Gabriela Pichler
{{short description|Swedish film director and screenwriter (born 1980)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gabriela Pichler
| image = Gabriela Pichler.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Gabriela Pichler at the 48th Guldbagge Awards.
| birth_name = Gabriela Katarina Pichler
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|3|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Huddinge, Sweden
| death_date =
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| nationality = Swedish
| other_names =
| occupation = Film director, screenwriter
| years_active = 2010–present
| known_for =
| notable_works = Eat Sleep Die (2012)
}}
Gabriela Katarina Pichler (born 11 March 1980 in Huddinge) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter.{{cite web|title=En debut med lyskraft|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur--nojen/en-debut-med-lyskraft/|publisher=Sydsvenskan|accessdate=22 January 2013|language=Swedish}}
Biography
Pichler and her family moved from Stockholm to Örkelljunga when she was eight years old. Her mother, Ruzica Pichler, is from Bosnia and her father is from Austria. Her mother plays one of the roles in her 2012 feature film debut Eat Sleep Die.{{cite web|title=Hej, vi finns här också|url=http://www.dagensarbete.se/home/da/content.nsf/aget?openagent&key=hej_vi_finns_har_ocksa_1351085152461|publisher=Dagens Arbete|accessdate=22 January 2013|language=Swedish}} Pichler attended Öland's documentary school and School of Film Directing in Gothenburg.
In 2010, she received a Guldbagge Award at the 45th Guldbagge Awards, in the category for Best Short film for Scratches (Skrapsår), which was her thesis at the School of Film Directing.{{cite web
|url=http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/kristianstad/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=3396476
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121225110257/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/kristianstad/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=3396476
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=25 December 2012
|title=Guldbagge till Gabriela Pichler
|accessdate=26 January 2010
|last=
|first=
|date=25 January 2010
|publisher=Sveriges Radio
|language=Swedish
}} The same year she received the Bo Widerberg Scholarship.
Pichler's first feature film, Eat Sleep Die, premiered in Sweden on 5 October 2012. The film won the Audience Award in International Film Critics' Week at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite web|title=Äta sova dö vinnare i Venedig|url=http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/film/1.1058450-ata-sova-do-vinnare-i-venedig|publisher=Göteborgsposten|accessdate=5 October 2012|language=Swedish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910003806/http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/film/1.1058450-ata-sova-do-vinnare-i-venedig|archive-date=10 September 2012|url-status=dead}} Pichler was awarded two Guldbagge Awards at the 48th Guldbagge Awards for her work on the film; Best Directing and Best Screenplay. The film was also awarded in the category Best Film.{{cite web|title=Vinnare & Nominerade|url=http://guldbaggen.se/nominerade/|publisher=Guldbaggen|accessdate=22 January 2013|language=Swedish}} For the film, she was also awarded the Jan Myrdal Society's little literary prize "The Robespierre Prize" on 13 April 2013 in Varberg.{{cite web|title=Jan Myrdals tal till Maj Sjöwall och Gabriela Pichler vid prisutdelningen|url=http://www.janmyrdalsallskapet.se/jan-myrdals-litteraera-pris/item/209-jan-myrdals-tal-till-maj-sjowall-och-gabriela-pichler-vid-prisutdelningen.html|publisher=Jan Myrdal Society|accessdate=April 21, 2013|language=Swedish}}
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Category:Swedish film directors
Category:Swedish screenwriters
Category:Best Director Guldbagge Award winners
Category:Best Screenplay Guldbagge Award winners
Category:People from Örkelljunga
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