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Director Michael Glavogger died
Director Michael Glavogger died
© Otto NormalverbraucerOn Wednesday, April 23, in Liberia from malaria, the Austrian director, screenwriter and operator Michael Glavogger died. He was 54 years old.
It is reported by Kinote.info .
Michael Glavogger was born in 1959 in Graz, studied at the San Francisco Institute and at the Vienna Film Academy.
Like Ulrich Zaydl, with whom he repeatedly collaborated, Michael Glavogger became famous for documentaries - “ Megapacities ” won at the Vienna festival in 1998, the film “Death of a Worker” ( Workingman's Death ) received the Grierson Award at the London Film Festival and the nomination The “Best Documentary Film” by the European Film Academy, “Glory of the Herner” ( Whores' Glory ) won Viennale-2012.
In 2006, Michael Glavogger was nominated for the Grand Prix of the Berlin Film Festival for the Phenomenon Film " Slumming ".
On Berlinal-2014, his documentary 3D project was shown-the segment of the Russian State Library for a series of documentary films "Cathedrals of Culture". Such directors as Robert Redford and Wim Wenders also worked on the series.