Erwin Wagenhofer (born 27 May 1961, in Amstetten) is an Austrian author and film director.

From that year until 1987 he worked as a directing and camera assistant for several ORF productions as well as for movies and documentaries.

In 1988 he portrayed the artist Oswald Oberhuber in Das Fragmentarische in der Kunst.

It is about industrialization of food production and shows international agricultural politics from a critical viewpoint, especially with regards to the role of the European Union.

In October 2008 his next documentary Let's Make Money was released in Germany and Austria.