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.

Biography

Birthday: 02/01/1945

Place of birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of death: 11/03/2021

Directors

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2010	Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus	Director	5.625 / 10
2009	Jugendliche 2	Director	-
2006	The Mozart Minute	Director	5 / 10
2005	Sternzeichen	Director	4.25 / 10
2005	Rufer, der Wolf	Director	-
2003	Verliebte Diebe	Director	6 / 10
2003	The Uncrowned Heart	Director	10 / 10
2002	Die Wasserfälle von Slunj	Director	4 / 10
2002	Die achte Todsünde: Das Toskana-Karussell	Director	7 / 10
2001	Adeus und Goodbye	Director	10 / 10
2001	Nichts wie weg	Director	10 / 10
2000	Der Mörder in dir	Director	7 / 10
2000	Kill me softly – Frauenmord in Frankfurt	Director	7 / 10
2000	Hart im Nehmen	Director	3 / 10
1999	Die Entführung	Director	5.5 / 10
1999	Sweet Little Sixteen	Director	4.929 / 10
1999	Gefangen im Jemen	Director	8 / 10
1998	Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten	Director	10 / 10
1997	Hotel Shanghai	Director	8 / 10
1997	Crazy Moon	Director	-
1996	Schmetterlingsgefühle	Director	7 / 10
1996	Glück auf Raten	Director	7 / 10
1995	Burning Heart	Director	9 / 10
1995	Das geborgte Nest	Director	7 / 10
1994	Jenseits der Brandung	Director	7 / 10
1994	1945	Director	5 / 10
1994	Tödliche Besessenheit	Director	4.333 / 10
1993	Das Babylon Komplott	Director	5.5 / 10
1993	Es Lebe die Liebe, der Papst und das Puff	Director	9 / 10
1992	Rochade	Director	9 / 10
1991	St. Petri Schnee	Director	7 / 10
1990	Le Gorille	Director	6.167 / 10
1990	Death of a Schoolboy	Director	4 / 10
1990	Lex Minister	Director	10 / 10
1989	Mistress Berta Garlan	Director	8 / 10
1988	Midnight Cop	Director	4.682 / 10
1988	Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der Haifische	Director	8 / 10
1987	Waldhaus	Director	5.5 / 10
1987	Lethal Obsession	Director	4.875 / 10
1986	Wahnfried	Director	5.2 / 10
1984	Springtime in Vienna	Director	5.5 / 10
1984	Die Försterbuben	Director	4.7 / 10
1983	Tramps	Director	4.25 / 10
1982	Phoenix on the Corner	Director	8 / 10
1981	The World Machine	Director	7.5 / 10
1981	The Uppercrust	Director	5.286 / 10
1980	Der Aufstieg - Ein Mann geht verloren	Director	8 / 10
1979	Das Dorf an der Grenze	Director	7 / 10
1979	Santa Lucia	Director	7.5 / 10
1979	Kassbach - Ein Portrait	Director	6.4 / 10
1979	Gesundheit	Director	8 / 10
1978	Das Einhorn	Director	7 / 10
1977	Glücksachen	Director	10 / 10
1976	Kottan ermittelt	Director	8.818 / 10
1976	Shattered Dreams	Director	7.5 / 10
1975	Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear	Director	5.071 / 10
1972	Slaughter Day	Director	7 / 10
1972	Jugendliche	Director	-
1971	Polizeiruf 110	Director	6.25 / 10
1970	Scene of the Crime	Director	6.185 / 10
1968	His Bag	Director	-

Acting

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2022	Österreichische Fernsehjuwele	Peter Patzak	-
2011	Was wurde aus...?	himself	-
2007	Facetten	Bogner	1 / 10
2005	Rufer, der Wolf	Hans Leuenberger	-
2001	Nichts wie weg	Gast	10 / 10
1990	Lex Minister	-	10 / 10
1987	Lethal Obsession	Mann an der Theke	4.875 / 10
1981	The World Machine	Friedhofsbesucher	7.5 / 10
1980	Exit... But No Panic	-	4.375 / 10
1976	Kottan ermittelt	Polizist	8.818 / 10
1968	His Bag	-	-

Screenplay

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2009	Jugendliche 2	Writer	-
2001	Adeus und Goodbye	Writer	10 / 10
2000	Hart im Nehmen	Writer	3 / 10
1995	Burning Heart	Writer	9 / 10
1993	Es Lebe die Liebe, der Papst und das Puff	Writer	9 / 10
1992	Rochade	Writer	9 / 10
1990	Death of a Schoolboy	Writer	4 / 10
1990	Lex Minister	Writer	10 / 10
1989	Mistress Berta Garlan	Writer	8 / 10
1988	Midnight Cop	Screenplay	4.682 / 10
1988	Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der Haifische	Co-Writer	8 / 10
1987	Lethal Obsession	Writer	4.875 / 10
1984	Springtime in Vienna	Writer	5.5 / 10
1983	Tramps	Co-Writer	4.25 / 10
1982	Phoenix on the Corner	Writer	8 / 10
1981	The Uppercrust	Writer	5.286 / 10
1979	Kassbach - Ein Portrait	Writer	6.4 / 10
1976	Shattered Dreams	Writer	7.5 / 10
1975	Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear	Writer	5.071 / 10
1972	Slaughter Day	Writer	7 / 10
1972	Jugendliche	Writer	-

Music

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1971	Polizeiruf 110	Original Music Composer	6.25 / 10

Peter Patzak

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