Gernot Lercher
Gernot Lercher
MY LIFE STORY

Since the 1990s, Gernot Lercher has served as author and director for more than 40 international TV documentaries which have reached an audience of 20 million people and been shot all around the world.

born 14 February 1966 in Graz, Austria
Author and director of documentary films.
based in Vienna/Austria.
1986–1990: Journalist for Austrian Radio and Television (ORF)
1990 to 2020: director and scriptwriter (ORF) 

2020 to present: Head of Natural History (ORF)

TIMELINE
1992
Football in Cameroon
1993
Triathlon in Alaska's Winter
1995
Skijumping in New York City
1996
Emperor's Waltz on the Kilimanjaro
1996, 1998, 1999
Race Across America
1997
Arnold Schwarzenegger – Flashlights of an Outstanding Career
1998
The USS George Washington in the Persian Gulf
1999
A Styrian Night
2000
Luxury at High Sea
2002
Kalachakra – The Dalai Lama in Graz
2002-2016
Aid under a good star
2003
The Magic of the Lipizzans
2004
The Romans in Austria
2005, 2006
Powder 8 – World Championship in Deep Snow Skiing
2009
The Dachstein – Climing the South Face of Styrias Highest Mountain
2009
The hearbeat of poverty – 10 years of St. Mary's Ambulance
2010
Pathfinder of History
2013
Universum: Magic Mountains – Land of the champions
2014
Universum XL: Green Pathways – Austria's Wild Frontiers
2015
South Styrian Wine Road
2016
Universum: Europe's Last Nomads
2017
Slum City – Africa's Largest Slum
2017
Universum History: Life Between Worlds (preproduction)