Philipp Stölzl was born in Munich, Germany in 1967, but has long since become a Berliner. The multitalented director's accomplishments range from feature films to commercials and from music videos to opera productions. He began his creative career as a set designer in a theater. In his late 20s he turned to directing and began to shoot music videos with great international resonance. He worked with such music greats as Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart, Madonna, Luciano Pavarotti, Garbage and Marius Müller Westernhagen.
Stölzl was soon able to establish himself as a director for commercials and spots for BMW, Nokia, Sony and many other companies. For several years now he has been devoting himself to the stage again and, as director and stage designer, has produced classical operas at the Ruhrtriennale, the Salzburg Festival and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, among others. Stölzl's overriding passion lies in his work for the cinema. His highly noted debut film "BABY" (2002) was followed by the much-acclaimed mountain-climbing drama "NORTH FACE" (2008) with which won two German Film Awards, his romantic drama "YOUNG GOETHE IN LOVE" (2010) about the great German poet's turbulent years of apprenticeship and his first English language film ERASED (2012), starring Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko.
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