Philipp Stölzl

Philipp Stölzl (born 1967 in Munich) is a German director. He began to direct music videos in the mid-1990s and directed his first feature film in 2002.

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.

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.

TV series directed

2023: The Swarm, Adapted from the eponymous novel by Frank Schätzing, co-directed with Barbara Eder and Luke Watson.

Operas directed 2005: Der Freischütz: Südthüringisches Staatstheater 2006: Rubens und das Nicht-Euklidische Weib: Ruhrtriennale 2007: Benvenuto Cellini: Salzburger Festspiele 2008: Faust: Theater Basel 2009: Der fliegende Holländer: Theater Basel, later-on also at the Teatro Liceo of Barcelona 2010: Rienzi: Deutsche Oper Berlin 2010: Die Fledermaus: Staatsoper Stuttgart 2011: Orpheus in der Unterwelt: Staatsoper Berlin 2012: Parsifal: Deutsche Oper Berlin 2013: Il trovatore: Theater an der Wien 2013: Il trovatore: Staatsoper Berlin 2015: Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci: Osterfestspiele Salzburg 2018: Frankenstein: Hamburg State Opera at Kampnagel (world premiere) 2019: Rigoletto: Bregenzer Festspiele

Plays directed 2014: Frankenstein: Theater Basel

Music videos directed 1997: "Stripsearch": Faith No More 1997: "I'm Leavin' U": Bootsy Collins 1997: "Du hast": Rammstein 1997: "Engel": Rammstein 1997: "Das Modell": Rammstein 1998: "Stripped": Rammstein 1998: "Du riechst so gut": Rammstein 1998: "Pretty When You Cry": VAST 1998: "Un giorno disumano": Gianna Nannini 1998: "Ich bin wieder hier": Marius Müller-Westernhagen 1998: "Die Flut": Joachim Witt 1998: "Un... ich lauf": Joachim Witt 1999: "The World Is Not Enough": Garbage 1999: "Easy": Velvet Belly 2000: "Supermann": Marius Müller-Westernhagen 2000: "Nimm mich mit 2000": Marius Müller-Westernhagen 2000: "American Pie": Madonna 2000: "Minor Earth Major Sky": A-ha 2001: "Rock'n'Roll-Übermensch": Die Ärzte 2003: "Bring Me to Life": Evanescence featuring Paul McCoy 2003: "Going Under": Evanescence 2003: "Il Canto": Luciano Pavarotti 2004: "Ich bin die Sehnsucht in dir": Die Toten Hosen 2004: "In the Shadows": The Rasmus 2004: "Everybody's Fool": Evanescence 2004: "Sick and Tired": Anastacia 2004: "Old Habits Die Hard": Mick Jagger 2005: "Eins": Marius Müller-Westernhagen 2005: "Heavy on My Heart": Anastacia 2008: "Strom": Die Toten Hosen