Michael Haneke

Austrian film director and screenwriter (born 1942)

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Michael Haneke is an Austrian film director and screenwriter known for creating thought-provoking cinema that often explores violence and human behavior. His films are significant in contemporary cinema for their distinctive style and willingness to challenge audiences with difficult subject matter.

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Munich, Germany

Michael Haneke (born March 23, 1942) is a retired German-Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work. Besides working as filmmaker he also teaches directing at the Filmacademy Vienna. At the…

Known for

Code Haneke — Self2022
Trintignant by Trintignant — Self (archive footage)2021
Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years — Himself2020
Making of Happy End — Self2018
Was tut sich - im deutschen Film? — Himself2018
The Legend of the Ugly King — Self2017
The Piano Teacher: Behind the Scenes - Postsync Sessions — Self2017
French Cinema Mon Amour — Self2015
Michael H. – Profession: Director — Self2013
Trespassing Bergman — Self2013

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Michael
Gender: male
Citizenship: Austria
Place of birth: Munich
Occupation: director
Educated at: University of Vienna
Employer: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Languages spoken: German
Image: Michael Haneke 2009.jpg

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related category: Category:Films directed by Michael Haneke
name in native language: Michael Haneke
Commons category: Michael Haneke
date of birth: 1942-03-23
member of: Academy of Arts, Berlin
nominated for: European Film Award for Best Film
start of work period: 1974-00-00
has works in the collection: Museum of Modern Art
floruit: 2018-01-01
pseudonym: Richard Binder
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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Michael Haneke, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Michael Haneke ( German: [ˈhaːnəkə]; born 23 March 1942) is a German-born Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films in French, German, and English and has worked in television and theatre. He also teaches film direction at the Film Academy Vienna.

Haneke's first films were a trilogy, consisting of The Seventh Continent (1989), Benny's Video (1992), and 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994), each of which depict a "coldly bureaucratic society in which genuine human relationships have been supplanted by a deep-seated collective malaise" and explore "the relationship among consumerism, violence, mass media, and contemporary alienation". He went on to win the Cannes Film Festival's Grand Prix for The Piano Teacher (2001) as well as its Palme d'Or twice, for The White Ribbon (2009) and Amour (2012), the latter of which received five Academy Award nominations and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He also directed Funny Games (1997) and its 2007 remake, Code Unknown (2000), Time of the Wolf (2003), Caché (2005), and Happy End (2017).

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