Peter Patzak
Born: 1945-01-02 in Vienna, Austria
Died: 2021-03-11
Known For: Directing
Biography
Peter Patzak was an Austrian filmmaker known especially for directing the satirical crime series Kottan ermittelt and many other films and TV productions. After studying psychology, art history and painting, he directed his first feature and later adapted literary works and historical stories for screen. In addition to filmmaking, he was also a painter, author and long-time professor of directing at the Vienna Film Academy, and he won numerous international awards throughout his career. Patzak passed away in 2021 at the age of 76 following heart surgery.
Filmography
2022
- Österreichische Fernsehjuwele as Peter Patzak
2011
- Was wurde aus...? as himself
2010
- Mein Bezirk as Self
- Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus ... (Director)
2009
- Jugendliche 2 ... (Director)
2007
- Facetten as Bogner
2006
- The Mozart Minute ... (Director)
2005
- Sternzeichen ... (Director)
- Rufer, der Wolf as Hans Leuenberger
2003
- The Uncrowned Heart ... (Director)
- Verliebte Diebe ... (Director)
2002
- Die Wasserfälle von Slunj ... (Director)
- Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell ... (Director)
2001
- Adeus und Goodbye as Self
- Nichts wie weg as Gast
2000
- Der Mörder in dir ... (Director)
- Hart im Nehmen ... (Director)
- Kill me softly – Frauenmord in Frankfurt ... (Director)
1999
- Die Entführung ... (Director)
- Sweet Little Sixteen ... (Director)
- Gefangen im Jemen ... (Director)
1998
- Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten ... (Director)
1997
- Hotel Shanghai ... (Director)
1996
- Schmetterlingsgefühle ... (Director)
- Glück auf Raten ... (Director)
1995
- Burning Heart ... (Director)
- Das geborgte Nest ... (Director)
1994
- Tödliche Besessenheit ... (Director)
- 1945 ... (Director)
- Jenseits der Brandung ... (Director)
1993
- Es Lebe die Liebe, der Papst und das Puff ... (Writer)
- Das Babylon Komplott ... (Director)
1992
- Rochade ... (Writer)
1991
- St. Petri Schnee ... (Director)
1990
- Romy Award as Self
- Le Gorille ... (Director)
- Lex Minister
- Death of a Schoolboy ... (Director)
1989
- Mistress Berta Garlan ... (Director)
1988
- Midnight Cop ... (Director)
- Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der Haifische ... (Director)
1987
- Waldhaus ... (Director)
- Lethal Obsession as Mann an der Theke
1986
- Wahnfried ... (Director)
1984
- Die Försterbuben ... (Director)
- Springtime in Vienna ... (Director)
1983
- Tramps ... (Director)
1982
- Phoenix on the Corner ... (Writer)
1981
- The World Machine as Friedhofsbesucher
- The Uppercrust ... (Director)
1980
- Exit... But No Panic
- Der Aufstieg - Ein Mann geht verloren ... (Director)
1979
- Das Dorf an der Grenze ... (Director)
- Santa Lucia ... (Director)
- Kassbach - Ein Portrait ... (Writer)
- Gesundheit ... (Director)
1978
- Das Einhorn ... (Director)
1977
- Glücksachen ... (Director)
1976
- Kottan ermittelt as Polizist
- Shattered Dreams ... (Director)
1975
- Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear ... (Director)
1972
- Slaughter Day ... (Writer)
- Jugendliche ... (Writer)
1971
- Polizeiruf 110 ... (Director)
1970
- Scene of the Crime ... (Director)
1968
1964
- Grimme Award as Self