Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke (born 1942) is an Austrian director and screenwriter known for rigorously controlled films that examine media violence, bourgeois denial, and the limits of communication. After a long career in television and theatre, he turned to feature filmmaking in his late forties with The Seventh Continent, the first of a loose trilogy on emotional glaciation in modern Europe. His later work moved between French- and German-language productions and brought him two Palmes d'Or at Cannes. His acclaimed films include Funny Games, Code Unknown, The Piano Teacher, Caché, The White Ribbon, and Amour.