Haneke, Michael 1942–

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HANEKE, Michael 1942–

PERSONAL

Born March 23, 1942, in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany (now Germany). Education: Attended University of Vienna.

Career: Director and writer. Worked as a film and theatre critic and as a theatre director and playwright in Europe.

Awards, Honors: Ernest Artaria Award, Locarno International Film Festival, 1989, for Der Siebente Kontinent; Vienna Film Award, Viennale, 1992, and FIPRESCI Prize, European Film awards, 1993, both for Benny's Video; Catalonian International Film Festival awards, best film and best screenplay, and prize of the Catalan Screenwriters, Critics, and Writers Association, all 1994, for 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls; Austrian People's Education Television Award, best film, and Teleplay Award, Baden–Baden Days of Teleplay, both 1994, for Die Rebellion; Silver Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival, best director, and Golden Hugo nomination, best film, both 1997, Golden Palm nomination, Cannes International Film Festival, and Golden Spike nomination, Valladolid International Film Festival, both 1997, FIPRESCI Prize, Flanders International Film Festival, 1997, Critics' Award and International Fantasy Film Special Jury Award, both Fantasporto, 1998, and London Critics Circle Film Award nomination, director of the year, 1999, all for Funny Games; Austrian People's Education Television Award, best television film, and Special Award, Baden–Baden Days of Teleplay, both 1998, for Das Schloss; prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Golden Palm nomination, both Cannes International Film Festival, 2000, for Code inconnu: Recit incomplet de divers voyages; Grand Jury Prize and Golden Palm nomination, both Cannes International Film Festival, 2001, European Film Award nomination, best screen-writer, 2001, German Film Award, best foreign film, 2002, Film Award nomination (with Veit Heiduschka), British Academy of Film and Television Arts, best film not in the English language, 2002, Independent Spirit Award nomination, Independent Features Project, best foreign film, 2003, Bodil Award nomination, best non– American film, 2003, and Robert Award nomination, Robert Festival, best non–American film, 2003, all for La pianiste.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Lemminge, 1970.

Der Siebente Kontinent (also known as The Seventh Continent ), U–M, 1989.

Benny's Video, 1992.

71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls (also known as Amok and 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance ), 1994.

(With others) Lumiere et compagnie (also known as Lumiere and Company and Lumiere y compania ), Fox Lorber, 1995.

Funny Games, Attitude Films, 1997.

Code inconnu: Recit incomplet de divers voyages (also known as Code Unknown, Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys, Code inconnu, and Code—Unbekannt ), Leisure Time Features, 2002.

La pianiste (also known as The Piano Player, The Piano Teacher, and Die Klaverspielerin ), Kino International, 2002.

Le temps du loup (also known as The Time of the Wolf and Wolfzeit ), Palm Pictures, 2002.

Cache (also known as Hidden ), Mars Distribution, 2005.