Peter Patzak

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.

Crew

Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear
Director, Writer
The World Machine
Director
Phoenix on the Corner
Writer, Director
Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus
Director
Lethal Obsession
Writer, Director
Midnight Cop
Director, Screenplay
Tramps
Director, Co-Writer
Sweet Little Sixteen
Director
Verliebte Diebe
Director
Das Einhorn
Director
St. Petri Schnee
Director
Shattered Dreams
Director, Writer
Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell
Director
Schmetterlingsgefühle
Director
Das Babylon Komplott
Director
Die Entführung
Director
Gefangen im Jemen
Director
Sternzeichen
Director
Kill me softly – Frauenmord in Frankfurt
Director
The Uppercrust
Director, Art Direction, Writer
Mistress Berta Garlan
Director, Writer
Der Mörder in dir
Director
Die Försterbuben
Director
Jenseits der Brandung
Director
Hart im Nehmen
Director, Writer
Nichts wie weg
Director
Rufer, der Wolf
Director
1945
Director
Die Wasserfälle von Slunj
Director
Tödliche Besessenheit
Director
Santa Lucia
Director
Burning Heart
Director, Writer
Wahnfried
Director
Kassbach - Ein Portrait
Writer, Director
Das geborgte Nest
Director
Adeus und Goodbye
Director, Writer
Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der Haifische
Director, Co-Writer
Death of a Schoolboy
Director, Writer
Lex Minister
Director, Writer
Gesundheit
Director
Springtime in Vienna
Director, Writer, Songs
Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten
Director
The Uncrowned Heart
Director
Glück auf Raten
Director
Jugendliche
Writer, Director
Der Aufstieg - Ein Mann geht verloren
Director
Slaughter Day
Writer, Director
His Bag
Producer, Director
The Mozart Minute
Director
Es Lebe die Liebe, der Papst und das Puff
Writer, Director
Glücksachen
Director
Rochade
Writer, Director
Jugendliche 2
Director, Writer
Hotel Shanghai
Director