Peter Przygodda
German filmmaker and editor
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::summary German filmmaker and editor ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Peter Przygodda |
| image | Potsdamer Platz Filmmuseum Boulevard der Stars Peter Przygodda.jpg |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Berlin, Germany |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Munich, Germany |
| nationality | German |
| notable_works | Paris, Texas |
| Wings of Desire | |
| Deathmaker | |
| Palermo Shooting | |
| awards | Deutscher Filmpreis |
| occupation | Film editor |
| years_active | 1969–2011 |
| :: |
| name = Peter Przygodda | image = Potsdamer Platz Filmmuseum Boulevard der Stars Peter Przygodda.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Berlin, Germany | death_date = | death_place = Munich, Germany | nationality = German | notable_works = Paris, Texas Wings of Desire Deathmaker Palermo Shooting | awards = Deutscher Filmpreis | occupation = Film editor | years_active = 1969–2011
Peter Przygodda (26 October 1941 – 2 October 2011) was a German filmmaker, best known for editing Wim Wenders' films. Przygodda died of cancer, aged 69, in 2011.
Filmography
Director
- 1969: Der Besuch auf dem Lande (short)
- 1972: Can
- 1979: … als Diesel geboren
- 1981–1985: Alle Geister kreisen… Todos os espiritos circulam
Editor
- 1969: **
- 1970: Summer in the City
- 1970: **
- 1971: Cream – Schwabing-Report
- 1971: Liebe so schön wie Liebe
- 1972: The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty
- 1972: Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King
- 1973: The Scarlet Letter
- 1973: **
- 1974: Alice in the Cities
- 1974: Paul – Geschichte eines Ausgestoßenen
- 1974: Ein bißchen Liebe
- 1975: The Wrong Move
- 1975: The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
- 1975: Teenager-Liebe
- 1976: The Sternstein Manor
- 1976: Kings of the Road
- 1977: The American Friend
- 1977: The Left-Handed Woman
- 1978: The Glass Cell
- 1978: Knife in the Head
- 1978: The Man in the Rushes
- 1980: Lightning Over Water
- 1980: **
- 1982: The State of Things
- 1982: The Magic Mountain
- 1982: **
- 1983: **
- 1984: Fluchtpunkt Berlin
- 1984: Paris, Texas
- 1986: Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
- 1987: Wings of Desire
- 1987: Deadline
- 1988: **
- 1989: Last Exit to Brooklyn
- 1991: Until the End of the World
- 1992: The Absence
- 1993: Faraway, So Close!
- 1994: Lisbon Story
- 1995: Transatlantis
- 1995: Beyond the Clouds
- 1995: Deathmaker
- 1995: A Trick of Light
- 1996: The Ogre
- 1996: Snakes and Ladders
- 1997: The End of Violence
- 1998: Palmetto
- 1998: Kopfleuchten
- 2000: **
- 2000: The Legend of Rita
- 2002: Tattoo
- 2005: Schneeland
- 2005: Don't Come Knocking
- 2006: Strike
- 2007: Eight Miles High
- 2008: Palermo Shooting
- 2009: Mazel Tov
Awards
- 1975: Filmband in Gold (film editing): Falsche Bewegung
- 1978: Filmband in Gold (film editing): Der amerikanische Freund, Die linkshändige Frau und Die gläserne Zelle
- 2005: Nominated for European Film Award: Don't Come Knocking
- 2009: Nominated for Deutscher Filmpreis: Palermo Shooting
- 2010: Star on Boulevard der Stars in Berlin
Literature
- Hans-Michael Bock: Peter Przygodda – Cutter, Regisseur. Essay von Karlheinz Oplustil in CineGraph – Lexikon zum deutschsprachigen Film, pg. 12 (September 1988)
- Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films. Sechster Band. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2001;
References
References
- (2011-10-04). "Peter Przygodda ist tot". [[Deutsche Filmakademie]].
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