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Michael Haneke Biography

Profession Director, Writer, Actor

Awards

  • 1989Ernest Artaria Award-: winner
  • 1989Golden Leopard-Best Film: nominated
  • 1992SACD Prize-Directors' Fortnight: nominated
  • 1992Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
  • 1992Vienna Film Award-: winner
  • 1993FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
  • 1994SACD Prize-Directors' Fortnight: nominated
  • 1994Gold Hugo-Best Feature: winner
  • 1994Best Screenplay-: winner
  • 1994Prize of the Catalan Screenwriter's Critic and Writer's Association-: winner
  • 1994Best Film-: winner
  • 1997Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 1997Gold Hugo-Best Film: nominated
  • 1997Silver Hugo-Best Director: winner
  • 1997FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
  • 1997Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
  • 1998Golden Reel-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 1998TV Award-Best TV Film (Fernsehfilm): winner
  • 1998Special Award-: winner
  • 1998Critics' Award-: winner
  • 1998International Fantasy Film Special Jury Award-: winner
  • 1999Chainsaw Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1999ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
  • 2000Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-: winner
  • 2000Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2001Golden Reel-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2001Grand Prize of the Jury-: winner
  • 2001Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2001European Film Award-European Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2001Golden Aries-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2002BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
  • 2002Best Foreign Film-: winner
  • 2002FIPRESCI Prize-: nominated
  • 2002Romy-Most Successful Austrian Movie of the Year: winner
  • 2003Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2003Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2003Chlotrudis Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2003Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2003Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2003Golden Eagle-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2003Best Film-Official Fantàstic Selection: nominated
  • 2003José Luis Guarner Critic's Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2003Best Screenplay-: winner
  • 2003José Luis Guarner Critic's Award-Critics Award: winner
  • 2003Best Screenplay-Secció Oficial Fantàstic: winner
  • 2005Golden Reel-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2005Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2005Best Director-: winner
  • 2005FIPRESCI Prize-Competition: winner
  • 2005Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-: winner
  • 2005FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
  • 2005European Film Award-European Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2005European Film Award-European Director: winner
  • 2005LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2005Golden Aries-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2005Eurimages Award-: winner
  • 2005Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
  • 200550th Anniversary Prize-Best Film: winner
  • 2005VVFP Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2005VVFP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2006Award of the Argentinean Academy-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
  • 2006César-Best Original Screenplay (Meilleur scénario original): nominated
  • 2006César-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): nominated
  • 2006David-Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea): nominated
  • 2006Diagonale Grand Prize-Best Feature Film: winner
  • 2006FCCA Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
  • 2006Guldbagge-Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film): nominated
  • 2006INOCA-Best Non-English Language Film: nominated
  • 2006Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
  • 2006Lumiere Award-Best Screenplay (Meilleur scénario): winner
  • 2006Étoile d'Or-Best Screenplay (Scénario): winner
  • 2007Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2007Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2007Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2007Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2007Gopo Award-Best European Film: nominated
  • 2007Premio Guarani-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2007Critics Award-Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro): winner
  • 2007Critics Award-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
  • 2007Audience Award-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
  • 2009Golden Reel-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2009Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention-: winner
  • 2009Palme d'Or-: winner
  • 2009Cinema Prize of the French National Education System-: winner
  • 2009FIPRESCI Prize-Competition: winner
  • 2009DFCC-Best Director: nominated
  • 2009European Film Award-European Director: winner
  • 2009European Film Award-European Film: winner
  • 2009European Film Award-European Screenwriter: winner
  • 2009ICP Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2009LAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2009LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2009FIPRESCI Film of the Year-: winner
  • 2010Award of the Argentinean Academy-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
  • 2010Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm): winner
  • 2010BAFTA Film Award-Best Film Not in the English Language: nominated
  • 2010Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2010Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year: winner
  • 2010César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
  • 2010David-Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea): nominated
  • 2010Critics Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2010Film Award in Gold-Best Direction (Beste Regie): winner
  • 2010Film Award in Gold-Best Screenplay (Bestes Drehbuch): winner
  • 2010German Film Critics Award-Best Screenplay (Bestes Drehbuch): winner
  • 2010German Film Critics Award-Best Film (Bester Spielfilm): winner
  • 2010Guild Film Award - Gold-German Film (Deutscher Film): winner
  • 2010ICS Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2010ICS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010INOCA-Best Director: nominated
