Kurt Langbein, born in 1953, holds a degree in sociology from Vienna
University. 1979 ‒ 1989 documentary filmmaker and feature-journalist with
ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation), 1989 ‒ 1992 Austrian news editor
with the news-magazine „profil“, since 1992 at „Langbein & Partner Media“
as CEO, producer and director of several documentaries and TV-reports.
Writer of several non-fiction books (e.g. Bitter Pills 1983, Guidebook to
Healthfulness 1986, Prolonging Life ‒ At What Cost 1994, 1996, The
Medicine Syndicate 2003, Medicine: Classified Information 2009, Pushing Down Daisies ‒ Life After
Cancer 2012). 2011 he was awarded the Leopold Ungar-Prize for his TV documentary ʻThe Sense of
Endowingʼ, 2013 he was accorded with the Axel-Corti-Award for Service of Excellence in Broadcasting
and TV.