Biography
Wolfgang Glück was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and occasional actor. Born in Vienna in 1929, he directed numerous feature films and television productions, frequently adapting literary works for the screen.
His film '38 – Vienna Before the Fall (1986) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Glück appeared as Robert in Michael Haneke's Funny Games (1997). He also directed episodes of the series Scene of the Crime.
Glück taught film and theatre directing at the Vienna Film Academy and the University of Vienna. He died in Vienna in 2023.
