Ippolit Wischinsky, known as Ip Wischin, is a Russian/Austrian dramaturgist, director, screenwriter, composer and business consultant, whose main work is about the basic principles of film dramaturgy.
Career
Wischin started filmmaking in his early teens, shooting Shorts and experimental movies on Super 8. Moving to New York in 1981, he studied directing, producing and editing at the School of Visual Arts and later assisted Miloš Forman at Columbia University. After returning to Austria in 1985, he started working on :de:Totentriptychon|Totentriptychon, a variation on Fritz Lang's Destiny - Der müde Tod, set in an endtime dystopia. At the same time, he worked as editor and writer for the ORF - Austrian Broadcasting and the Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen or BEV. Shortly after being ordained as Zen Buddhist, he was approached by Michael Glawogger to work on :de:Kino im Kopf|Movies in the Mind, an episodic film project, for which Wischin wrote the episode "Die Momolosse". He also composed the music and played the lead character. In 1996 he moved to theater, where he got more into acting. He wrote several well known pieces which were staged worldwide. Among them were :de:Die fabelhafte Welt des Sigmund Freud|Die fabelhafte Welt des Sigmund Freud and :de:Der Verschollene|Amerika, a piece by Franz Kafka, which Wischin translated and adapted for the stage; he also played one of the leads during a tour in the USA. Art Director of the Pygmalion Theater in Vienna from 1996 to 2004, Wischin was heavily influenced by the theater's founder and drama teacher :de:Geirun Tino|Geirun Tino, who directed many of Wischin's plays. Among many of Wischinsky's official duties was also his position as media trainer for the Austrian Military Ministry between 2010 and 2014. In 2018 and 2019 he attended philosopher Sir Roger Scruton's summer school at Cirencester.
Awards
Ip Wischin received an award at the :de:Wiener Bezirksfestwochen|Wiener Bezirksfestwochen as best actor, for his role as Wladimir in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot.
Teaching
Since 2006 Wischin teaches :de:Film Dramaturgy|Film Dramaturgy, a non-formulaic approach to creating stories, in Vienna, Hollywood and all over the world. The same basic principles are also used in a system created by Ip Wischin and Marc Miletich, called Contextual Conflict Resolution. It proves especially efficient in conjunction with economic paradigm changes and the detachment of big corporations strict hierarchies, from the modern social networks. Film Dramaturgy offers a range of communicative processes and analytical tools to resolve these issues
