Jasmin Baumgartner

Jasmin Baumgartner (born 1990 in Baden, Lower Austria) is an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and film producer.

Life and career Baumgartner has been making films since the age of 17 and has also worked as a producer. Since 2011, she has been studying screenwriting at the Film Academy Vienna under Götz Spielmann and directing with Michael Haneke.

Between 2017 and 2020, she directed several music videos for the Austrian rock band Wanda. During the same period, she directed documentary segments for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) in Kenya and Iran for the series kreuz und quer.

Baumgartner’s 2020 documentary feature Robin’s Hood portrays alternative lifestyles and self-empowerment. The film was screened at the Diagonale and DOK Leipzig.

She received international attention with her short film Bye Bye, Bowser (2023), which premiered in the official shorts program of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The film also won the Best Newcomer Award at Vienna Shorts in 2023.

Baumgartner’s work combines precise character studies with a realistic, often music-driven visual style. In interviews, she describes her approach as “both visual and emotional,” emphasizing the narrative role of music.

She is regarded as a representative of the Austrian New Wave.

Selected filmography 2013 – Shirin: Die Ehre meiner Schwester (feature film; writer, director) 2016 – Unmensch (short film; writer, director) 2016 – I See a Darkness (short film; writer, director, producer) 2017 – Wanda: Columbo (music video; director, editor) 2019 – Wanda: Ciao Baby (music video; director, editor) 2019 – Wanda: Nach Hause gehen (music video; director, editor) 2019 – Julian Le Play featuring Madeline Juno: Sonne & Mond (music video; director, editor) 2020 – Wanda: Jurassic Park (music video; director, editor) 2020 – Robin’s Hood (documentary; writer, director) 2024 – Bye Bye, Bowser (short film; director)

Festival participation 2016 – Diagonale: Unmensch 2016 – Independent Days Filmfest Karlsruhe 2020 – Diagonale: Robin’s Hood (planned screening; cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) 2020 – DOK Leipzig: Robin’s Hood 2024 – Sundance Film Festival: Bye Bye, Bowser

Awards 2016 – Youth Jury Award at the Diagonale for Unmensch 2020 – “Gedanken-Aufschluss” Award at DOK Leipzig for Robin’s Hood 2023 – Jury Prize in the Austrian Competition at Vienna Shorts for Bye Bye, Bowser