Directing
Martin Willibald Meisl
Born
1992-08-28 (34)
Place of birth
Wien - Austria
Known for
Directing
Credits
7 titles
Mag. art. Martin Willibald Meisl (born 28. August, 1992) is an Austrian filmmaker, art director, and multidisciplinary artist based in Vienna. His work is largely autobiographical, focusing on personal identity and lived experience. He navigates through inner-psychological cinema, experimental stage design, and contemporary queer performance to examine human desires and emotional states. His projects often address themes of sexuality and vulnerability, integrating psychological complexity to engage viewers emotionally. Meisl graduated from the University of Applied Arts Vienna in Stage and Film Design. His cinema and theater productions have received critical attention for addressing socie…
Known for
NRAn autobiographical short film about bugchasing, the intentional self infection with HIV. In the work author and director Martin Willibald Meisl deals with his memories and tries to explore his motivations. - When did the tendency towards self-destructive behavior arise and which ones can be seen? For that, he works with reenactments of artworks such as photos by Joel-Peter Witkin or Michaelangelo’s Pietá. A look at the later consequences of the decision is given. Discrimination, side effects of the therapy, and feelings towards the fresh infection. There is a clear change in his sexuality, and new positions taken.
Autoaggression
2022
NRNo synopsis available yet.
MARGARETHE
2026
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRAn autobiographical short film about bugchasing, the intentional self infection with HIV. In the work author and director Martin Willibald Meisl deals with his memories and tries to explore his motivations. - When did the tendency towards self-destructive behavior arise and which ones can be seen? For that, he works with reenactments of artworks such as photos by Joel-Peter Witkin or Michaelangelo’s Pietá. A look at the later consequences of the decision is given. Discrimination, side effects of the therapy, and feelings towards the fresh infection. There is a clear change in his sexuality, and new positions taken.
Autoaggression
2022
NRAn autobiographical short film about bugchasing, the intentional self infection with HIV. In the work author and director Martin Willibald Meisl deals with his memories and tries to explore his motivations. - When did the tendency towards self-destructive behavior arise and which ones can be seen? For that, he works with reenactments of artworks such as photos by Joel-Peter Witkin or Michaelangelo’s Pietá. A look at the later consequences of the decision is given. Discrimination, side effects of the therapy, and feelings towards the fresh infection. There is a clear change in his sexuality, and new positions taken.
Autoaggression
2022
NRAn autobiographical short film about bugchasing, the intentional self infection with HIV. In the work author and director Martin Willibald Meisl deals with his memories and tries to explore his motivations. - When did the tendency towards self-destructive behavior arise and which ones can be seen? For that, he works with reenactments of artworks such as photos by Joel-Peter Witkin or Michaelangelo’s Pietá. A look at the later consequences of the decision is given. Discrimination, side effects of the therapy, and feelings towards the fresh infection. There is a clear change in his sexuality, and new positions taken.
Autoaggression
2022
NRNo synopsis available yet.
MARGARETHE
2026
NRNo synopsis available yet.
MARGARETHE
2026
NRNo synopsis available yet.
MARGARETHE
2026