Zoltan Spirandelli

Zoltan Spirandelli is a German film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter.

Born in 1957 in Königstein, he has Italian ancestors of his father's side. His first name is Hungarian. As a child he was cantor in the choir of St. John Church in Kronberg. He has worked at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg while he made the short film Lulu. For about ten years he directed short films gaining popularity with his interactive short film The Cock Is Dead. He has since made numerous films for television and worked with actors such as Andrea Sawatzki, Matthias Schweighöfer, Daniel Brühl, Rufus Beck and Ottfried Fischer. He received the Bavarian film award for his only previous feature-length movie Vaya con Dios.

He is the father of Ivan Spirandelli and Karla Spirandelli. Today he lives in Berlin.

Filmography 1984: Road Movie (short film) 1985: Lulu (short film) 1988: The Cock Is Dead (interactive short film) + actor 1989: Now All Forests Rest 1993: Like Erwin Struntz sex movie made (short film with live-Narrator) + writer, Narrator 1995: Anecdote from the last Prussian wars (short film with live-Narrator) + writer, producer 1996: Monika (MO-ni-ka) (short film) 1998: Ufos over Waterlow (TV) + actor 2000: (TV) 2001: Jonathan's love (TV) 2002: Vaya con Dios 2002: A real man for mum (TV) 2004: Inspektor Rolle: heart in emergency (TV series, season 2, episode 1) 2004: Inspektor Rolle: death of a model (TV series, season 2, episode 2) + script 2004: The colours of love (TV) + actor 2005: Beetles for Breakfast (TV) 2005: Casanova (TV) 2005: Danger: Mother-in-Law! (TV) 2006: King of Africa (TV) 2006: Suing Dad (TV) 2007: How to Catch a Millionaire (TV) 2008: Full House (TV series, season 1, Episode 4) 2008: Everything is what legal (TV) 2008: Stormy times (TV) 2009: Doktor Martin - fed (TV series, season 2, Episode 4) 2009: Doktor Martin - thoughts on (TV series, season 2, episode 5) 2009: Flemming - the mistress of emotions (TV series, season 1, Episode 4) 2009: Flemming - das hohe lied (TV series, season 1, episode 5) 2009: Flemming - burnt soil (TV series, season 1, Episode 6) 2010: The Golgotha Case (TV) 2011: Tatort - Grabenkämpfe 2024: Where's Wanda? (TV)

Awards 1993 federal short film award, 1986 award of the German film critics in the category of best experimental film for Lulu 1988 award of the German film critics in the category best experimental film 2001 Bavarian film awards in the category of up-and-coming Director for Vaya con Dios