**Andreas Prochaska** (born 31 December 1964 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and editor. He grew up in Bad Ischl and later moved to Vienna to study journalism and theatre studies, but did not complete his studies. In 1985 he began working in the film industry as an assistant to director Paulus Manker and gained practical experience in various departments, including sound design, directing, production and editing in both film and television.

Prochaska first worked as co-editor of the *Tatort* episode *Flucht in den Tod* (1987) and as assistant editor on Wolfram Paulus's film *Nachsaison* (1988). He later collaborated with director Michael Haneke: first as assistant editor on *Benny's Video* (1992) and *71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance* (1994), and then as editor on *The Castle* (1997), *Funny Games* (1997) and *Code Unknown* (2000).

In 1998 he made his directorial debut with *The Three Post Robbers*, an adaptation of Christine Nöstlinger's children's novel, which was a success at the Austrian box office. After several television films and series episodes, he turned to the horror genre with *Dead in 3 Days* (2006) — a slasher notable for the fact that its actors spoke in Austrian dialects. The film's success led to a sequel two years later.

In 2010 Prochaska directed his first comedy, *The Unintentional Kidnapping of Mrs. Elfriede Ott*, which received the first Austrian Film Award in 2011 and earned him the prize for best screenplay. In 2012 he received the Bavarian Television Award and the International Emmy Award for directing the television film *A Day for a Miracle* (*Das Wunder von Kärnten*).