2023}}
• 2010: The Vienna Roll – A little Cultural History,{{cite web |title=The Vienna Roll |url=https://contentsales.orf.at/product/365042, |website=ORF-Contentsales |publisher=ORF |access-date=24 May 2023}} TV-documentary, 45 mins
• 2017: Goldsmiths of the Habsburgs, TV-documentary
• 2017: Sound of Vienna, TV-documentary. In close collaboration with Gregor Widholm and his scientific findings on the causes of the unique sound of Viennese orchestras.{{cite web |last1=Gregor |first1=Widholm |title=Shooting Sound of Vienna |url=https://www.widholm.at/fotogalerie_en/#anchor_6 |access-date=18 September 2023}}{{cite web |title=TV Program Juli 2019 |url=https://www.bergblick-tv.de/highlights-archiv/juli19/der-klang-von-wien.html |website=Kulturprogramm |publisher=Bergblick TV Deutschland |access-date=24 May 2023}}
• 2020: The Art of Soap Making, TV-documentary. For this film director Alexander Schukoff, was awarded the Silver Award in the category of "Sustainable Producing and Circular Economy" at the Deauville Green Awards Film Festival 2021.{{cite news |title=Official Press Release |url=https://www.deauvillegreenawards.com/en/other/other-editions/winners-2021?view=article&id=3362:the-art-of-soap-making&catid=147 |access-date=24 May 2023 |publisher=Deauville Green Awards}}{{cite news |title=TWO ORF CO-PRODUCTIONS WIN AT DEAUVILLE GREEN AWARDS 2021 |url=https://senalnews.com/en/content/two-orf-co-productions-win-at-deauville-green-awards-2021 |access-date=24 May 2023 |issue=Deauville green Awards |publisher=Senal News |date=June 12, 2021}}
• 2021: Christmas Baking In Vienna, TV-documentary about Christmas traditions of Viennese confectioner.{{cite news |title=TV Program 21. December |url=https://mojtv.hr/film/189085/tradicionalne-becke-bozicne-slastice.aspx |access-date=25 May 2023 |publisher=MOJ TV Magazin (in Croatian)|date=21 December 2022}} Director Alexander Schukoff wins the Silver Award at Deauville Green Awards 2023.{{Cite web |title=Winner of Silver Award in category Ecotourism and sustainable travel |url=https://www.deauvillegreenawards.com/en/festival-deauville-green-awards/other-editions/the-2023-winners?view=article&id=3852:christmas-baking-in-vienna&catid=147|website=Official List of Winners at Deauville Film Festival}}
• 2022: Festive Treats of Viennese Cuisine, TV-documentary{{cite web |title=Festive Treats of the Viennese Cuisine |url=https://contentsales.orf.at/product/801687 |website=Program Catalogue |publisher=ORF |access-date=25 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Festive Treats of Viennes Cuisine |url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/festive-treats-of-the-viennese-cuisine-2022 |website=Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. |publisher=A.V. Club |access-date=25 May 2023}}

• Winner of the Silver Award at Deauville Green Awards 2021 for "The Art of Soap Making"https://www.deauvillegreenawards.com/en/festival-deauville-green-awards/other-editions/winners-2021?view=article&id=3362:the-art-of-soap-making&catid=147
• Nominated for the Finalistes at Deauville Green Awards 2023 for "Christmas Baking in Vienna"
• Winner Silver Award for "Christmas Baking in Vienna" in category ecotourism and sustainable travel at Deauville Green Awards 2023.{{Cite web |title=Christmas Baking in Vienna |url=https://www.deauvillegreenawards.com/en/festival-deauville-green-awards/other-editions/the-2023-winners?view=article&id=3852:christmas-baking-in-vienna&catid=147 |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=deauvillegreenawards.com}}
• Winner US-International Awards 2024 for "Festive Treats of The Viennese Cuisine" in category "Culture and Lifestyle"{{cite web |title=Winner US International Awards |url=https://www.usinternationalawards.com/singlewinner/149 |access-date=2 July 2024}}
• Winner US-International Awards 2024 for "Christmas Baking in Vienna" in category "Travel and Eco Tourism"{{cite web |title=Winner 2024 |url=https://www.usinternationalawards.com/singlewinner/148 |website=US International Awards |publisher=US International Awards |access-date=2 July 2024}}

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