Peter Handke
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- December 6, 1942, Griffen, Austria
- Movies
- 22
Peter Handke (born 6 December 1942, in Griffen, Austria) is an avant-garde Austrian novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 2019, Handke was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."
Best-Known Movies

7.8
Wings of Desire
1987

7.7
Alice in the Cities
1974

6.7
Wrong Move
1975

4.4
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
2016

6.9
The Left-Handed Woman
1978

5.8
Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late
2016

7.0
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008

6.5
The Absence
1993

6.7
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008

5.3
3 American LPs
1969
Filmography
| 2026 | 100 Jahre Ingeborg Bachmann - Dichten für die Wahrheit | Self |
| 2017 | To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke | |
| 2016 | Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late | Himself |
| 2016 | The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez | Gardener |
| 2012 | Griffen – On the Tracks of Peter Handke | Self |
| 2008 | Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers | Self (uncredited) |
| 2008 | One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years | Self |
| 2004 | Days and Nights in Paris | Self |
| 2003 | Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us | Self |
| 1985 | The Malady of Death | The Narrator (voice) |
| 1974 | Alice in the Cities | Man at Chuck Berry Concert (uncredited) |
| 1969 | 3 American LPs | |
| 1967 | Dichter Forum Graz |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1993 | The Absence | Director, Writer |
| 1987 | Wings of Desire | Screenplay |
| 1985 | The Malady of Death | Director, Screenplay |
| 1978 | The Left-Handed Woman | Director, Screenplay |
| 1975 | Wrong Move | Screenplay |
| 1974 | Kaspar | Writer |
| 1971 | Chronicle of Current Events | Director |
| 1969 | 3 American LPs | Writer |
| 1966 | Offending the Audience | Writer |
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