Peter Zeitlinger

CinematographerActorVisual EffectsEditorProducer Jun 6 (age 65) Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] 1969–2025 (56 year career)

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Biography

Peter Zeitlinger A.S.C. (born 6 June 1960 in Prague) is an Czechoslovakian-born Austrian cinematographer, who has worked with the director Werner Herzog since 1995. Their film Encounters at the End of the World was nominated for the Academy Award 2009. Peter Zeitlinger studied from 1980 - 1987 at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. He was influenced by Michael Snow and Peter Kubelka followed by Vittorio Storaro, Sven Nykvist and Vilmos Zsigmond. Zeitlinger's films have received …

Known For

Film

Grizzly Man

Director of Photography

Film

Rescue Dawn

Director of Photography

Film

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Director of Photography

Film

Encounters at the End of the World

Director of Photography

Film

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Director of Photography

Film

My Best Fiend

Director of Photography

Film

Into the Abyss

Director of Photography

Film

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Director of Photography

Filmography

Acting (8)

Movies (6)

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

2022

as Self

7.9

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

2017

as Self

2.0

The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

2010

as Himself

10.0

Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn

2007

as Self

8.0

Katharina Blum

1978

Experiment Rayner’s Garden

1978

Television (2)

Romy Award

1990

as Self

9.0

Altın Koza

1969

as Winner

Crew (90)

Movies (90)

Centaures de la nit

2025

Director of Photography

New Dawn Fades

2025

Director of Photography

Pensando ad Anna

2025

Director of Photography

All Will Be Revealed

2023

Director of Photography

The Angel in the Wall

2021

Director of Photography

7.7

The Angel in the Wall

2021

VFX Supervisor

7.7

How to Fake a War

2020

Director of Photography

3.8

Tommaso

2020

Director of Photography

5.7

Tommaso

2020

Visual Effects Supervisor

5.7

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

2020

Colorist

6.5

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

2020

Director of Photography

6.5

Sanremo

2020

Director of Photography

7.2

Jaroslav Kucera - A Portrait

2019

Director of Photography

Jaroslav Kucera - A Portrait

2019

Executive Producer

The whole world is country

2018

Director of Photography

The whole world is country

2018

Editor

The whole world is country

2018

Producer

Future World

2018

Director of Photography

4.3

Salt and Fire

2016

Director of Photography

4.9

Salt and Fire

2016

Drone Pilot

4.9

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

2016

Director of Photography

6.6

Into the Inferno

2016

Director of Photography

7.0

Queen of the Desert

2015

Director of Photography

Queen of the Desert

Drone Operator

Chloe and Theo

Director of Photography

5.8

Red Army

2014

Director of Photography

7.4

Angélique

2013

Director of Photography

6.4

From One Second to the Next

2013

Director of Photography

7.0

Die verbotene Frau

2013

Director of Photography

5.2

Africa Cries Out to You

2012

Director of Photography

5.1

Verfolgt - Der kleine Zeuge

2012

Director of Photography

3.0

Hated

2012

Director of Photography

10.0

Oma wider Willen

2012

Director of Photography

5.8

Into the Abyss

2011

Director of Photography

6.9

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

2010

Director of Photography

7.1

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2010

Director of Photography

6.1

Tontine Massacre

2010

Director of Photography

3.2

Männer lügen nicht

2010

Director of Photography

5.0

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

2009

Director of Photography

6.2

Mikado

2008

Director of Photography

Mikado

Editor

Rescue Dawn

Director of Photography

7.0

Encounters at the End of the World

2007

Director of Photography

7.5

Full House

2006

Director of Photography

Full House

2006

Sound

Grizzly Man

2005

Director of Photography

7.5

Wheel of Time

2003

Director of Photography

6.4

Einspruch für die Liebe

2002

Director of Photography

5.5

Jetzt bringen wir unsere Männer um

2001

Director

2.0

Invincible

2001

Director of Photography

6.2

My Best Fiend

1999

Director of Photography

7.3

Wings of Hope

1999

Director of Photography

7.0

The Bosom Friend

1997

Director of Photography

6.7

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

1997

Director of Photography

7.5

Animal Love

1996

Director of Photography

6.3

Pictures at an Exhibition

1996

Director of Photography

7.2

The Last Real Men

1995

Director of Photography

7.4

The Last Real Men

1995

Editor

7.4

Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices

1995

Director of Photography

6.8

Deep Above

1994

Director of Photography

Deep Above

1994

Editor

Die Tür

1993

Director of Photography

The Election Campaigners

1993

Director of Photography

Beware Haderer

1992

Director of Photography

The Neighbour

1992

Director of Photography

6.0

rosa FELSEN

1992

Director of Photography

Loss Is to Be Expected

1992

Director of Photography

3.7

Erwin und Julia

1991

Director of Photography

6.0

Tunnel-Child

1990

Director of Photography

Tunnel-Child

1990

Writer

Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna

1990

Editor

6.5

Schatten im Rampenlicht

1990

Director of Photography

Die Stadt der Anderen

1989

Director of Photography

In Achtzig Tagen um die Welt

1988

Director of Photography

Vergiss Sneider!

1987

Director of Photography

Hinter dem Regenbogen

1987

Director of Photography

PARADISE LTD.

1986

Editor

Foreign Land

1984

Director of Photography

5.3

Geburtstag

1979

Director

Katharina Blum

1978

Director

Katharina Blum

1978

Director of Photography

Katharina Blum

1978

Editor

Katharina Blum

1978

Writer

Experiment Rayner’s Garden

1978

Director

Experiment Rayner’s Garden

1978

Director of Photography

Experiment Rayner’s Garden

1978

Editor

Experiment Rayner’s Garden

1978

Writer

Bucking Fastard

Director of Photography

Vida, A Simple Life

Director of Photography

Vida, A Simple Life

Producer