Christian Petzold

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-09-14 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Hilden, Germany

Christian Petzold

Biography

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 ...

Production

2001

2005

Ghosts

as Director

2005

Ghosts

as Screenplay

2007

Yella

as Director

2007

Yella

as Writer

2009

Jerichow

as Director

1991

Eastward

as Director of Photography

1990

South

as Director of Photography

1989

Broads

as Director of Photography

2012

Barbara

as Director

2012

Barbara

as Screenplay

2003

Wolfsburg

as Director

1991

Eastward

as Editor

1990

South

as Writer

1990

South

as Editor

2001

1996

Cuba Libre

as Director

1996

Cuba Libre

as Screenplay

1995

Pilots

as Director

1995

Pilots

as Screenplay

1998

The Sex Thief

as Director

1998

The Sex Thief

as Screenplay

2002

2014

Phoenix

as Director

2025

Miroirs No. 3

as Director

2003

Wolfsburg

as Writer

2023

Afire

as Director

2023

Afire

as Writer

2009

Jerichow

as Writer

1987

Mission

as Director

1989

Broads

as Writer

1989

Broads

as Editor

1991

Am Rand

as Sound

1990

19 Portraits

as Sound

1992

Die UFA

as Assistant Director

1994

Deduction

as Director

2018

Transit

as Director

2014

Phoenix

as Screenplay

2018

Transit

as Screenplay

1991

Eastward

as Director

1991

Eastward

as Writer

1992

The Warm Money

as Director

1992

2020

Undine

as Director

1989

Broads

as Director

1990

South

as Director

2020

Undine

as Screenplay

2025

Miroirs No. 3

as Screenplay

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