Michael Habenicht was born in 1981 in Horn, Lower Austria, and grew up in Erding, near Munich, Germany.
He studied "Digital Television" at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences with a special focus on digital content production. He completed his studies with the degree Diplomingenieur (FH), comparable to a Master of Science.
Michael Habenicht is postgrad at
fxphd.
He is also moderator for "Effects & Compositing" at
hackermovies.com, the digital filmmaking community, and has a blog called
vfxboutique.com.