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Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke is a German-born Austrian retired 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 directing at the Film Academy Vienna.
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entertainment · German-born Austrian filmmaker (born 1942) · film director · screenwriter · writer · university teacher · film critic · theatre director · film actor · director · also Michael Haneke, Haneke
Born 23 March 1942 · Q84199
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2026· 6 entries
caligari.com.ar: (Traducciones) Entrevista a Michael Haneke
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Decine21: Sobre la retirada de Michael Haneke: ¿tragedia o alivio?
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Decine21: Michael Haneke se retira del cine
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World of Reel: Michael Haneke Has Retired From Filmmaking: “He Made His 10 Movies, Just Like His Idol Robert Bresson”
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IndieWire: Sandra Hüller Is About to Shatter the Fall Festivals in ‘Rose,’ the Movie Michael Haneke Called a ‘Masterpiece’
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2025· 1 entry
Dread Central: Michael Haneke’s Necessary and Shocking Masterpieces Are Now Streaming in New Collection
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2024· 3 entries
Deadline.com: Margaret Menegoz Dies: Michael Haneke, Éric Rohmer & Wim Wenders Producer Was 83
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Yahoo: Michael Haneke Catalog Titles, Restored in 4K by Les Films du Losange, Acquired by Criterion and Janus Films (EXCLUSIVE)
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collider: If You Loved 'Anatomy of a Fall,' Check out Michael Haneke's Masterpiece
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: Michael Haneke films – ranked!
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2019).
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2018· 4 entries
Awarded Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (2018).
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Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (2018).
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The Guardian: Michael Haneke: #MeToo has led to a witch hunt 'coloured by a hatred of men'
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The Guardian: Oscar-winning director Michael Haneke to make 10-part TV series
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2017· 2 entries
The Guardian: LOLs with Haneke: I confess to the director about creating his cat-lover Twitter parody
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For his twelfth film, Happy End Haneke reunited with Trintignant and Huppert
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Sonning Prize (2014).
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2013· 5 entries
Awarded César Award for Best Director for Amour (2013).
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Awarded Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (2013).
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Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts (2013).
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Was the subject of the documentary film Michael H – Profession: Director
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Haneke won the Prince of Asturias Award for the arts
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2012· 8 entries
Awarded Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2012).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Film for Amour (2012).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Director for Amour (2012).
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Awarded honorary doctor of Paris 8 University (2012).
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Haneke directed Amour starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert
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His film Amour premiered and competed at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival
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Haneke participated in the Sight & Sound poll and submitted these films as his favorite
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Was to direct Così fan tutte for the New York City Opera
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded European Film Award for Best Screenwriter for The White Ribbon (2009).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Film for The White Ribbon (2009).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Director for The White Ribbon (2009).
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2007· 1 entry
Adding that they feature themes "of alienation and social collapse; the exploitation and consumption of violence; the bourgeois family as the incubator of fascistic impulse; individual responsibility and collective guilt
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2006· 1 entry
Gave his debut as an opera director, staging Mozart's Don Giovanni for the Opéra National de Paris at Palais Garnier when the theater's general manager was Gerard Mortier
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2005· 4 entries
Awarded European Film Award for Best Film for Caché (2005).
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Awarded European Film Academy Critics Award for Caché (2005).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Director for Caché (2005).
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Haneke reunited with Juliette Binoche in the psychological thriller Caché after she expressed interest in working with him
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Axel Corti Prize (2001).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Konrad Wolf Prize (1998).
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1997· 1 entry
Directed the television film The Castle (1997)
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award for 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994).
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded European Film Academy Critics Award for Benny's Video (1993).
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1986· 1 entry
Directed Fraulein: A German Melodrama which was described as Haneke's answer to Fassbinder's The Marriage of Maria Braun
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1979· 1 entry
Directed two episodes of Lemminge followed by Variation – oder Daß es Utopien gibt, weiß ich selber
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-03-23.
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1913· 1 entry
And deals with strange incidents in a small town in Northern Germany, depicting an authoritarian, fascist-like atmosphere, where children are subjected to rigid rules and suffer harsh punishments, and where strange death
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