---
name: "Veit Heiduschka"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/veit-heiduschka"
fi1m_id: "veit-heiduschka"
imdb_id: "nm0374002"
tmdb_id: 6098
wikidata_id: "Q112756"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "20 May 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-24T03:20:21.036984+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Veit Heiduschka

## Identity

Veit Heiduschka

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/veit-heiduschka
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** veit-heiduschka
- **IMDb ID:** nm0374002
- **TMDB ID:** 6098
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112756
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veit_Heiduschka, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0374002/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6098

Producer. Born 20 May 1938 in Döbeln, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 20 May 1938, Döbeln, Germany
- **Active:** 1997–2012
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael Haneke](https://film.one/person/michael-haneke.md), [Annie Girardot](https://film.one/person/annie-girardot.md), [Isabelle Huppert](https://film.one/person/isabelle-huppert.md), [Stefan Arndt](https://film.one/person/stefan-arndt.md), [Susanne Lothar](https://film.one/person/susanne-lothar.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2000s 85 (3), 2010s 88 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 77 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Mystery 2, Romance 2, Thriller 2, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $64m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veit_Heiduschka, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0374002/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6098

## Coming up

- *Kochschule Schwarz* (2026-12-24), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Piano Teacher*](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md) (82), [*Funny Games*](https://film.one/film/funny-games.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Veit Heiduschka is an Austrian film producer. He founded Wega Film in 1980 and has produced dozens of films since the mid-1980s, frequently in collaboration with director Michael Haneke.

His credits include *The Seventh Continent* (1989), *Benny's Video* (1992), *Funny Games* (1997), *The Piano Teacher* (2001), *Caché* (2005), *The White Ribbon* (2009), *Amour* (2012) and *Happy End* (2017). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for *Amour* in 2013, shared with Margaret Ménégoz, Stefan Arndt and Michael Katz.

