Director
Peter Patzak
81 years · Vienna, Austria · 33 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 33
Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus
2010 · Director
Jugendliche 2
2009 · Director, Writer
The Mozart Minute
2006 · Director
On DocAlliance Films
Verliebte Diebe
2003 · Director
Die Wasserfälle von Slunj
2002 · Director
Kill me softly – Frauenmord in Frankfurt
2000 · Director
Hart im Nehmen
2000 · Director, Writer
Gefangen im Jemen
1999 · Director
Die Entführung
1999 · Director
Sweet Little Sixteen
1999 · Director
Burning Heart
1995 · Director, Writer
Das Babylon Komplott
1993 · Director
Es Lebe die Liebe, der Papst und das Puff
1993 · Director, Writer
Rochade
1992 · Director, Writer
St. Petri Schnee
1991 · Director
Lex Minister
1990 · Actor, Director
Death of a Schoolboy
1990 · Director, Writer
Midnight Cop
1988 · Director, Screenplay
Lethal Obsession
1987 · Mann an der Theke, Director
Wahnfried
1986 · Director
Die Försterbuben
1984 · Director
Springtime in Vienna
1984 · Director, Writer
Tramps
1983 · Director
Phoenix on the Corner
1982 · Writer, Director