Andrea Maria Dusl

Andrea Maria Dusl (born 12 August 1961), is an Austrian/Swedish film director, author and illustrator. She was born in Vienna, the daughter of Austrian architect and Swedish captain's family Pettersson's descendant . Between 1981 and 1985 she studied stage design at Vienna's Akademie der Bildenden Künste and promoted as Master of Arts. She worked as assistant stage designer at Vienna's Burgtheater, Akademietheater (under the direction of George Tabori), Theater an der Wien, Theater in der Josefstadt and Wiener Staatsoper. Between 1993 and 1997 she attended medical studies at Universität Wien (University of Vienna).