Education
Since 2001 he completed several scripts for movies and documentaries.
Since 2001 he completed several scripts for movies and documentaries.
In 1981 he presented his first short film Endstation normal. Two years later his short film Das Loch was shown at the Krakow Film Festival. 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 Donauuniversität in Krems.
Since 2002 he has been teaching at Universität für angewandte Kunst in Vienna. In 2005 Wagenhofer directed the long documentary We Feed the World, produced by Allegro Film.
The film was seen by more than 800,000 people in Europe.
In October 2008 his next documentary Let"s Make Money was released in Germany and Austria. lieutenant is about money in a global financial system and unequal distribution of wealth.
lieutenant is about industrialization of food production and shows international agricultural politics from a critical viewpoint, especially with regards to the role of the European Union.