Born in Munich in 1942 and based in Austria, Haneke makes cold, rigorous films that confront viewers with violence, guilt and the way media shapes what we see. He has won the Palme d'Or twice, for The White Ribbon and Amour.
Filmography
- The Seventh Continent (1989)
- Benny's Video (1992)
- 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
- Funny Games (1997)
- Code Unknown (2000)
- The Piano Teacher (2001)
- Time of the Wolf (2003)
- Caché (2005)
- Funny Games U.S. (2007)
- The White Ribbon (2009)
- Amour (2012)
- Happy End (2017)