The Pyrker Collection

Both a longstanding director of the Austrian Film Office and organiser of the Österreichische Filmtage in Wels, Reinhard Pyrker died unexpectedly in 1997 leaving behind him a major archive of contemporary Austrian cinema. This impressive collection includes over a thousand dossiers packed full of material on all Austrian film-makers active since the 1960s (biographical and filmographical selections, press cuttings, photographs, programmes, etc.) as well as scripts, posters, the video collection of the Österreichische Filmtage, an extensive library and various estates. Reinhard Pyrker’s detailed collection can undeniably be credited as having made the serious examination of Austrian cinema of the past forty years possible.

Searching and using the archive

Pyrker’s collected works detail the country’s film history from around 1960 to the middle of the 1990s. The dossiers can be viewed in the Department for Studies and Research of the Filmarchiv Austria. Please also refer to the search tips and user information on our homepage.

Contact:

Mag. Thomas Ballhausen t.ballhausen@filmarchiv.at
Tel.: (+43 1) 216 13 00 - 253