Philipp Stölzl

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
Born1967
Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
OccupationFilm director, opera director, screenwriter

Life and career

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.[1]

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.[1]

Selected works

Films directed

Operas directed

Plays directed
  • 2014: Frankenstein: Theater Basel

Music videos directed

References
  1. "Philipp Stölzl". Filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
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