A former student of Michael Haneke, Michael won over thirty prizes at festivals around the world, including a nomination at the BAFTA Student Awards in LA. Since co-writing and directing his first mini TV series »Prost Mortem«, which got nominated for BEST NATIONAL TV SHOW at the Jupiter Awards in Germany, he has directed various TV projects, including »DER METZGER traut sich«. The controversial movie opened the Filmfestival Kitzbühel and got selected by TeleVisionale for the TELEVISION FILM AWARD.