Peter Patzak

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Scene of the Crime (1970) — Director
2. Polizeiruf 110 (1971) — Director
3. Lethal Obsession (1987) — Director
4. Midnight Cop (1988) — Director
5. Kottan ermittelt (1976) — Director
6. Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear (1975) — Director
7. Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus (2010) — Director
8. Sweet Little Sixteen (1999) — Director
9. The Uppercrust (1981) — Director
10. Le Gorille (1990) — Director
11. Verliebte Diebe (2003) — Director
12. 1945 (1994) — Director
13. Wahnfried (1986) — Director
14. Kassbach - Ein Portrait (1979) — Director
15. The World Machine (1981) — Director
16. Tramps (1983) — Director
17. Sternzeichen (2005) — Director
18. Die Försterbuben (1984) — Director
19. Hart im Nehmen (2000) — Director
20. Die Wasserfälle von Slunj (2002) — Director
21. Tödliche Besessenheit (1994) — Director
22. Death of a Schoolboy (1990) — Director
23. Das Einhorn (1978) — Director
24. Shattered Dreams (1976) — Director
25. Das Babylon Komplott (1993) — Director
26. Die Entführung (1999) — Director
27. Der Mörder in dir (2000) — Director
28. Santa Lucia (1979) — Director
29. Springtime in Vienna (1984) — Director
30. Rochade (1992) — Director
31. Waldhaus (1987) — Director
32. St. Petri Schnee (1991) — Director
33. Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell (2002) — Director
34. Schmetterlingsgefühle (1996) — Director
35. Gefangen im Jemen (1999) — Director
36. Kill me softly – Frauenmord in Frankfurt (2000) — Director
37. Mistress Berta Garlan (1989) — Director
38. Jenseits der Brandung (1994) — Director
39. Nichts wie weg (2001) — Director
40. Rufer, der Wolf (2005) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Lethal Obsession (1987) — Mann an der Theke
2. Kottan ermittelt (1976) — Polizist
3. Exit... But No Panic (1980)
4. The World Machine (1981) — Friedhofsbesucher
5. Facetten (2007) — Bogner
6. Adeus und Goodbye (2001) — Self
7. Nichts wie weg (2001) — Gast
8. Rufer, der Wolf (2005) — Hans Leuenberger
9. Lex Minister (1990)
10. Romy Award (1990) — Self
11. His Bag (1968)
12. Grimme Award (1964) — Self
13. Österreichische Fernsehjuwele (2022) — Peter Patzak
14. Mein Bezirk (2010) — Self
15. Was wurde aus...? (2011) — himself