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Peter Zeitlinger

Peter Zeitlinger

Cinematographer, also actor · Born June 6, 1960 (66) · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

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 considerable critical acclaim and achieved popularity on the art house circuit. He is represented by the Gersh Agency and is a member of the German Film Academy. Peter Zeitlinger is Professor of Cinematography at the University of Television and Film Munich

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 6, 1960 (66)
From
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Works as
Cinematographer, also actor
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 75 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28

What are Peter Zeitlinger's films like?

Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Ideas.

Genres

Documentary13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 90th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 3rd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
24%
Ideas
20%
Survival
15%
Society
14%
Bonds
11%
Morality
9%
Power
6%
Purpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeNature6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFaith4 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession4 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 26 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 9 · Serious 7 · Dark 10

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 12 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 9 · Charged 10 · Intense 7

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 13 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 20 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 8

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 10 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 8

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
14
Tense
14
Melancholic
12
Warm
6
Absurd
5
Other
17

How their films linger

Thought-provoking20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous16
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Peter Zeitlinger's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Peter Zeitlinger's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

75 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Bucking Fastard(2026)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Lost Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Cinematographer

  • New Dawn Fades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Centaures de la nit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Pensando ad Anna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • All Will Be Revealed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • The Angel in the Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer · VFX Supervisor

  • Sanremo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Cinematographer

  • Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds(2020)

    Cinematographer · Colorist

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • How to Fake a War(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Tommaso(2019)

    Cinematographer · Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Jaroslav Kucera - A Portrait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer · Executive Producer

  • Future World(2018)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Pretenders(2018)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The whole world is country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

  • Ballad of a Righteous Merchant(2018)

    Cinematographer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Salt and Fire(2016)

    Cinematographer · Drone Pilot

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Into the Inferno(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Queen of the Desert(2015)

    Cinematographer · Drone Operator

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Chloe and Theo(2015)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Red Army(2014)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Angélique(2013)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Die verbotene Frau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Cinematographer

  • From One Second to the Next (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Cinematographer

  • Hated (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • Africa Cries Out to You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • Verfolgt - Der kleine Zeuge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • Oma wider Willen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Cinematographer

  • On Death Row(2012)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Into the Abyss(2011)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Tontine Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Cinematographer

  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams(2010)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done(2009)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Männer lügen nicht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Cinematographer

  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans(2009)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Mikado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Cinematographer · Editor

  • Encounters at the End of the World(2007)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Rescue Dawn(2006)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Full House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Cinematographer · Sound

  • Grizzly Man(2005)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Wheel of Time(2003)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Einspruch für die Liebe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Cinematographer

  • Invincible(2001)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Jetzt bringen wir unsere Männer um (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Wings of Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Cinematographer

  • My Best Fiend(1999)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Little Dieter Needs to Fly(1997)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Bosom Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Cinematographer

  • Animal Love(1996)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Pictures at an Exhibition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Cinematographer

  • The Last Real Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Cinematographer · Editor

  • Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Cinematographer

  • Deep Above (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Cinematographer · Editor

  • The Election Campaigners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Cinematographer

  • Die Tür (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Cinematographer

  • rosa FELSEN (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Cinematographer

  • The Neighbour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Cinematographer

  • Loss Is to Be Expected (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Cinematographer

  • Beware Haderer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Cinematographer

  • Erwin und Julia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Cinematographer

  • Tunnel-Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Cinematographer · Writer

  • Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Editor

  • Schatten im Rampenlicht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Cinematographer

  • Die Stadt der Anderen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Cinematographer

  • In Achtzig Tagen um die Welt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Cinematographer

  • Vergiss Sneider! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Cinematographer

  • Hinter dem Regenbogen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Cinematographer

  • PARADISE LTD. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Editor

  • Foreign Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Cinematographer

  • Geburtstag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director

  • Experiment Rayner’s Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Writer · Actor

  • Katharina Blum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Writer · Actor

  • Altın Koza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Winner

  • Vida, A Simple Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer · Producer

Career shape

A full career of 72 titles, 71 of them dated from 1969 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

$11M worldwide

Highest rated

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 72: 1 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting4 of 72: 2 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting3 of 72: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing3 of 72: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleCinematography67 of 72: 52 only cinematography, 15 with another role · typical Midcredits score76thEditing8 of 72: 2 only editing, 6 with another roleOther crew6 of 72: 0 only other crew, 6 with another role

72 titles, 15 with more than one role — cinematography and editing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1960s1 · acting1970s3 · 2 acting · 3 crew1980s6 · crew1990s19 · crew2000s10 · crew2010s21 · crew2020s11 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Peter Zeitlinger's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 26; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 27 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned2
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · cinematographer

How to Fake a War (2019)

75th percentile spread · 50% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)

Midcredits 98th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 71/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Peter Zeitlinger's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 64 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles16–59 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles40–87 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 69 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Peter Zeitlinger work with?

People who share at least 2 of Peter Zeitlinger's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Werner Herzog shares the most, 20.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles