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Peter Zeitlinger

Career

Active from 1978 to 2026, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Peter Zeitlinger Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Crime
    2.1, average 3.6
  • Family Dynamics
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Werner Herzog 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Character Study 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Survival Story 2
  • Documentary 2
  • Visual Grandeur 2
  • Vietnam War 2
  • Prisoner of War 2
  • Existential Documentary 2
  • Philosophical Inquiry 2
  • Biographical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Vida, A Simple Life
Vida, A Simple Life

Producer, Director of Photography

2020s

11 titles · average score 57
Bucking Fastard
Bucking Fastard (2026)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography

The Lost Son
The Lost Son (2026)

Director of Photography

New Dawn Fades
New Dawn Fades (2025)

Director of Photography

Centaures de la nit
Centaures de la nit (2025)

Director of Photography

Pensando ad Anna
Pensando ad Anna (2025)

Director of Photography

All Will Be Revealed
All Will Be Revealed (2023)

Director of Photography

The Angel in the Wall
The Angel in the Wall (2021)

VFX Supervisor, Director of Photography

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020)
GoodWatch score 75

Colorist, Director of Photography

Tommaso
Tommaso (2020)
GoodWatch score 63

Director of Photography, Visual Effects Supervisor

How to Fake a War
How to Fake a War (2020)
GoodWatch score 26

Director of Photography

Sanremo
Sanremo (2020)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

2010s

21 titles · average score 58
Future World
Future World (2018)
GoodWatch score 18

Director of Photography

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

Into the Inferno
Into the Inferno (2016)
GoodWatch score 78

Director of Photography

Salt and Fire
Salt and Fire (2016)
GoodWatch score 37

Director of Photography, Drone Pilot

Queen of the Desert
Queen of the Desert (2015)
GoodWatch score 40

Director of Photography, Drone Operator

Red Army
Red Army (2015)
GoodWatch score 82

Director of Photography

Chloe and Theo
Chloe and Theo (2015)
GoodWatch score 30

Director of Photography

Angélique
Angélique (2013)
GoodWatch score 54

Director of Photography

From One Second to the Next
From One Second to the Next (2013)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography

Into the Abyss
Into the Abyss (2011)
GoodWatch score 78

Director of Photography

Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography

2000s

10 titles · average score 73
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography

Encounters at the End of the World
Encounters at the End of the World (2008)
GoodWatch score 82

Director of Photography

Mikado
Mikado (2008)

Editor, Director of Photography

Rescue Dawn
Rescue Dawn (2007)
GoodWatch score 77

Director of Photography

Full House
Full House (2006)

Sound, Director of Photography

Grizzly Man
Grizzly Man (2005)
GoodWatch score 85

Director of Photography

Wheel of Time
Wheel of Time (2003)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

Einspruch für die Liebe
Einspruch für die Liebe (2002)

Director of Photography

Invincible
Invincible (2001)
GoodWatch score 51

Director of Photography

Jetzt bringen wir unsere Männer um
Jetzt bringen wir unsere Männer um (2001)

Director

1990s

19 titles · average score 70
My Best Fiend
My Best Fiend (1999)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

Wings of Hope
Wings of Hope (1999)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
GoodWatch score 87

Director of Photography

The Bosom Friend
The Bosom Friend (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

Animal Love
Animal Love (1996)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition (1996)

Director of Photography

Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (1995)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

The Last Real Men
The Last Real Men (1995)

Editor, Director of Photography

Deep Above
Deep Above (1994)

Director of Photography, Editor

The Election Campaigners
The Election Campaigners (1993)

Director of Photography

The Neighbour
The Neighbour (1992)

Director of Photography

Loss Is to Be Expected
Loss Is to Be Expected (1992)
GoodWatch score 57

Director of Photography

1980s

6 titles
Die Stadt der Anderen
Die Stadt der Anderen (1989)

Director of Photography

In Achtzig Tagen um die Welt
In Achtzig Tagen um die Welt (1988)

Director of Photography

Vergiss Sneider!
Vergiss Sneider! (1987)

Director of Photography

Hinter dem Regenbogen
Hinter dem Regenbogen (1987)

Director of Photography

PARADISE LTD.
PARADISE LTD. (1986)

Editor

Foreign Land
Foreign Land (1984)

Director of Photography

1970s

3 titles
Geburtstag
Geburtstag (1979)

Director

Katharina Blum
Katharina Blum (1978)

Director, Director of Photography

Experiment Rayner’s Garden
Experiment Rayner’s Garden (1978)

Editor, Writer

1960s

1 title
Altın Koza
Altın Koza (1969)

TV show · as Winner