FILM DIRECTOR

Michael Glawogger

1959 - 2014

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Michael Glawogger (3 December 1959 – 23 April 2014) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. From 1981 to 1982, Glawogger studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, and from 1983 to 1989 at the Vienna Film Academy. Like fellow Austrian director Ulrich Seidl, with whom he collaborated several times, he was mainly known for his documentary films, such as Megacities (1998), Workingman's Death (2005) and Whores' Glory (2011). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Glawogger has received more than 66,611 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Glawogger is the 1,755th most popular film director (down from 1,626th in 2019), the 1,135th most popular biography from Austria (down from 1,008th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Austrian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Glawogger ranks 1,755 out of 2,041. Before him are James DeMonaco, Aditya Chopra, John Carl Buechler, Miguel Gomes, Richard Kelly, and Amy Heckerling. After him are Farah Khan, Chris Sanders, Scott Frank, Ali Abbasi, Greg Mottola, and Władysław Pasikowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Michael Glawogger ranks 628. Before him are Ángeles Caso, Sammy Lee, Markus Büchel, Haviland Morris, Carlos I. Noriega, and Róger Flores. After him are Liang Wudong, Greg Burke, Debrah Farentino, Władysław Pasikowski, Peter Angerer, and Oskar Roehler. Among people deceased in 2014, Michael Glawogger ranks 546. Before him are Sarah Marshall, Florica Lavric, Marion Barry, Anja Niedringhaus, Abdirizak Haji Hussein, and Maicon Pereira de Oliveira. After him are Barbara Murray, Joan Mondale, Dora Bryan, Bob Hastings, Mavis Gallant, and Fernandão.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Michael Glawogger ranks 1,135 out of 1,424. Before him are Susanne Riess (1961), Julian Baumgartlinger (1988), Franz Wohlfahrt (1964), Josef Reiter (1959), Heimo Pfeifenberger (1966), and Wolfgang Loitzl (1980). After him are Birgit Minichmayr (1977), Stephanie Graf (1973), Barbara Rosenkranz (1958), Manfred Stengl (1946), Renate Götschl (1975), and Maja Haderlap (1961).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Austria

Among film directors born in Austria, Michael Glawogger ranks 19. Before him are Joe May (1880), Franz Antel (1913), Leopold Lindtberg (1902), Stefan Ruzowitzky (1961), Luise Fleck (1873), and Jessica Hausner (1972). After him are Virgil Widrich (1967), Barbara Albert (1970), and Hans Weingartner (1977).

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Filmography

Whores' Glory
Director
In Bangkok, Thailand, women punch a clock and wait for clients in a brightly lit glass box; in the red-light district of Faridpur, Bangladesh, a madam haggles over the price of a teenage girl; and in the border town of Reynosa, Mexico, crack-addicted women pray to a deity named Lady Death.
Sep 9o 20116.8 / 10
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Gangster boss Carlos orders the dodgy Viennese junkyard owner Harry to bring him a bag from Poland. Harry passes the order on to his "best man" Schorsch. Schorsch, not exactly the brightest, is currently without a driver's license and completely fixated on the 24-hour car race of Le Mans. So he gives the order to Mao and sends in their place the takeaway lessees Hans and Max to Poland. Their journey leads to a seemingly endless drug trip full of extraordinary phenomena.
Mar 19o 20096.6 / 10
Workingman's Death
Director
Is heavy manual labour disappearing or is it just becoming invisible? Where can we still find it in the 21st century? Workingman's Death follows the trail of the HEROES in the illegal mines of the Ukraine, sniffs out GHOST among the sulphur workers in Indonesia, finds itself face to face with LIONS at a slaughterhouse in Nigeria, mingles with BROTHERS as they cut a huge oil tanker into pieces in Pakistan, and joins Chinese steel workers in hoping for a glorious FUTURE.
Nov 25o 20057.2 / 10