Michael Haneke
As a film actor, Manker first appeared in "Lemmings" in 1979 (directed by Michael Haneke). Then followed "Exit – Don't Panic" (1980) and "The Locked-Out" (1982, based on the novel by Elfriede Jelinek), "The Power of Emotions" by Alexander Kluge (1983) and "Who was Edgar Allan?" (1984, also directed by Michael Haneke), as well as Luc Bondy's "The Distant Land" (1987), alongside Michel Piccoli.