Klaus Händl


Klaus Händl, also known as Händl Klaus, is an Austrian actor, writer and film director.

Biography

Händl was born in Rum, near Innsbruck. 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 in 2008, and Tomcat in 2016, both of which were credited as Händl Klaus. Händl is a theater and film professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He lives in Vienna, Berlin, and Port am Bielersee, Switzerland.

Works

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 and the Robert-Walser-Preis.