Peter Schamoni
German film director and producer

Peter Schamoni

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German film director and producer
Gender:
Male
Places:
Germany
Is:
Film directorFilm producerScreenwriter
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
27 March 1934(Berlin)
Death:
14 June 2011(Munich)
Family:
Father:
Victor Schamoni
Siblings:
Thomas Schamoni
Ulrich Schamoni
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Peter Schamoni (27 March 1934 – 14 June 2011) was a German film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 35 films between 1957 and 2011. His 1966 film No Shooting Time for Foxes was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Jury Grand Prix. Two years later he was a member of the jury at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1972, his film Hundertwasser's Rainy Day was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Selected filmography

  • Brutalität in Stein (de) (1961) (co-director: Alexander Kluge) (Short documentary)
  • No Shooting Time for Foxes (1966)
  • Alle Jahre wieder (directed by Ulrich Schamoni, 1967) (Producer)
  • Go for It, Baby (directed by May Spils, 1968) (Producer)
  • Deine Zärtlichkeiten (de) (1969) (co-director: Herbert Vesely)
  • Hundertwasser's Rainy Day (1971) (Documentary)
  • Potato Fritz (de) (1976)
  • Frühlingssinfonie (de) (1983)
  • Caspar David Friedrich – Grenzen der Zeit (de) (1986) (Documentary)
  • Schloß Königswald (de) (1988)
  • Max Ernst: Mein Vagabundieren – Meine Unruhe (de) (1991) (Documentary)