Gregor Schmidinger

Gregor is a Vienna-based screenwriter and director. He studied screenwriting at the University of California Los Angeles, USA. His work includes the two short films 'The Boy Next Door' and 'Homophobia'. Both films combined have more than 15 million views on YouTube. His first feature film 'Nevrland' was awarded Best Feature Film at the Filmfestival Kitzbühel, Best International Feature at The Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival and the Thomas-Pluch Spezialpreis for Best Screenplay at the Diagonale 2019 as well as six nominations for the Austrian Film Award 2020 among others. Gregor is a jury member of the Austrian Motion Picture Rating Organisation and one of the founders of the Porn Film Festival Vienna.