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.
Cast
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
