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Philipp Stölzl
München, Germany
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 fi…
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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.
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2025
The Physician II
Movie Director
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2024
Weber: Der Freischütz
Movie Director
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2023
Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Movie Stage Director
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2023
Rusalka - Dutch National Opera
Movie Director
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2023
The Swarm
TV show Director
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2022
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Movie Director
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2021
Chess Story
Movie Director
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2019
I've Never Been to New York
Movie Director
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2019
Rigoletto - Festival de Bregenz
Movie Stage Director
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2016
Winnetou - The Last Fight
Movie Director
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2016
Winnetou - The Secret of Silver Lake
Movie Director
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2016
Winnetou - A New World
Movie Director
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2015
Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
Movie Director
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2014
Der Medicus
TV show Director
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2013
The Physician
Movie Director
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2013
Il Trovatore - Staatsoper Berlin
Movie Director
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2012
Erased
Movie Director
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2010
Young Goethe in Love
Movie Director
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2010
Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen
Movie Director
- 2008
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2008
North Face
Movie Director
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2007
Benvenuto Cellini
Movie Director
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2007
Absolute Garbage
Movie Director
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2003
Baby
Movie Director
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2000
Morituri Te Salutant
Movie Director
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Elektra
Movie Director
