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Peter Patzak

Peter Patzak

Director · 1945–2021 · Vienna, Austria

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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.

Directed 38

2010s

  1. 2010

    Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus

    Director

2000s

  1. 2009

    Jugendliche 2

    Director

  2. 2006

    The Mozart Minute

    Director

  3. 2003

    Verliebte Diebe

    Director

  4. 2002

    Die Wasserfälle von Slunj

    Director

  5. 2000

    Kill me softly – Frauenmord in Frankfurt

    Director

  6. Hart im Nehmen

    Director

1990s

  1. 1999

    Gefangen im Jemen

    Director

  2. Die Entführung

    Director

  3. Sweet Little Sixteen

    Director

  4. 1995

    Burning Heart

    Director

  5. 1993

    Das Babylon Komplott

    Director

  6. Es Lebe die Liebe, der Papst und das Puff

    Director

  7. 1992

    Rochade

    Director

  8. 1991

    St. Petri Schnee

    Director

  9. 1990

    Lex Minister

    Director

  10. Death of a Schoolboy

    Director

  11. Le Gorille

    Director

1980s

  1. 1988

    Midnight Cop

    Director

    43
  2. 1987

    Waldhaus

    Director

  3. Lethal Obsession

    Director

  4. 1986

    Wahnfried

    Director

  5. 1984

    Die Försterbuben

    Director

  6. Springtime in Vienna

    Director

  7. 1983

    Tramps

    Director

  8. 1982

    Phoenix on the Corner

    Director

  9. 1981

    The Uppercrust

    Director

  10. The World Machine

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Das Dorf an der Grenze

    Director

  2. Kassbach - Ein Portrait

    Director

  3. 1978

    Das Einhorn

    Director

  4. 1976

    Shattered Dreams

    Director

  5. Kottan ermittelt

    Director

  6. 1975

    Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear

    Director

  7. 1972

    Slaughter Day

    Director

  8. 1971

    Polizeiruf 110

    Director

    63
  9. 1970

    Scene of the Crime

    Director

    68

1960s

  1. 1968

    His Bag

    Director

Wrote 17

2000s

  1. 2009

    Jugendliche 2

    Writer

  2. 2000

    Hart im Nehmen

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1995

    Burning Heart

    Writer

  2. 1993

    Es Lebe die Liebe, der Papst und das Puff

    Writer

  3. 1992

    Rochade

    Writer

  4. 1990

    Lex Minister

    Writer

  5. Death of a Schoolboy

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1988

    Midnight Cop

    Screenplay

    43
  2. 1987

    Lethal Obsession

    Writer

  3. 1984

    Springtime in Vienna

    Writer

  4. 1983

    Tramps

    Co-Writer

  5. 1982

    Phoenix on the Corner

    Writer

  6. 1981

    The Uppercrust

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1979

    Kassbach - Ein Portrait

    Writer

  2. 1976

    Shattered Dreams

    Writer

  3. 1975

    Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear

    Writer

  4. 1972

    Slaughter Day

    Writer

Acted in 6

1990s

  1. 1990

    Lex Minister

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1987

    Lethal Obsession

    Mann an der Theke

  2. 1981

    The World Machine

    Friedhofsbesucher

  3. 1980

    Exit... But No Panic

    Movie

1970s

  1. 1976

    Kottan ermittelt

    Polizist · 19 episodes

1960s

  1. 1968

    His Bag

    Movie

Sound 2

1980s

  1. 1984

    Springtime in Vienna

    Songs

Produced 1

1960s

  1. 1968

    His Bag

    Producer

Art department 1

1980s

  1. 1981

    The Uppercrust

    Art Direction