Mirjam Unger, attended the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and got a degree in directing.
Since 2000, she worked as an author and director to create motion pictures like MAIKÄFER FLIEG and documentaries like VIENNAS LOST DAUGHTERS, OH YEAH, SHE PERFORMS! which all were successful internationally. In addition to that, Mirjam regularly works for Austrian TV and radio.
For her TV documentary on child poverty in Austria ARMUT IST KEIN KINDERSPIEL, she received the important Prälat-Leopold-Ungar Journalism Award in the category- best tv documentary.
Aside from her work in film, Mirjam Unger is known as an anchor woman for TV, Radio FM4, Ö1, as well as Gala.
In 2016, she opened the Diagonale Film Festival with her film MAIKÄFER FLIEG. Actress Ursula Strauss received the award for best actress for her work in this very film.
Mirjam Unger received two Romy nominations for MAIKÄFER FLIEG in 2017, for best film and best script.
In 2018, 2019 and 2020 Mirjam Unger worked on episodes of the very successful TV show VORSTADTWEIBER.
She directs TV shows like TAGE, DIE ES NICHT GAB and BIESTER and TV movies like TATORT, LANDKRIMI many others.
In 2023 she won a Romy Award for TAGE DIE ES NICHT GAB.
Mirjam lives near Vienna.