Sabine Weber

ORF
Fiction Department

Born 10th October 1964 in Vienna, Austria

Study of German language and literature, University of Vienna During the study working for different magazines

1983 – 1995 Lector at a publishing house (Ueberreuter), Specialized on children’s books, historic books Translations (English – German) Since 1992 Head of department of specialized books: non-fiction books, Austrian history, biographies

Since 1996 ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) 1996 - 2000 press relations officer of Kathrin Zechner (programme manager)

From 2001 to 2008 Head of ORF department “TV Movies and Series - acquisition” ( TV-movies, series, co-productions, children’s programs)

From 2008 commissioning editor and producer ORF fiction department (responsible for TV-movies and series, eg iEmmy-award-winning “A Day For A Miracle”, “Polt”, “Soko Donau”, “Die Toten von Salzburg”, “Die Toten vom Bodensee”, “Kästner und der kleine Dienstag”, “Freud”, “School of Champions” and many more)