Peter Patzak
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing60
movieJugendliche 2
2009
Director
movieThe Mozart Minute
2006
Director
movieVerliebte Diebe
2003
Director
movieHart im Nehmen
2000
Director
movieGefangen im Jemen
1999
Director
movieDie Entführung
1999
Director
movieSweet Little Sixteen
1999
Director
Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten
1998
Director
movieBurning Heart
1995
Director
1945
1994
Director
movieDas Babylon Komplott
1993
Director
movieRochade
1992
Director
movieSt. Petri Schnee
1991
Director
movieLex Minister
1990
Director
movieDeath of a Schoolboy
1990
Director
tvLe Gorille
1990
Director
movieMidnight Cop
1988
Director
tvWaldhaus
1987
Director
movieLethal Obsession
1987
Director
movieWahnfried
1986
Director
movieDie Försterbuben
1984
Director
movieSpringtime in Vienna
1984
Director
movieTramps
1983
Director
moviePhoenix on the Corner
1982
Director
movieThe Uppercrust
1981
Director
movieThe World Machine
1981
Director
tvDas Dorf an der Grenze
1979
Director
Gesundheit
1979
Director
movieKassbach - Ein Portrait
1979
Director
Santa Lucia
1979
Director
movieDas Einhorn
1978
Director
Glücksachen
1977
Director
movieShattered Dreams
1976
Director
tvKottan ermittelt
1976
Director
Jugendliche
1972
Director
movieSlaughter Day
1972
Director
tvPolizeiruf 110
1971
Director
tvScene of the Crime
1970
Director
movieHis Bag
1968
Director
Writing21
movieJugendliche 2
2009
Writer
movieHart im Nehmen
2000
Writer
movieBurning Heart
1995
Writer
movieRochade
1992
Writer
movieLex Minister
1990
Writer
movieMidnight Cop
1988
Screenplay
movieTramps
1983
Co-Writer
movieThe Uppercrust
1981
Writer
movieSlaughter Day
1972
Writer
Acting15
Rufer, der Wolf
2005
Hans Leuenberger
movieLethal Obsession
1987
Mann an der Theke
movieThe World Machine
1981
Friedhofsbesucher
tvKottan ermittelt
1976
Polizist
Sound2
tvPolizeiruf 110
1971
Original Music Composer
Art1
movieThe Uppercrust
1981
Art Direction
Production1
movieHis Bag
1968
Producer