After starting with weird videos in the golden age of Youtube at age 14, Rupert Höller now directs multi award-winning
music videos and commercials, somewhere between comedy and surrealism, always with a big heart for art direction.
His work won an UKMVA Newcomer Award, Silver at 1.4 Awards, Berlin Music Video Award, Austrian Music Video Award
and has been selected at Slamdance, Raindance, Berlincommercial, Aesthetica Film Festival, Vimeo Staff Pick and Nowness.
He is one of a few directors to have been selected with two music videos in the same year at Camerimage Festival 2022.
Apart from all that, he likes minimalistic photography and baking cinnamon rolls.
If you ask nicely, he’ll bring one the next time you see him.
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SELECTION OF AWARDS & SCREENINGS:
– SXSW 2025 – OFFICIAL SELECTION: FOSTER THE PEOPLE – LOST IN SPACE
– WACO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2025 – BEST MUSIC VIDEO: FOSTER THE PEOPLE – LOST IN SPACE
– LYTHAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – BEST MUSIC VIDEO: BIBIZA – AUFNIMMAWIEDERSCHAUN
– BERLIN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2025 – WINNER 2nd PLACE / BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: KLANGKARUSSELL x GIVVEN – AFTERGLOW
– SANTORINI FILM FESTIVAL 2025 – BEST MUSIC VIDEO: SHAKE STEW – LILA
– PORTLAND DANCE FILM FEST 2024 – BEST MUSIC VIDEO: SHAKE STEW – LILA
– TORONTO INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL 2024 – BEST DIRECTOR & BEST MUSIC VIDEO : CARI CARI – MY GRANDMA SAYS WE HAVE NO FUTURE
– MUVID PERU 2024: BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR
– BOGOTA MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL 2024 – BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO : KLANGKARUSSELL x GIVVEN – AFTERGLOW
– BERLIN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2024 – WINNER 2nd PLACE / BEST ART DIRECTION: CARI CARI – MY GRANDMA SAYS WE HAVE NO FUTURE
– UKMVA 2023 – NOMINATED FOR “BEST INTERNATIONAL ROCK MUSIC VIDEO”: CARI CARI – MY GRANDMA SAYS WE HAVE NO FUTURE
– SLAMDANCE 2023 – OFFICIAL SELECTION : NOIZU – SUMMER 91
– BERLIN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2023 – OFFICIAL SELECTION / BEST ART DIRECTION: ARAI – LITTLE STUPID BOY
– 1.4 AWARDS 2022 – WINNER SILVER : GIVVEN – LOSING COLOURS
– CAMERIMAGE 2022 – OFFICIAL SELECTION : HVOB – EYES ALIVE + CAMO & KROOKED – OTHER SIDE
– LA GUARIMBA FILM FESTIVAL 2022 – WINNER BEST MUSIC VIDEO: NOIZU – SUMMER 91
– BERLIN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2022 – OFFICIAL SELECTION / BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : HVOB – EYES ALIVE
– CCA AWARDS 2022 – WINNER SILVER: C82
– CAMERIMAGE 2021 – OFFICIAL SELECTION: DRAMAS – BLOODBATH
– CCA AWARDS 2021 – WINNER BRONZE: WATERDROP – GRANDMA
– RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2021 – OFFICIAL SELECTION: GOOD WILSON – TILL WE MEET AGAIN
– BERLIN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2021 – OFFICIAL SELECTION / BEST ART DIRECTION: DRAMAS – BLOODBATH
– VIENNA SHORTS 2020 – WINNER / AUSTRIAN MUSIC VIDEO AWARD: OEHL – UEBER NACHT
– LA EDGE FILM AWARDS 2019 – WINNER / BEST MUSIC VIDEO + BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: OEHL – UEBER NACHT
– AUSTIN MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL 2019 – WINNER / OVERACHIEVER AWARD: LEYYA – WANNABE
– AESTHETICA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2019 – OFFICIAL SELECTION + FESTIVAL DIRECTOR’S PICK: LEYYA – WANNABE
– ALPINALE FILM FESTIVAL 2019 – WINNER / BEST NATIONAL SHORT FILM: 1+1=1
– RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2019 – OFFICIAL SELECTION: LEYYA – WANNABE
– AUSTRIAN MUSIC VIDEO AWARD – VIS VIENNA INDEPENDENT SHORTS 2019 – SPECIAL MENTION: LEYYA – WANNABE
– UK MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2018 – WINNER / BEST POP NEWCOMER: LEYYA – WANNABE
– VIMEO STAFF PICK: LEYYA – WANNABE
– BERLIN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2018 – WINNER 2nd PLACE / BEST ART DIRECTION: MYNTH – SMOG
– PREMIERE ON NOWNESS: MYNTH – SMOG
– EXHIBITION “URBAN LIVING” AT MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS HANNOVER 2018, GERMANY: HEARTS HEARTS / GOODS/GODS
– OFFICIAL SELECTION 21ST PALM SPRINGS INT. FILM FESTIVAL 2015: AUSSTIEG RECHTS / EXIT RIGHT – SHORT FILM
– OFFICIAL SELECTION 19TH RHODE ISLAND INT. FILM FESTIVAL 2015: AUSSTIEG RECHTS / EXIT RIGHT – SHORT FILM
– 20 AWARDS IN TOTAL AT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS: AUSSTIEG RECHTS / EXIT RIGHT – SHORT FILM
– 127 FESTIVAL SELECTIONS, OVER 10 MILLION VIEWS ONLINE: AUSSTIEG RECHTS / EXIT RIGHT – SHORT FILM