Peter Patzak

Known for: Directing
Born: January 2, 1945, Vienna, Austria
Died: March 11, 2021
Movies: 64

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 Movies

4.9

Lethal Obsession

1987

4.7

Midnight Cop

1988

4.4

Exit... But No Panic

1980

5.6

Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus

2010

5.1

Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear

1975

4.9

Sweet Little Sixteen

1999

5.3

The Uppercrust

1981

6.0

Verliebte Diebe

2003

5.2

Wahnfried

1986

6.4

Kassbach - Ein Portrait

1979

Filmography

2007	Facetten	Bogner
2005	Rufer, der Wolf	Hans Leuenberger
2001	Nichts wie weg	Gast
2001	Adeus und Goodbye	Self
1990	Lex Minister
1987	Lethal Obsession	Mann an der Theke
1981	The World Machine	Friedhofsbesucher
1980	Exit... But No Panic
1968	His Bag

Directing, Writing & Producing

2010	Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus	Director
2009	Jugendliche 2	Director, Writer
2006	The Mozart Minute	Director
2005	Sternzeichen	Director
2005	Rufer, der Wolf	Director
2003	Verliebte Diebe	Director
2003	The Uncrowned Heart	Director
2002	Die Wasserfälle von Slunj	Director
2002	Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell	Director
2001	Nichts wie weg	Director
2001	Adeus und Goodbye	Director, Writer
2000	Der Mörder in dir	Director
2000	Kill me softly – Frauenmord in Frankfurt	Director
2000	Hart im Nehmen	Director, Writer
1999	Gefangen im Jemen	Director
1999	Die Entführung	Director
1999	Sweet Little Sixteen	Director
1998	Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten	Director
1997	Crazy Moon	Director
1997	Hotel Shanghai	Director
1996	Glück auf Raten	Director
1996	Schmetterlingsgefühle	Director
1995	Burning Heart	Director, Writer
1995	Das geborgte Nest	Director
1994	Tödliche Besessenheit	Director
1994	1945	Director
1994	Jenseits der Brandung	Director
1993	Das Babylon Komplott	Director
1993	Es Lebe die Liebe, der Papst und das Puff	Writer, Director
1992	Rochade	Director, Writer
1991	St. Petri Schnee	Director
1990	Lex Minister	Director, Writer
1990	Death of a Schoolboy	Director, Writer
1989	Mistress Berta Garlan	Director, Writer
1988	Midnight Cop	Director, Screenplay
1988	Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der Haifische	Director
1987	Lethal Obsession	Director, Writer
1986	Wahnfried	Director
1984	Die Försterbuben	Director
1984	Springtime in Vienna	Director, Writer
1983	Tramps	Director
1982	Phoenix on the Corner	Writer, Director
1981	The Uppercrust	Director, Writer
1981	The World Machine	Director
1980	Der Aufstieg - Ein Mann geht verloren	Director
1979	Gesundheit	Director
1979	Kassbach - Ein Portrait	Writer, Director
1979	Santa Lucia	Director
1978	Das Einhorn	Director
1977	Glücksachen	Director
1976	Shattered Dreams	Director, Writer
1975	Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear	Director, Writer
1972	Jugendliche	Writer, Director
1972	Slaughter Day	Director, Writer
1968	His Bag	Director, Producer

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