
Philipp Stölzl
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1967
- Birthplace
- München, Germany
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.
Filmography

Elektra TBA
Director, Lighting Director, Set Designer
- Frankie
Frankie 2027
Director

The Physician II 2025
Director, Producer

Weber: Der Freischütz 2024
Director, Lighting Director

Giordano: Andrea Chénier 2023
Stage Director

Rusalka - Dutch National Opera 2023
Director

Giacomo Puccini: Turandot 2022
Director

Chess Story 2021
Director

I've Never Been to New York 2019
Director, Co-Writer

Rigoletto - Festival de Bregenz 2019
Stage Director, Director

Winnetou - The Last Fight 2016
Director

Winnetou - The Secret of Silver Lake 2016
Director

Winnetou - A New World 2016
Director

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci 2015
Director, Stage Director

The Physician 2013
Director, Co-Writer

Il Trovatore - Staatsoper Berlin 2013
Director, Stage Director

Erased 2012
Director

A-HA: The Videos 1984–2010 2011
Director

Young Goethe in Love 2010
Director, Writer

Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen 2010
Director, Stage Director

Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief 2008
as Self

North Face 2008
Director, Writer

Benvenuto Cellini 2007
Director

Absolute Garbage 2007
Director

Baby 2003
Director
- Morituri Te Salutant
Morituri Te Salutant 2000
Director
Credits from TMDB.