Christian Petzold

Germany director

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Biography

Christian Petzold is a German film director born on 14 September 1960 in Hilden.

After graduating from the German Film and Television Academy, he directed his graduation film Pilots (1994) and two crime thrillers Cuba Libre (1996) and The Sex Thief (1998).

In 2000 he released his first feature film, The State I Am In, for which he also wrote the screenplay. A representative of the “nouvelle vague” of German cinema, his films are regularly in competition at the Berlinale, and he was rewarded for Barbara (2012), Undine (2020) and again this year for Afire (2023).

Filmography

Afire (Roter Himmel) 2023
Undine 2020
Police Call 110 (TV series) 2015
Transit 2018
Phoenix 2014
Barbara 2012
Jerichow 2008
Yella 2005
Ghosts 2004
Wolfsburg 2002
Something to Remind Me 1992
The State I Am In 2000
The Sex Thief (TV Movie) 1996
Cuba Libre (TV Movie) 1994
Pilots 1995