Erwin Wagenhofer (born 27 May 1961) is an Austrian author and film director.
In 1981 he presented his first short film ''Endstation normal''. Two years later his short film ''Das Loch'' was shown at the
Kraków Film Festival
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. From that year until 1987 he worked as a directing and camera assistant for several
ORF productions as well as for movies and documentaries. Since 1987 he is a freelance author and film director. In 1988 he portrayed the artist
Oswald Oberhuber in ''Das Fragmentarische in der Kunst''.
From 1995 to 2000 he taught at the
Danube University in
Krems. Since 2002 he has been teaching at the
University of Applied Arts Vienna
The University of Applied Arts Vienna (, or informally just ''Die Angewandte'') is an arts university and institution of higher education in Vienna, the capital of Austria. It has had university status since 1970.
History
The predecessor of the ...
. Since 2001 he completed several scripts for movies and documentaries.
In 2005 Wagenhofer directed the long documentary ''
We Feed the World''. It is about
industrialization
Industrialisation (British English, UK) American and British English spelling differences, or industrialization (American English, US) is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an i ...
of food production and shows international agricultural politics from a critical viewpoint, especially with regards to the role of the
European Union
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. The film was seen by more than 800,000 people in Europe. It was shown at numerous festivals and won several prizes. In October 2008 his next documentary ''
Let's Make Money'' was released in Germany and Austria. It is about money in a
global financial system
The global financial system is the worldwide framework of legal agreements, institutions, and both formal and informal agent (economics), economic action that together facilitate international flows of financial capital for purposes of investme ...
and unequal distribution of wealth.
He won the ''German Documentary Film Prize'' in 2009.
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Filmography
short films:
* 1981: ''Endstation normal''
* 1982: ''Der stumme Frühling''
* 1983: ''Das Loch''
* 2001: ''Limes... Aktion Limes'' (documentary)
* 2002: ''Moving Vienna'' (documentary)
* 2002: ''Agnes ...''
TV productions (selection):
* 1988: ''Das Fragmentarische in der Kunst''
* 1990: ''Wettertanz''
* 1995: ''Chasing After The Molecule'' (documentary)
* 1997: ''Off Screen''
* 1998: ''Menschen am Fluss'' (documentary)
* 1999: ''Die vergorene Heimat''
* 1999: ''Daheim in Europa'' (documentary)
* 2000: ''Der Gebrauch des Menschen''
* 2003: ''Operation Figurini'' (documentary)
cinema:
* 2005: ''
We Feed the World'' (documentary, 100 min)
* 2008: ''
Let's Make Money'' (documentary, 110 min)
* 2011: ''Black Brown White'' (feature film, 106 min)
* 2013: ''Alphabet'' (documentary, 113 min)
* 2019: ''But Beautiful'' (documentary, 116 min)
Awards
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Motovun Film Festival
The Motovun Film Festival is an annual film festival established in 1999 and held in the small town of Motovun, Croatia until 2023, when it moved to a new location, Petehovac in Gorski Kotar. It usually takes place over five or six days in late ...
2006
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FIPRESCI
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Prize for ''We Feed the World''
* Amnesty International Human Rights Award
* German Documentary Film Prize 2009
Notes and references
External links
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Austrian film directors
1961 births
German-language film directors
Living people
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