Marco Schleicher is a young filmmaker from Austria and lives in London. In kindergarten he decided to become a filmmaker.

Education
• Met Film School London (Ealing Studios / 2015 – 2016)
MA of Arts in Directing, MA Research Project with support from Andy Serkis.

• University of Vienna (2012 – 2015)
BA of Arts in Theatre, Film and Media Sciences.
1st BA-thesis on narrative elements of US blockbuster films.

2nd BA-thesis on cinematic spaces of US fantasy films.

• Film Academy Vienna (2013 – 2015)
Michael Haneke’s Directing Program.

• W@lz (2007 – 2012)
Private High School with a focus on theatre, e.g. “Macbeth” production with people from a township in South Africa.

Film, TV, Theatre

• Terminator 6 - Feature Film; 20th Century Fox (2018)

  Set PA (AD Department), Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Producer: John Kelly

• The Outpost - Feature Film; Millennium Films (2018)

  Casting Session Director, Director: Rod Lurie

• Medici: Masters of Florence - Season 3, TV Series; Netflix / RAI (2018)

  Casting Session Director

• NOS4A2 - TV Series; AMC (2018) UK Casting Session Director

• The Actors' Guild of Great Britain (2018) Casting Workshop Leader

• Lore - Season 2, TV Series; Amazon Studios (2018)
  UK Casting Assistant & Austria Casting, Directors: Alice Troughton, Christoph Schrewe

• The Romanoffs - TV Series; Amazon Studios (2018) 

   UK Casting Assistant, Casting Director: Nancy Bishop

• Whisky Cavalier - ABC Pilot (2018) UK Casting Assistant

• Pine Gap - TV Mini-Series; Netflix / ABC (2018) UK Casting Intern

• Polar - Feature Film; Netflix / Dark Horse Entertainment (2017)

  Casting Intern, Casting Director: Dan Hubbard

• Angel Has Fallen - Feature Film; Millennium Films (2017)
  Casting Intern, Director: Ric Roman Waugh

• Hellboy - Feature Film; Millennium Films (2017)

  Casting Intern, Director: Neil Marshall, Producer: Lloyd Levin

• Buddy; BT Commercial (2017) Casting Intern, Director: Tom Hooper

• Bose; Commercials (2017) Casting Intern

• Judwaa 2 - Feature Film; 20th Century Fox / Star India (2017) 3rd AD Assistant

• Mubarakan - Feature Film; Sony Pictures (2017) 3rd AD Assistant, Cast: Anil Kapoor

• Stöckl. - TV; ORF 2 (2015) 2nd Assistant Director

• Stöckl live - TV; ORF 2 (2015) 2nd Assistant Director

• Science.Talk - TV; ORF 3 (2015) 2nd Assistant Director

• Bewusst Gesund - TV; ORF 2 (2015) 2nd Assistant Director

• Video und Filmtage - Film Festival; WienXtra-Medienzentrum (2014)

  Member of Selection Panel, PR

• Don Quijote - Theatre; Burgtheater Vienna (2013 – 2014) Co-Director: Film Sequences

• Rasender Stillstand - Theatre; Burgtheater Vienna (2012) Assistant Director

• The Devil's Violinist - Feature Film; Summerstorm Entertainment (2013)

  Speaking Part: Flunkey Edwards, Director: Bernard Rose, Cast: Helmut Berger

• My Best Enemy - Feature Film; Josef Aichholzer Filmproduktion (2011)

  Speaking Part, Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu

• Der Schiefe Turm - TV; ORF 1 (2005 – 2007) Co-Child TV Host

• Kids 4 Kids - TV; ORF 1 (2005 – 2006) Child TV Host

Training

• Royal Central School of Speech & Drama (2017)

  Directing - An Introduction (2-month Theatre Directing Program)

• Dan Hubbard Casting (2017) Internship

• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (2014) Shakespeare Summer School, Acting

• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (2013) Contemporary Drama Summer School, Acting

• SAE Vienna (2012) Tom Kane's Film Production Workshop

• Radio Orange (2010) Work Experience: Journalism

• Austrian Broadcasting Corporation: ORF (2007) Internship: Carpenter's and Decorator's Workshop

• 1st Film Academy 4 Kids (2002 – 2003) Practical Classes on Filmmaking

Short Films
• The Talent Agent - MA graduation film (2017) Director, Writer. Cast: Christian McKay,

  Stephanie Vogt, Alice Henley; Featured at the Festival de Cannes 2018 (Short Film Corner)

• Puppet Theatre Barge - Promo (2016) Director

• Time Does Not Pass (2014) Director, Writer, Producer. Cast: Meaghan Martin

• The Last Encounter (2014) Director, Writer, Producer. Cast: Erwin Leder

• Wege (2012) Director, Writer, Producer

• South Africa - Short Documentary (2011) Co-Director

• Niemand (2011) Director, Writer, Producer. Cast: Fritz Karl