Michael Glawogger

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 Workingmans Death 2005 and Whores Glory 2011 In 2008 he was a member of the jury at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival In 2013 Glawogger contributed one chapter to Cathedrals of Culture a 3D film on architecture produced by Wim Wenders Four days after incorrectly being diagnosed with typhus he died from malaria on 22 April 2014 shortly before midnight in Monrovia Liberia during a movie production In February 2015 a book of stories entitled 69 Hotelzimmer was released The stories used hotel rooms Glawogger had visited or in some cases only heard about in passing as a departure for stories that reflect the visual richness for which his films are celebrated