Acclaimed Austrian director Michael Glawogger, famed for his hard-hitting documentaries on the lives of the desperate poor, has died while on a shoot in Africa. Glawogger, whose oeuvre includes his documentary trilogy exploring the world of work — Workingman's Death, Megacitiesand Whores' Glory — as well as dramas such as Slumming and Kill Daddy Good Night apparently died in Liberia after contracting Malaria. Glawogger had been in Africa gathering material for a new project.
The Hollywood Reporter: Austrian director Michael Glawogger dies during African shoot
Acclaimed Austrian director Michael Glawogger died while on a shoot in Africa.
