---
name: "Peter Zeitlinger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-zeitlinger"
fi1m_id: "peter-zeitlinger"
imdb_id: "nm0954432"
tmdb_id: 6826
wikidata_id: "Q90104"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "6 June 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-27T08:06:54.056601+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Peter Zeitlinger

## Identity

Peter Zeitlinger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-zeitlinger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-zeitlinger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0954432
- **TMDB ID:** 6826
- **Wikidata ID:** Q90104
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Zeitlinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90104, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0954432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6826

Cinematographer. Born 6 June 1960 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 6 June 1960, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- **Active:** 2005–2010
- **Frequently works with:** [Erik Nelson](https://film.one/person/erik-nelson.md), [Werner Herzog](https://film.one/person/werner-herzog.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Zeitlinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90104, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0954432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6826

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Grizzly Man*](https://film.one/film/grizzly-man.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Peter Zeitlinger (born 6 June 1960) is an Austrian cinematographer. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, he studied from 1980 to 1987 at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.

He has worked extensively with director Werner Herzog since 1995, beginning with the documentary *Death for Five Voices*. Their collaborations include *Grizzly Man* (2005), *Rescue Dawn* (2007), *Encounters at the End of the World* (2008), *Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans* (2009), *Cave of Forgotten Dreams* (2010) and *Into the Abyss* (2011). *Encounters at the End of the World* received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature.

Zeitlinger is a member of the German Film Academy and has served as Professor of Cinematography at the University of Television and Film Munich.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Cave of Forgotten Dreams* (2010), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/cave-of-forgotten-dreams.md)
- *Grizzly Man* (2005), Fi1m 85, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/grizzly-man.md)

## Complete filmography (71)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bucking Fastard* (2026), Director of Photography
- *The Lost Son* (2026), Director of Photography
- *New Dawn Fades* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Centaures de la nit* (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, VFX Supervisor
- *Sanremo* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds* (2020), Colorist, Director of Photography
- *How to Fake a War* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Tommaso* (2020), Director of Photography, Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Jaroslav Kucera - A Portrait* (2019), Executive Producer, Director of Photography
- *Future World* (2018), Director of Photography
- *The whole world is country* (2018), Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
- *Salt and Fire* (2016), Director of Photography, Drone Pilot
- *Into the Inferno* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Queen of the Desert* (2015), Director of Photography, Drone Operator
- *Chloe and Theo* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Red Army* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Angélique* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Die verbotene Frau* (2013), Director of Photography
- *From One Second to the Next* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Hated* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Africa Cries Out to You* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Verfolgt - Der kleine Zeuge* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Oma wider Willen* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Into the Abyss* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Tontine Massacre* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Cave of Forgotten Dreams* (2010), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/cave-of-forgotten-dreams.md)
- *My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Männer lügen nicht* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Mikado* (2008), Editor, Director of Photography
- *Encounters at the End of the World* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Rescue Dawn* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Full House* (2006), Sound, Director of Photography
- *Grizzly Man* (2005), Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/grizzly-man.md)
- *Wheel of Time* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Einspruch für die Liebe* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Invincible* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Jetzt bringen wir unsere Männer um* (2001), Director
- *Wings of Hope* (1999), Director of Photography
- *My Best Fiend* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Little Dieter Needs to Fly* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Bosom Friend* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Animal Love* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Pictures at an Exhibition* (1996), Director of Photography
- *The Last Real Men* (1995), Editor, Director of Photography
- *Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Deep Above* (1994), Editor, Director of Photography
- *The Election Campaigners* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Die Tür* (1993), Director of Photography
- *rosa FELSEN* (1992), Director of Photography
- *The Neighbour* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Loss Is to Be Expected* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Beware Haderer* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Erwin und Julia* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Tunnel-Child* (1990), Writer, Director of Photography
- *Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna* (1990), Editor
- *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
- *Geburtstag* (1979), Director
- *Experiment Rayner’s Garden* (1978), Editor, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- *Katharina Blum* (1978), Editor, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
- *Vida, A Simple Life*, Producer, Director of Photography

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