---
name: "Michael Katz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-katz"
fi1m_id: "michael-katz"
imdb_id: "nm0441798"
tmdb_id: 6101
wikidata_id: "Q6694768"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "28 January 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T03:20:21.046830+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Katz

## Identity

Michael Katz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-katz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-katz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0441798
- **TMDB ID:** 6101
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6694768
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Katz_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6694768, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441798/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6101

Producer. Born 28 January 1954 in Villach, Austria.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 28 January 1954, Villach, Austria
- **Active:** 2001–2012
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (3), 2010s 88 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 80 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Mystery 2, Romance 2, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $64m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Katz_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6694768, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441798/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6101

## Biography

Michael Katz is an Austrian film producer. Born in Villach in 1954, he has worked with the Vienna-based production company Wega Film since 1985 and is a co-owner of the company since 2008.

Katz has collaborated on most films directed by Michael Haneke, serving in producer or executive producer roles on titles including *Benny's Video* (1992), *The Piano Teacher* (2001), *Caché* (2005), *The White Ribbon* (2009), *Amour* (2012) and *Happy End* (2017). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for *Amour* in 2013.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Amour* (2012), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/amour.md)
- *The White Ribbon* (2009), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-ribbon.md)
- *Caché* (2005), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/cache.md)
- *The Piano Teacher* (2001), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Andrea Gets a Divorce* (2024), Producer
- *The School of the Magical Animals* (2021), Line Producer, Co-Producer
- *Happy End* (2017), Producer
- *Wild Mouse* (2017), Producer
- *American Violence* (2017), as Lew
- *Liebe möglicherweise* (2016), Producer
- *Cracks in Concrete* (2014), Producer
- *Beloved Sisters* (2014), Co-Producer
- *Amour* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/amour.md)
- *The White Ribbon* (2009), Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-ribbon.md)
- *For a Moment, Freedom* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Caché* (2005), Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cache.md)
- *Time of the Wolf* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Everyman's Feast* (2002), Production Manager
- *The Piano Teacher* (2001), Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md)
- *The Castle* (1997), Production Manager
- *Es war doch Liebe* (1997), Production Manager
- *Exit II: Transfigured Night* (1995), Production Manager
- *71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance* (1995), Production Accountant
- *Mysteries of the Bible* (1994), series, Producer
- *The Eye of the Typhoon* (1993), Production Manager
- *Benny's Video* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Weininger's Last Night* (1990), Production Manager
- *Sternberg - Shooting Star* (1988), Actor
- *PARADISE LTD.* (1986), Production Accountant

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2013: Best Picture (nominated), for *Amour*

### Other awards — 2 won

- European Film Award for Best Film 2012: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *Amour*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2009: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *The White Ribbon*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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