MICHAEL HANEKE (Writer/Director) - BIOGRAPHY

Austrian citizen, Michael Haneke was born in Munich in 1942. He studied philosophy, psychology and theatre in Vienna. From 1973 to 1989, he worked in German language theatre and television. Since 1989, he has been a film writer-director as well as a stage director working in Vienna, Berlin, Münich, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Hamburg.

	Selective Filmography:
	1998 THE SEVENTH CONTINENT (Cannes - Directors' Fortnight) 1992 BENNY’S VIDEO (Cannes - Directors' Fortnight) 1994 71 FRAGMENTS OF A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANCE (Cannes - Directors' Fortnight) 1997 FUNNY GAMES (Cannes - Official Competition ) 2000 CODE UNKNOWN (Cannes - Official Competition - Ecumenical Prize) 2001 THE PIANO TEACHER (Cannes - Grand Jury Prize) 2003 TIME OF THE WOLF (Cannes - Official Selection)

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