Marie Kreutzer

Marie Kreutzer (born 25 August 1977) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. Most known for Corsage.

Early life and career Kreutzer was born on 25 August 1977 in Graz, Styria, Austria. She is the daughter of the Styrian Green Party politician Ingrid Lechner-Sonnek.

Kreutzer studied at Vienna Film Academy with Walter Wippersberg and later worked as a lecturer at the Vienna Film Academy.

One of Kreutzer's most notable films Corsage focuses on themes of female rebellion in a historic setting, tackling contemporary female issues. She collaborated with her cinematographer Judith Kaufmann to convey her version of the story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.

Her films have been screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2022 Cannes Film Festival, 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, and 2022 New York Film Festival.

On 9 April 2026, it was announced in Paris that Gentle Monster, the new film by Marie Kreutzer, will officially compete for the 2026 Cannes Palme d’Or. The production won the Cannes Marché du Film Investors Circle Prize in 2025, as reported by Euronewsweek.

Personal life Kreutzer is a feminist. She is married to production designer Martin Reiter, with whom she has a daughter. No name was given, but the only event of that kind taking place in Austria that night was the premiere of Kreutzer's Corsage in Vienna, which led to speculation that Mückstein was referring to someone who worked in that film. Mückstein later said that she could not name the man due to legal reasons. On 15 January 2023, Kreutzer released a statement saying that she was "sad and angry that a feminist film that more than 300 people from all over Europe worked on for years may be tarnished and damaged by the horrific actions of one person". Kreutzer said she was informed of the rumors about Teichtmeister in Autumn 2021, after the filming for Corsage had wrapped, he "convincingly assured us (and others) of their falsity", she said. The same day, Exxpress reported that another actor from Corsage had been accused of sexual assault by an anonymous insider of the film industry, and that Kreutzer had been informed of that case as well. "As with Teichtmeister, everything should be covered up with this actor so that the film project is not damaged. Again, many people know about the allegations, and again nobody is bringing it to the public", said the whistleblower who tipped off Exxpress about Teichtmeister in June 2022.

Despite the charges against Teichtmeister, Corsage remained as Austria's official submission for the Oscars in the Best International Feature Film category, However, the film did not get the nomination. In February 2023, Kreutzer said that she did not know Teichtmeister well, that they shot together for two weeks and she did not see him much before either and that "the shock must be much bigger for the people who knew him well". Kreutzer also added, "He has done other films, he is a famous theatre actor in Austria, but we are in a crossfire now, because Corsage has been so successful and everybody was putting this story together with the film. I had to talk about it, even though I am neither responsible nor could I have ever known that. I don't wish for anyone to ever experience this."

On 20 January 2023, German magazine Der Spiegel reported that at least three women have accused an unnamed actor from Corsage of psychological, physical and sexual violence. Shortly before the Vienna premiere of Corsage in June 2022, the women tried to talk to Kreutzer, who canceled three suggested dates for the meeting claiming she did not have time for it.

Since 2020, Kreutzer has been working on a new film under the working title Johnny Maccaroni, which deals with a topic similar to Teichtmeister's case. is about a woman who is visited by the police one day because her husband published a photo of their child in a dark web chat group in which men share content about how to abuse a child.

Filmography

Feature film

Television