Peter Patzak
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.
Personal Details
Movies (44)
Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus
Director (Directing)
2010
Jugendliche 2
Director (Directing)
2009
Facetten
as Bogner
2007
The Mozart Minute
Director (Directing)
2006
Sternzeichen
Director (Directing)
2005
Rufer, der Wolf
as Hans Leuenberger
2005
Verliebte Diebe
Director (Directing)
2003
The Uncrowned Heart
Director (Directing)
2003
Die Wasserfälle von Slunj
Director (Directing)
2002
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
Director (Directing)
2002
Nichts wie weg
as Gast
2001
Adeus und Goodbye
as Self
2001
Der Mörder in dir
Director (Directing)
2000
Kill me softly – Frauenmord in Frankfurt
Director (Directing)
2000
Hart im Nehmen
Director (Directing)
2000
Gefangen im Jemen
Director (Directing)
1999
Die Entführung
Director (Directing)
1999
Sweet Little Sixteen
Director (Directing)
1999
Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten
Director (Directing)
1998
Hotel Shanghai
Director (Directing)
1997
Glück auf Raten
Director (Directing)
1996
Schmetterlingsgefühle
Director (Directing)
1996
Burning Heart
Director (Directing)
1995
Das geborgte Nest
Director (Directing)
1995
Tödliche Besessenheit
Director (Directing)
1994
1945
Director (Directing)
1994
Jenseits der Brandung
Director (Directing)
1994
Das Babylon Komplott
Director (Directing)
1993
Es Lebe die Liebe, der Papst und das Puff
Writer (Writing)
1993
Rochade
Writer (Writing)
1992
St. Petri Schnee
Director (Directing)
1991
Lex Minister
1990
Death of a Schoolboy
Director (Directing)
1990
Mistress Berta Garlan
Director (Directing)
1989
Midnight Cop
Director (Directing)
1988
Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der Haifische
Director (Directing)
1988
Lethal Obsession
as Mann an der Theke
1987
Wahnfried
Director (Directing)
1986
Die Försterbuben
Director (Directing)
1984
Springtime in Vienna
Director (Directing)
1984
Tramps
Director (Directing)
1983
Phoenix on the Corner
Writer (Writing)
1982
The Uppercrust
Director (Directing)
1981
The World Machine
as Friedhofsbesucher
1981
