Joana Scrinzi

Joana Scrinzi (born 1981) is an Austrian film editor.

Biography
After graduating from high school in 1999, Scrinzi studied at the Musisches Gymnasium and ballet and dance training at Fachhochschule Salzburg Multi Media Art. During her studies, she made, among other things, a documentary film about ballet dancers and the relationship to her body and in 2003, she graduated with a degree in engineering. From 2004 to 2006, she worked as an assistant editor with Karina Ressler and Oliver Neumann, among others, for productions such as Hotel, Fallen, Revanche and Immer nie am Meer. The first full-length feature film for which she was responsible as editor was in März by director Klaus Händl, with whom she worked again for the film Tomcat in 2016.

Scrinzi is a member of the Academy of Austrian Films and the Austrian Film Editing Association. She is married to the film director Antonin Svoboda, with whom she has two children.

Awards and nominations

 * 2017: 2017 Austrian Film Awards – Nominated in the Best Editor category for Tomcat
 * 2018: Diagonale – Best Artistic Editing of a Documentary for Gwendolyn and Nicht von schlechten Eltern
 * 2018: Schnitt-Preis – Nominated for Bild-Kunst Schnitt Preis Dokumentarfilm for Gwendolyn
 * 2021: Diagonale – Best Artistic Editing of a Feature Film for Fuchs im Bau

Filmography

 * 2008: März
 * 2010: Einmal mehr als nur reden
 * 2012: Outing
 * 2012: Warme Gefühle
 * 2012: Griffen
 * 2013: CERN
 * 2013: Schulden G.m.b.H.
 * 2013: Fiesta auf der Müllhalde
 * 2014: Was Wir Nicht Sehen
 * 2014: Tough Cookies
 * 2015: Drei Eier im Glas
 * 2016: Tomcat
 * 2017: Gwendolyn
 * 2017: Cry Baby, Cry (Nicht von schlechten Eltern)
 * 2020: Fuchs im Bau
 * 2021: Great Freedom