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Christian Petzold
Hilden, Germany
Christian Petzold (born September 14, 1960; Hilden) is a German filmmaker, best known for directing the films Barbara, Jerichow, and Phoenix. He is credited to the Berlin School a…
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Christian Petzold (born September 14, 1960; Hilden) is a German filmmaker, best known for directing the films Barbara, Jerichow, and Phoenix. He is credited to the Berlin School and has received numerous prizes and awards. Petzold writes his own scenarios, often collaborating with Harun Farocki. As his former teacher at dffb, Farocki was a major influence on Petzold, who, along with Angela Schanelec and Thomas Arslan, is generally considered to be part of the Berlin School. While the Berlin School is often associated with a new turn towards realism and political cinema, Petzold's films, while they address issues of work and employment, also deal with conflicts between life and death. His first film was "Pilots" (1995), which he directed for his film school graduation in 1995. While "The State I Am In" (2000) was his first feature film, also noting his first collaboration with Harun Farocki. In 2005, his film "Ghosts"was presented at the Berlin International Film Festival, as was his 2007 film "Yella". Petzold's film Barbara (2012) competed in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival and Petzold won the Silver Bear for Best Director. The film was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. For the film Afire (2023), Christian Petzold received the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in 2023.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2025
Mirrors No. 3
Movie Director
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2024
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit
Movie Self
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2023
Afire
Movie Writer
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2021
The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
Movie Self - Filmmaker
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2020
Undine
Movie Director
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2018
Transit
Movie Director
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2017
Where Do You Stand Today, Christian Petzold?
Movie Self
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2017
Seven Songs
TV show Self
- 2016
- 2015
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2014
Phoenix
Movie Director
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2014
Bewegte Republik Deutschland
TV show Self
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2014
The Making of 'Phoenix'
Movie Self
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2012
Barbara
Movie Director
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2011
Dreileben: Beats Being Dead
Movie Director
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2008
Jerichow
Movie Director
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2008
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
Movie Self
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2007
Yella
Movie Writer
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2005
Ghosts
Movie Screenplay
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2005
Who is Helene Schwarz?
Movie Self
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2003
Wolfsburg
Movie Director
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2003
West.art am Sonntag
TV show Self
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2002
Something to Remind Me
Movie Director
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2001
The State I Am In
Movie Director
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1999
Deutscher Fernsehpreis
TV show Self
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1999
Volle Kanne
TV show Self
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1998
The Sex Thief
Movie Director
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1996
Cuba Libre
Movie Screenplay
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1995
Pilots
Movie Screenplay
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1995
Imaginary Architecture, the architect Hans Scharoun
Movie Assistant Director
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1994
Vergangen, vergessen, vorüber
Movie Sound
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1994
Deduction
Movie Director
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1993
Navy Cut
Movie
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1992
Die UFA
Movie Assistant Director
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1992
The Warm Money
Movie Director
- 1992
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1991
Eastward
Movie Director of Photography
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1991
Barrage and Bunker
Movie
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1991
The Cinema and the Wind and Photography
Movie Co-Producer
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1991
Am Rand
Movie Sound
