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.
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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: Taboo (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