Philipp Stölzl

Biography

Philipp Stölzl (born 1967 in Munich) is a German film director, opera director and screenwriter. He began to direct music videos in the mid 1990s and directed his first feature film in 2002. Philipp Stölzl was trained as a set and costume designer at the Münchner Kammerspielen where he graduated in 1988. He worked in these professions in German theatres and began to work for films in 1996. He debuted as director in 1998 with the music video for Rammstein's "Du riechst so gut". He has continued to direct videos for artists such as Mick Jagger, Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Madonna, and Garbage's Bond theme "The World Is Not Enough". He has also directed commercials. His first feature film as director was Baby from 2002. It was followed by North Face (2008), Young Goethe in Love (2010), Erased (2012) and The Physician (2013). Stölzl's work for the opera stage includes a production of Charles Gounod's Faust in 2008 and Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore in 2013.

Directed

1. The Physician (2013) — Director
2. Erased (2012) — Director
3. North Face (2008) — Director
4. The Swarm (2023) — Director
5. Chess Story (2021) — Director
6. Young Goethe in Love (2010) — Director
7. Winnetou - A New World (2016) — Director
8. The Physician II (2025) — Director
9. I've Never Been to New York (2019) — Director
10. Winnetou - The Last Fight (2016) — Director
11. Winnetou - The Secret of Silver Lake (2016) — Director
12. Baby (2003) — Director
13. Absolute Garbage (2007) — Director
14. Il Trovatore (2013) — Director
15. Benvenuto Cellini (2007) — Director
16. Jonas Kaufmann: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci (2015) — Director
17. Weber: Der Freischütz (2024) — Director
18. Morituri Te Salutant (2000) — Director
19. Der Medicus (2014) — Director
20. Rusalka - Dutch National Opera (2023) — Director
21. Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (2022) — Director
22. Rigoletto - Festival de Bregenz (2019) — Director
23. Elektra — Director

Also appeared in

1. Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief (2008) — Self