Michael Katz (film producer)
Michael Katz (* 1954 in Villach , Carinthia ) is an Austrian film producer and film production manager who has worked on most of Michael Haneke's films.
Life
After completing his degree in economics at the University of Vienna , Katz has been working for Wega Film since 1985 , of which he has also been a co-owner since 2008. His exact field of activity in this film production company includes the areas of story development, financing, main shooting and post-production for feature films and television films. From 2012 to 2014 Michael Katz taught as a lecturer at the BFI Vienna University of Applied Sciences for film, TV and media production. Since 2011 he has been a member of the project commission of the Austrian Film Institute .
His greatest success was the film Love , for which he was nominated for an Oscar for best film in 2013.
Katz lives in Lower Austria .
Filmography (selection)
As a producer:
- 1988: Sternberg - Shooting Star
- 1992: Benny's Video ( executive producer )
- 1993: The Lucona case (executive producer)
- 1998: The 3 Mail Robbers (executive producer)
- 2001: The piano player (executive producer)
- 2003: Wolfzeit (executive producer)
- 2004: Welcome Home (executive producer)
- 2005: My Murderer (TV movie) (executive producer)
- 2005: Caché (executive producer)
- 2006: König Otto (line producer)
- 2008: A Moment of Freedom (Executive Producer)
- 2009: The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story (producer and executive producer)
- 2010: Local Heroes (producer and executive producer)
- 2011: Kuma (producer and executive producer)
- 2011: When Santa Claus fell from the sky (co-producer)
- 2012: Love (Amour) (Producer)
- 2013: The Beloved Sisters (producer)
- 2013: cracks in concrete (producer)
- 2015: Hangover in High Heels (producer)
- 2016: Love May Be (Producer)
- 2017: Wild Mouse (Producer)
- 2017: Happy End (producer)
- 2019: Once upon a time revolutionaries (co-producer)
- 2020: We'll stay a little longer (producer)
As production manager:
- 1989: the seventh continent
- 1990: Oh Boris
- 1990: The top of society
- 1990: Weininger's Night
- 1991: Ilona and Kurti
- 1992: Dead Flowers
- 1994: The Eye of the Typhoon
- 1994: Amok
- 1995: Exit II - Transfigured Night
- 1995: Wasn't it love?
- 1995: Black days
- 1997: The castle
- 2001: The piano player
- 2001: let's get away
- 2004: Biography
Awards
- 2010: Romy : Award in the Best Producer category for The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story
- 2012: European Film Award : Award in the category Best Film for Love
- 2013: Oscar : Nomination in the category Best Film for Love
- 2013: Romy : Award in the category Best Producer for Kuma
Web links
- Michael Katz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Katz on wega-film.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Katz, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian film producer and film production manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villach , Carinthia |