Klaus Händl

Händl Klaus
Klaus Händl (left) and Lukas Turtur
Born
Klaus Händl

(1969-09-17) 17 September 1969
Rum, Austria
OccupationsActor, writer, director

Klaus Händl (born 17 September 1969) is an Austrian actor, writer and director.

Biography

Händl was born in Rum, Tyrol, Austria. 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 films.

As a director, he made the feature films März in 2008, and Tomcat in 2016, both of which were credited to Händl Klaus. He is a theater and film professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He lives in Vienna, Berlin, and in Port am Bielersee, Switzerland.

His work as a writer includes collaborations as a librettist with composers such as Georg Friedrich Haas, Heinz Holliger, Hèctor Parra, and Vito Žuraj.

Works

Awards

In 1996 Händl Klaus 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).

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