ABOUT.
JOHANNA LIETHA IS AN AWARDED SCREENWRITER AND DIRECTOR.
Johanna Lietha, born in Zurich in 1986, studied film directing at the University of the Arts London (UAL) and completed further training in drama directing, acting, screenwriting and dramaturgy. She has worked as an assistant for directors such as Jessica Hausner, Bernard Rose and Antonin Svoboda as well as for the actor Klaus Maria Brandauer.
Her first feature film ‚Lovecut‘ premiered at Max Ophüls Film Festival in 2020 and was awarded the prize for Best Screenplay
before it travelled to many more festivals including Warsaw Film Festival, Les Arcs, BUFF Malmö and Kaohsiung. She is currently financing her second feature film ‚Heart Beats‘, a children’s and family film, and is developing ‚Soul Songs‘, a story about end-of-life care. She lives and works as a screenwriter, director and dramaturge in Vienna, Zurich and elsewhere.
SHE WORKS AS A PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER,
FOCUSING ON ACTORS AND ACTRESSES PORTRAITS