Peter Kern (13 February 1949 – 26 August 2015) was an Austrian actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer.

[1] He starred in the 1978 film Flaming Hearts, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.

[2] In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.

[3][4] Two of Kern's later films, Blutsfreundschaft (2008) and Mörderschwestern (2011), featured Helmut Berger in a starring role.

His last film was The Last Summer of the Rich ("Der letzte Sommer der Reichen"), which screened at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015.