Biography
The story of a writer (Tom Hulce) who boards in the apartment of a single mother (Susan Dey) and her son in a decaying L.A. neighborhood, "Echo Park" anticipated the rise of independent feature films in the USA. Dornhelm followed with "Cold Feet" (1989), the story of three renegades in Montana who try to become king of the hill.
Reared in Romania, Dornhelm emigrated to Austria in 1960 where he studied film and TV at the University of Vienna. …
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Career Milestones
2002 | Served as director of the FX biopic "RFK", about Robert F. Kennedy | |
2002 | Directed the critically-acclaimed TV-movie "Sins of the Father" (FX) | |
2001 | Helmed the ABC miniseries "Anne Frank"; received Emmy nomination | |
1999 | Shot "The Venice Project" in June; film premiered in September at the Venice Film Festival | |
1997 | Directed "A Further Gesture" | |
1993 | Directed TV-movie "Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald" (NBC) | |
1989 | Made second feature film, "Cold Feet" | |
1985 | Directed first feature film, "Echo Park" | |
1982 | Helmed short film comedy, "Rearranged"; featured return to acting by Grace Kelly (Princess Grace of Monaco); left unfinished at her death | |
1980 | Earned critical praise for the documentary "She Dances Alone", about Kyra Nijinsky | |
1977 | Directed documentary "The Children of Theatre Street", narrated by HRH Princess Grace of Monaco; earned Oscar nomination | |
1975 | Won the Straatpreis, the highest award in Austria for film | |
| Made more than 80 documentaries for Austrian TV | ||
1960 | Emigrated to Austria and attended film school | |
| Raised in Romania | ||
| Born in Hungary | ||
Awards
2001 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For a Miniseries, Movie or a Special in Anne Frank |
1977 | Academy Award for Documentary (Feature) in The Children of Theatre Street |