Marco Schleicher is an Austrian filmmaker. In kindergarten he decided to become a director. Marco is a former student from Michael Haneke and worked in the Assistant Director and Casting department of Blockbuster movies - including: "Terminator" & "Hellboy" - as well as on TV series for Netflix and Amazon. From 2015 to 2018 Marco lived in London.
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 Studies
Tutors: Ioan Holender, Alexander Horwath, Peter Baminger, Peter Huemer
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.
• Further Studies: University of Vienna (2018 – 2022)
Journalism and Communication Studies (5 semesters)
Political Science (7 semesters)
Contemporary History and Media (2 semesters)
• 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
• Jenny - Der Hund des Präsidenten; Film27 (2022 – ongoing)
Director & Writer, Producer: Wolfgang Rest
Funded by the Austrian Film Institute (Script Development)
• Bewusst Gesund - TV; ORF 2 (2022)
Director - Segment “Hand Care”
• TV Series – 6 Episodes; Mona Film (2019 – ongoing)
Writer, Producer: Gerald Podgornig
• Erzähl Mir - TV Pilot; Kiwi TV (2019)
Director, Producers: Barbara Stöckl, Peter Nagy
• Story.One - TV Pilot; Kiwi TV (2019)
Director & Writer (Concept), Producers: Barbara Stöckl, Peter Nagy
• Terminator: Dark Fate - 20th Century Fox / Paramount Pictures (2018)
Set PA (AD Department), Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Producer: John J. 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 & Further Activities
• Student Filmmakers Magazine, New York (2020 – 2021)
Writer of Articles
• Royal Central School of Speech & Drama (2017)
Directing - An Introduction (2-month Theatre Directing Program)
• Dan Hubbard Casting (2017) Internship
• Max Reinhardt Seminar (2014) Contemporary Dramaturgy, 1 semester
• 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 (2018) Director, Writer. Cast: Christian
McKay, Stephanie Vogt, Alice Henley; Presented at the Festival
de Cannes 2018 (Short Film Corner)
• Puppet Theatre Barge - Promo (2016) Director
• The Last Encounter (2015) Director, Writer, Producer. Cast: Erwin Leder, Maria Happel
• Time Does Not Pass (2014) Director, Writer, Producer. Cast: Meaghan Martin
• Wege (2012) Director, Writer, Producer
Cast: Wolfgang Hübsch, Sabrina Reiter, Mercedes Echerer, Thomas Mraz
• South Africa - Short Documentary (2011) Co-Director
• Niemand (2011) Director, Writer, Producer. Cast: Fritz Karl, Erich Schleyer