Univ.Prof. Michael HANEKE

born in 1942
Studies of philosophy, psychology and theatre in Vienna
1967-1970 playwright with Südwestfunk (ARD)
Since 1970 freelance director and screenplay writer
Theatre productions in Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt,
Hamburg, Munich, Berlin and Vienna  

geboren 1942
Studium der Philosophie, Psychologie und Theaterwissenschaft in Wien
1967-1970 Redakteur und Fernsehspieldramaturg beim Südwestfunk (ARD)

seit 1970 freischaffender Regisseur und Drehbuchautor

Theaterproduktionen in Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt,
Hamburg, München, Berlin und Wien

 




Filme / Films

1974 After Liverpool (TV)
director & screenplay (based on a radio play by James Saunders)

 

1975 Sperrmüll (TV) director

1976 Drei Wege zum See (Three paths to the lake, TV)
director & screenplay (based on the novel by Ingeborg Bachmann)


1979 Lemminge (Lemmings, TV) director & screenplay
(part 1: Arkadien / part 2: Verletzungen)


1982 Variation (TV) director & screenplay

1984 Wer war Edgar Allan ? (Who was Edgar Allan ?, TV)
director & screenplay (based on the novel by Peter Rosei)

1985 Fraulein (TV)
director & screenplay (based on an idea by Bernd Schroeder)


1988 Der Siebente Kontinent ( The Seventh Continent) director & screenplay
Directors' Fortnight, Cannes 1989
"Bronze Leopard", International Film Festival Locarno 1989
"Prize for best application of music and sound in film", Ghent 1989
"Prize for the distribution of quality films in Belgium", Brussels 1989
Austrian entry for "European Film Award" 1989
Austrian entry for "Best Foreign Language Film Award" 1990
"Österreichischer Würdigungspreis für Filmkunst"
(donated by the Ministry of Education & Arts)

1991 Nachruf für einen Mörder (Orbituary for a murderer, TV)
director & screenplay
"Special Award donated by the Ministry of Education and Arts"

1991/92 Bennys Video director & screenplay
Directors' Fortnight, Cannes 1992
"Fipresci Award", Thessaloniki 1992
"Wiener Filmpreis" 1992
"Jury Prize for the best Lightning Work"
(Festival de L'Images de Film, Chalon sur Saóne)
"Felix-Kritikerpreis", 1993
"Goldener Kader" for "Best Feature Film", 1994

1992 Die Rebellion (TV)
director & screenplay (based on the novel by Joseph Roth)
"Goldener Kader" for "Best TV-Film", 1994
"Fernsehpreis der österreichischen Volksbildung", 1994
"Fernsehspielpreis der deutschen Akademie der darstellenden Künste" 1994

1993/94 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls
(71 fragments of a chronology of chance) director & screenplay
Directors' Fortnight, Cannes 1994
"Golden Hugo Award", Film Festival Chicago, 1994
Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantástic de Sitges 1994:
- Preis für besten Film (best Film)
- Preis für bestes Drehbuch (best Script)
- "Kritikerpreis"

1996/97 Das Schloss (The castle)
director & screenplay (based on the novel by Franz Kafka)

1996/97 Funny Games, director & screenplay
In Competition, Cannes 1997
"Silver Hugo Award" Chicago Film Festival 1997
"Fipresci Award" , Flanders Int. Film Festival, 1997
13ème Prix Très Special Communiqué de Presse, Paris 1997
Würdigungspreis für sein TV-Gesamtwerk, Biarritz 1998

1999/2000 Code Unbekannt (Code Unknown)
director & screenplay
In Competition, Cannes 2000

2000/2001 Die Klavierspielerin (The Piano Teacher)
director & screenplay (based on the novel by Elfriede Jelinek)
In Competition, Cannes 2001:
"Grand Jury Prize"
"Best Actress Award: Isabelle Huppert"
"Best Actor Award: Benoît Magimel"
"European Actress 2001: Isabelle Huppert in the Piano Teacher by Michael Haneke",
European Film Awards, Berlin 2001
"César" for the Best Supporting Actress: Annie Girardot, Paris 2002
"Critics Award" for the best Foreign Film, Moscow "Kinotawr" 2002
"Best Actress Award: Isabelle Huppert", Moscow "Kinotawr" 2002
ROMY 2002, "Best Austrian Feature Film", Vienna 2002
"German Film Award" for Best Foreign Film, Berlin 2002
"Best Actress Award: Isabelle Huppert", Seattle Film Festival 2002

2002 Wolfzeit (Time of the Wolves)
director & screenplay