Christian Petzold

Christian Petzold was born on Sep 14, 1960 in Germany. Christian Petzold's big-screen debut came with Pilots directed by Christian Petzold in 1995. Christian Petzold is known for Phoenix directed by Christian Petzold, Nina Hoss stars as Nelly Lenz and Ronald Zehrfeld as Johnny Lenz. Christian Petzold has got 39 awards and 59 nominations so far. The most recent award Christian Petzold achieved is Berlin International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Christian Petzold plays is Undine which will be released on Jun 04, 2021.

Christian Petzold was born in Hilden in 1960. After studying German and Drama at the Freie Universität Berlin, he enrolled in Berlin's German Academy for Film and Television (DFFB). There he studied film direction while at same time working as an assistant director to Harun Farocki and Hartmut Bitomsky. After graduation, Christian Petzold made several interesting TV films. In 2000, his first theatrical feature, Contrôle d'identité (2000), about a couple of left-wing terrorists, is released and makes a strong impression and earning its director both the German Film Award and the Hessischer Best Film Award. By 2012, this prolific creator has managed to make two more TV films and five additional features, among which Yella (2007), the sensitive portrait of a young woman who tries to escape the grip of her violent and possessive husband, and especially Barbara (2012), which won the 'Best Director' award at the Berlinale. This fine drama plunges the viewer into the everyday life atmosphere of the GDR like few films before and serves as a showcase for its director's talents.