
Born in Judenburg/Styria in 1991. After her bachelor’s degree in political science (Vienna and Ciudad de México) she studied art and film with Thomas Heise at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and a master's degree in editing at the Vienna Film Academy.
Freelance editor and director since 2020. Member of aea - Austrian Editors Association and dieRegisseur*innen. 2024/25 mentee in the mentoring program by feminist film association FC Gloria (mentor editor Karina Ressler).
Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
Awards:
* 2025 nominated for Franz Grabner Preis at Diagonale, Festival of Austrian Film with documentary Mâine Mă Duc - Tomorrow I Leave (Director, Editor)
* 2024 ARTE Award Best Documentary for Durchgangsland (Editor; Director: Daniel Fill)
* 2019 Appreciation award for artistic work for master thesis on Dokumentarische Haltung, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Languages:
German, English, Spanish (fluent)
Romanian, Italian, French (basic skills and editing experience)
marialisa.pichler(at)gmx.at
Impressum:
Maria Lisa Pichler
Max-Winter-Platz 4
1020 Wien
+43699/13535070