Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke (; born 23 March 1942) is an 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 his "glaciation" 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 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). Provided by Wikipedia