Person
Peter Patzak
Directing · 1945–2021 · Vienna, Austria
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.
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Director
Polizeiruf 110
Director
Romy Award
Self
Grimme Award
Self
Hotel Shanghai
Director
Slaughter Day
Director
Kottan ermittelt
Polizist
The World Machine
Friedhofsbesucher
Waldhaus
Director
Die Entführung
Director
Filmography
- 2022Österreichische FernsehjuwelePeter Patzak
- 2011Was wurde aus...?himself
- 2010Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plusDirector
- 2010Mein BezirkSelf
- 2009Jugendliche 2Director
- 2007FacettenBogner
- 2006The Mozart MinuteDirector
- 2005SternzeichenDirector
- 2005Rufer, der WolfHans Leuenberger
- 2003Verliebte DiebeDirector
- 2003The Uncrowned HeartDirector
- 2002Die Wasserfälle von SlunjDirector
- 2002Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-KarussellDirector
- 2001Nichts wie wegGast
- 2001Adeus und GoodbyeSelf
- 2000Der Mörder in dirDirector
- 2000Kill me softly – Frauenmord in FrankfurtDirector
- 2000Hart im NehmenDirector
- 1999Gefangen im JemenDirector
- 1999Die EntführungDirector
- 1999Sweet Little SixteenDirector
- 1998Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer TotenDirector
- 1997Hotel ShanghaiDirector
- 1996Glück auf RatenDirector
- 1996SchmetterlingsgefühleDirector
- 1995Burning HeartDirector
- 1995Das geborgte NestDirector
- 1994Tödliche BesessenheitDirector
- 19941945Director
- 1994Jenseits der BrandungDirector
- 1993Das Babylon KomplottDirector
- 1993Es Lebe die Liebe, der Papst und das PuffDirector
- 1992RochadeDirector
- 1991St. Petri SchneeDirector
- 1990Lex Minister
- 1990Death of a SchoolboyDirector
- 1990Le GorilleDirector
- 1990Romy AwardSelf
- 1989Mistress Berta GarlanDirector
- 1988Midnight CopDirector
- 1988Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der HaifischeDirector
- 1987WaldhausDirector
- 1987Lethal ObsessionMann an der Theke
- 1986WahnfriedDirector
- 1984Die FörsterbubenDirector
- 1984Springtime in ViennaDirector
- 1983TrampsDirector
- 1982Phoenix on the CornerWriter
- 1981The UppercrustDirector
- 1981The World MachineFriedhofsbesucher
- 1980Der Aufstieg - Ein Mann geht verlorenDirector
- 1980Exit... But No Panic
- 1979Das Dorf an der GrenzeDirector
- 1979GesundheitDirector
- 1979Kassbach - Ein PortraitDirector
- 1979Santa LuciaDirector
- 1978Das EinhornDirector
- 1977GlücksachenDirector
- 1976Shattered DreamsDirector
- 1976Kottan ermitteltPolizist
- 1975Parapsycho: Spectrum of FearDirector
- 1972JugendlicheDirector
- 1972Slaughter DayDirector
- 1971Polizeiruf 110Director
- 1970Scene of the CrimeDirector
- 1968His Bag
- 1964Grimme AwardSelf
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