Markus Schleinzer

Acting · Production · Directing · Writing

Born November 8, 1971, Vienna, Austria

Markus Schleinzer (born 8 November 1971; Vienna) is an Austrian film director, screenwriter, casting director, and actor. He is best known his feature films Michael (2011) and Rose (2026). Before establishing as a filmmaker, Schleinzer built a long career as a casting director, working on more than 60 Austrian film and television productions and collaborating with directors including Michael Haneke, Ulrich Seidl, and Jessica Hausner. His background in casting has been widely cited by Schleinzer as a formative influence on his approach to acting and staging as a director.

Filmography

• 2026Der unsichtbare Zeuge — Fink
• 2026Four Minus Three
• 2026Rose — Writer, Director, Casting
• 2026The Rays and Shadows — General Van Haffel
• 2025In My Parents' House — Dr. Pistorius
• Other People's Money — Martin Eppler
• 2024Aufstand im Bordell - Frauenhandel um 1900 — Feigl
• 2024Veni Vidi Vici — Alfred
• 2023All Will Be Revealed — Notar
• 2023Brainfuck — Angelo
• 2023Sisi & I — Kaiser Franz Joseph
• 2022Rupture
• 2022The Conference — Otto Hoffmann
• 2021Chess Story — Dr. Auer
• 2021Hinterland — Pickpocket
• Ich und die Anderen — Michael
• Kitz — Quirin Kandler
• 2019Angelo — Director, Writer, Producer
• 2019Nevrland — Psychotherapist
• 2019The Ground Beneath My Feet — Dr. Hoffmann
• 2018Border Country — Dr. Schneider
• 2018Shillings from Heaven — Inspektor
• 2017Wannabe — Caster
• 2016Margarethe Ottillinger – Die Frau, die zu viel wusste — Peter Krauland
• 2016Unmensch — Hans
• 2015Der Metzger muß nachsitzen — Mario Sedlatschek
• 2015One of Us — Joseph Winkler
• 2015The Wagner-Clan — Adolf von Gross
• 2014Burning Souls — Schwartconz
• 2014Casanova Variations — Writer
• 2014Eine Liebe für den Frieden – Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel
• 2014Superegos — Jasper
• 2013Alles Schwindel — Gross
• 2013The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich — Agent Klein
• 2011Die fremde Familie — Weinhändler
• 2011Michael — Director, Writer
• 2010Rammbock: Berlin Undead — Casting
• 2010The Poll Diaries — Casting
• 2010The Robber — Bewährungsbeamter, Casting
• 2010The Unintentional Kidnapping of Mrs. Elfriede Ott — Casting
• 2009Lourdes — Casting
• 2009Schautag — Kunde
• 2009The White Ribbon — Casting
• 2008For a Moment, Freedom — Casting
• 2007Forever Never Anywhere — Mathias
• 2007Franz Fuchs – A Patriot — Casting
• 2007The Counterfeiters — Casting
• 2006Slumming — Gast im Lokal, Casting
• 2005Sleeper — Casting
• Vienna Crime Squad — Amon Heller, Alfons Mair
• 2004Hotel — Casting
• 2004The Whore's Son — Casting
• 2003Time of the Wolf — Casting
• 2003Twinni — Casting
• 2002Icarus — Casting
• 2001Lovely Rita — Casting
• 2001The Piano Teacher — Casting
• 2001The Praying Mantis — Casting
• Scene of the Crime — Klaus Rottensteiner
• Klaus — Director, Writer