Background
Händl was born in Rum, near Innsbruck.
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He started his theater career as an actor in Vienna"s Schauspielhaus. His first theatrical production, which he also directed, was premiered in the Styrian Autumn Festival Steirischer Herbst at Graz. He has also appeared in several movies.
As a director, he made the feature films Marz (2008) and Tomcat (Kater), both of which were credited as Händl Klaus.
Klaus Händl is a theater and film professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He lives in Vienna, Berlin, and Portuguese am Bielersee, Switzerland.
Achievements
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In 1996 he received an award for the Radio Play of the Year from the Austrian Broadcasting Service ORF. Other awards include the Rauriser Literaturpreis (Austria) and the Robert-Walser-Preis (Germany). 1995 Robert-Walser-Preis, Rauriser Literaturpreis 1996 ORF-Hörspielpreis "Radio Play of the Year" 2002 Subsidy of the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin 2002 Hermann-Lenz-Stipendium (subsidy) 2004 Nestroy-Theaterpreis nomination as best young playwright 2005 Theater prize of the Cultural Circle of the German Economy 2006 Playwright of the Year by the magazine Theater heute ("Theater Today") 2007 Literature subsidies of Tyrol, Welti Dramatikerpreis of the city of Bern for playwrights, Feldkircher Lyrikpreis 2008 Silver Leopard for the best debut feature at the Locarno International Film Festival, for the movie März 2008 Culture Award of the city of Biel 2008 Special Award of the Jury at the Sarajevo Film Festival for the movie März 2008 Berner Filmpreis for the movie März.
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Nationality
Austria
Awards
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In 1996 he received an award for the Radio Play of the Year from the Austrian Broadcasting Service ORF. Other awards include the Rauriser Literaturpreis (Austria) and the Robert-Walser-Preis (Germany). 1995 Robert-Walser-Preis, Rauriser Literaturpreis 1996 ORF-Hörspielpreis "Radio Play of the Year" 2002 Subsidy of the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin 2002 Hermann-Lenz-Stipendium (subsidy) 2004 Nestroy-Theaterpreis nomination as best young playwright 2005 Theater prize of the Cultural Circle of the German Economy 2006 Playwright of the Year by the magazine Theater heute ("Theater Today") 2007 Literature subsidies of Tyrol, Welti Dramatikerpreis of the city of Bern for playwrights, Feldkircher Lyrikpreis 2008 Silver Leopard for the best debut feature at the Locarno International Film Festival, for the movie März 2008 Culture Award of the city of Biel 2008 Special Award of the Jury at the Sarajevo Film Festival for the movie März 2008 Berner Filmpreis for the movie MärzIn 1996 he received an award for the Radio Play of the Year from the Austrian Broadcasting Service ORF. Other awards include the Rauriser Literaturpreis (Austria) and the Robert-Walser-Preis (Germany). 1995 Robert-Walser-Preis, Rauriser Literaturpreis 1996 ORF-Hörspielpreis "Radio Play of the Year" 2002 Subsidy of the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin 2002 Hermann-Lenz-Stipendium (subsidy) 2004 Nestroy-Theaterpreis nomination as best young playwright 2005 Theater prize of the Cultural Circle of the German Economy 2006 Playwright of the Year by the magazine Theater heute ("Theater Today") 2007 Literature subsidies of Tyrol, Welti Dramatikerpreis of the city of Bern for playwrights, Feldkircher Lyrikpreis 2008 Silver Leopard for the best debut feature at the Locarno International Film Festival, for the movie März 2008 Culture Award of the city of Biel 2008 Special Award of the Jury at the Sarajevo Film Festival for the movie März 2008 Berner Filmpreis for the movie März