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 66,986 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 2,041Before 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 628Before 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 546Before 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 1,424Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Austria

Among film directors born in Austria, Michael Glawogger ranks 19Before 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).