
Philipp Stölzl
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1967 (age 59)
- Birthplace
- München, Germany
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography

Elektra
Movie · Director
Frankie
Movie · Director

The Physician II
Movie · Director

Weber: Der Freischütz
Movie · Director

Rusalka - Dutch National Opera
Movie · Director

Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Movie · Stage Director

The Swarm
TV · Director · 2 eps

Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Movie · Director

Chess Story
Movie · Director

I've Never Been to New York
Movie · Director

Rigoletto - Festival de Bregenz
Movie · Stage Director

Winnetou - A New World
Movie · Director

Winnetou - The Secret of Silver Lake
Movie · Director

Winnetou - The Last Fight
Movie · Director

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
Movie · Director, Stage Director

Der Medicus
TV · Director · 2 eps

The Physician
Movie · Director

Il Trovatore - Staatsoper Berlin
Movie · Director, Stage Director

Erased
Movie · Director

A-HA: The Videos 1984–2010
Movie · Director

Young Goethe in Love
Movie · Director

Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen
Movie · Director, Stage Director

North Face
Movie · Director

Absolute Garbage
Movie · Director

Benvenuto Cellini
Movie · Director

Baby
Movie · Director
Morituri Te Salutant
Movie · Director