Heiduschka was born on 20 May 1938 in Döbeln, Germany, and is based in Vienna.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Amour* (2012), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/amour.md)
- *The White Ribbon* (2009), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-ribbon.md)
- *Caché* (2005), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/cache.md)
- *The Piano Teacher* (2001), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md)
- *Funny Games* (1997), Fi1m 74, Producer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/funny-games.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kochschule Schwarz* (2026), Producer
- *Cyberpunk Romance* (2026), Co-Producer
- *Andrea Gets a Divorce* (2024), Producer
- *The School of the Magical Animals* (2021), Co-Producer
- *Greece - The Wild Side* (2020), series, Producer
- *Happy End* (2017), Producer
- *Wild Mouse* (2017), Producer
- *Liebe möglicherweise* (2016), Producer
- *Cracks in Concrete* (2014), Producer
- *Beloved Sisters* (2014), Co-Producer
- *Amour* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/amour.md)
- *Kuma: The Second Wife* (2012), Producer
- *The White Ribbon* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-ribbon.md)
- *For a Moment, Freedom* (2008), Producer
- *Meine liebe Republik* (2007), Producer
- *König Otto* (2006), Producer
- *Deepfrozen* (2006), Producer
- *Octopus Alarm* (2006), Producer
- *Caché* (2005), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cache.md)
- *Time of the Wolf* (2003), Producer
- *Everyman's Feast* (2002), Production Manager, Producer
- *The Piano Teacher* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md)
- *Hunters in the Snow* (2000), Producer
- *Balkan Baroque* (1999), Producer
- *The 3 Postal Robbers* (1998), Producer
- *Debt of Love* (1998), Producer
- *Fun Without Limits* (1998), Producer
- *Funny Games* (1997), Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/funny-games.md)
- *The Castle* (1997), Producer
- *Es war doch Liebe* (1997), Producer
- *Dreamland* (1997), Producer
- *Charm's Incidents* (1996), Producer
- *Alles ist Architektur: Porträt Hans Hollein* (1996), Producer
- *My Mother's Courage* (1995), Producer
- *The Moor's Head* (1995), Producer
- *Exit II: Transfigured Night* (1995), Producer
- *71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance* (1995), Producer
- *L'homme noir* (1995), Producer
- *Death in Shallow Water* (1994), Producer
- *Etwas am Herzen* (1994), Producer
- *The Eye of the Typhoon* (1993), Producer
- *Benny's Video* (1992), Producer
- *Dead Flowers* (1992), Producer
- *Ilona & Kurti* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Das tätowierte Herz* (1991), Producer
- *Feldberg* (1990), Producer
- *Weininger's Last Night* (1990), Producer
- *True Love* (1990), Producer
- *Ach, Boris...* (1990), Producer
- *Schatten im Rampenlicht* (1990), Producer
- *Society's Finest* (1990), Producer
- *The Seventh Continent* (1989), Producer
- *Sternberg - Shooting Star* (1988), Producer
- *Müllers Büro* (1986), Producer
- *PARADISE LTD.* (1986), Producer
- *Anima - Symphonie Fantastique* (1981), Executive Producer
- *Man lebt, weil man geboren ist*, Co-Producer
- *Frieda*, Producer
- *February, Seven Days*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Veit Heiduschka](https://film.one/media/person/87373/gallery-0dbf03670a12.jpg) Veit Heiduschka — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Veit_Heiduschka_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Laura Louisa Garde und Veit Heiduschka zu Gast bei der Verleihung des Nestroy-Theaterpreises 2010 im Burgtheater in Wien.](https://film.one/media/person/87373/gallery-35d40256860c.jpg) Laura Louisa Garde und Veit Heiduschka zu Gast bei der Verleihung des Nestroy-Theaterpreises 2010 im Burgtheater in Wien. — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Nestroy_2010_%2804%29_Laura_Louisa_Garde%2C_Veit_Heiduschka.jpg/1280px-Nestroy_2010_%2804%29_Laura_Louisa_Garde%2C_Veit_Heiduschka.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Iris Blauensteiner recieving the award as best Austrian newcomer at the film festival Vienna Independent Shorts 2014 at Stadtkino at Vienna Künstlerhaus (Vienna](https://film.one/media/person/87373/gallery-bda63a13910e.jpg) Iris Blauensteiner recieving the award as best Austrian newcomer at the film festival Vienna Independent Shorts 2014 at Stadtkino at Vienna Künstlerhaus (Vienna — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/VIS_-_Vienna_Independent_Shorts_2014_Stadtkino_K%C3%BCnstlerhaus_Iris_Blauensteiner_Austrian_Newcomer.jpg/1280px-VIS_-_Vienna_Independent_Shorts_2014_Stadtkino_K%C3%BCnstlerhaus_Iris_Blauensteiner_Austrian_Newcomer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Veit Heiduschka at the Romy TV awards (Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna) (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/87373/gallery-5bb41b2c76fb.jpg) Veit Heiduschka at the Romy TV awards (Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna) (2010) — Manfred Werner (Tsui), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Veit_Heiduschka%2C_ROMY_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Veit Heiduschka at the opening of the Vienna International Film Festival 2012.](https://film.one/media/person/87373/gallery-8b7317ad1652.jpg) Veit Heiduschka at the opening of the Vienna International Film Festival 2012. — Manfred Werner / Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Veit_Heiduschka_Viennale_2012_opening.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Marlene Ropac, Veit Heiduschka and Murathan Muslu (best male actor in Risse im Beton) at the Austrian Film Awards 2015 at Rathaus, Vienna,Austria.](https://film.one/media/person/87373/gallery-799243a73343.jpg) Marlene Ropac, Veit Heiduschka and Murathan Muslu (best male actor in Risse im Beton) at the Austrian Film Awards 2015 at Rathaus, Vienna,Austria. — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2015_Marlene_Ropac_Veit_Heiduschka_Murathan_Muslu_1.jpg/1280px-%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2015_Marlene_Ropac_Veit_Heiduschka_Murathan_Muslu_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2013: Best Picture (nominated), for *Amour*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2010: Best Film Not in the English Language (nominated), for *The White Ribbon*
- 2002: Best Film Not in the English Language (nominated), for *The Piano Teacher*

### Other awards — 3 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Film 2012: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *Amour*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2009: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *The White Ribbon*
- European Film Award for Best European Co-Producer 2007: European Film Award for Best European Co-Producer (won)
- European Film Award for Best Film 1993: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Benny's Video*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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