  • 2010INOCA-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010INOCA-Best Non-English Language Film: winner
  • 2010Silver Ribbon-Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo): nominated
  • 2010ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
  • 2010ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: nominated
  • 2010Romy-Best Direction (Beste Regie): winner
  • 2011Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
  • 2011Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): winner
  • 2011Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
  • 2011Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2011FCCA Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
  • 2011Gaudí Award-Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea): winner
  • 2011Girona Film Critics Award-Best Picture: nominated
  • 2011Gopo Award-Best European Film: winner
  • 2011Goya-Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea): nominated
  • 2011Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
  • 2011Premio Guarani-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2011White Elephant-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2011Audience Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2011Turia Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2012Golden Reel-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2012Palme d'Or-: winner
  • 2012DFCC-Best Director: winner
  • 2012European Film Award-European Director: winner
  • 2012European Film Award-European Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2012European Film Award-European Film: winner
  • 2012Guild Film Award - Gold-Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film): winner
  • 2012ICP Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2012ICP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2012Most Popular Feature Film-: nominated
  • 2012FIPRESCI Film of the Year-: winner
  • 2012Audience Award-: winner
  • 2012Sun in a Net-Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film): nominated
  • 2012Vienna Film Award-Best Feature: winner
  • 2012VVFP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2013Movies for Grownups Award-Best Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2013Abraccine Award-Best International Feature Film (Melhor Longa Estrangeiro): nominated
  • 2013Oscar-Best Writing, Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2013Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: nominated
  • 2013EDA Award-Best Writing, Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2013EDA Award-Best Non-English Language Film: winner
  • 2013Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm): nominated
  • 2013David Lean Award for Direction-Best Director: nominated
  • 2013BAFTA Film Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2013BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: winner
  • 2013Bavarian Film Award-Best Direction (Regiepreis): winner
  • 2013Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): winner
  • 2013CinEuphoria-Best Screenplay - International Competition: nominated
  • 2013CinEuphoria-Best Director - International Competition: nominated
  • 2013CinEuphoria-Best Film - International Competition: nominated
  • 2013Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year: nominated
  • 2013César-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): winner
  • 2013César-Best Original Screenplay (Meilleur scénario original): winner
  • 2013César-Best Film (Meilleur film): winner
  • 2013Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): winner
  • 2013David-Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea): winner
  • 2013Audience Award-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): winner
  • 2013Independent Spirit Award-Best International Film: winner
  • 2013Critics Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2013GAFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2013GAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2013Globe de Cristal-Best Film (Meilleur film): nominated
  • 2013Gold Derby Film Award-Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2013Gold Derby Film Award-Foreign Language Film: winner
  • 2013Guldbagge-Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film): winner
  • 2013ICS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2013INOCA-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2013INOCA-Best Non-English Language Film: winner
  • 2013INOCA-Best Director: nominated
  • 2013IOMA-Special Prize for the Best European Film (Premio speciale al miglior film europeo): nominated
  • 2013IOMA-Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale): nominated
  • 2013IOMA-Best Picture (Miglior film): nominated
  • 2013IOMA-Best Director (Miglior regia): nominated
  • 2013ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: winner
  • 2013ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
  • 2013Lumiere Award-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): nominated
  • 2013NSFC Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2013OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
  • 2013OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2013Eagle-Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski): winner
  • 2013Étoile d'Or-Best Director (Réalisateur): winner
  • 2014ASECAN Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2014Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
  • 2014Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
  • 2014CEC Award-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
  • 2014Días de Cine Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2014Gaudí Award-Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea): winner
  • 2014Girona Film Critics Award-Best Picture: nominated
  • 2014Goya-Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea): winner
  • 2014Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
  • 2014Premio Guarani-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2014Critics Award-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
  • 2014Sun in a Net-Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film): winner
  • 2017Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2017ARRI/OSRAM Award-Best International Film: nominated
  • 2017Audience Award-City of Donostia Audience Award: nominated
  • 2017Sydney Film Prize-Best Film: nominated
  • 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Foreign Language Film of the Decade: nominated